备战2022高考英语之十年真题专项第二部分 七选五 3.docxVIP

体裁：说明文 题材：团队合作 词数：362 难度：难 建议用时：10分钟 Passage19（2019?北京） Much of the work in todays world is accomplished （完成）in teams． Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals． （1）　　Companies spend millions hiring top business people． Is their money well spent？ （2）　　They focused on football， basketball and baseball． The results are mixed． For football and basketball， adding talented players to a team proves a good method， but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent； above that level， the teams performance begins to decline． Interestingly， this trend isnt evident in baseball， where additional individual talent keeps improving the teams performance． To explain tins phenomenon， the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate （协调）their actions． （3）　　In baseball， the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates． They conclude that when task interdependence is high， team performance will suffer when there is too much talent， while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower． If a basketball star is，for example， trying to gain a high personal point total， he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate， affecting the teams performance． Young children learning to play team sports are often told， There is no I in TEAM． （4）　　 Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team， some players may make less effort．Just as in a game of tug﹣of﹣war （拔河比赛），whenever a person is added， everyone else pulls the rope with less force． （5）　　 An A﹣team may require a balance﹣not just A players， but a few generous B players as well． A．Its not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent． B．Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent． C．The group interaction and its effect drew the researchers