2024届高考英语阅读理解五步法专项带练(30)讲义素材.pdf

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newstudyquestionsthefairnessoftheflip.

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stillundergoingpeerreview,collectedandanalyzedtheresultsof350,757coinflipsin46

thetime.Thisresearchwasdoneinanefforttoconfirmahypothesisproposedearlierby

StanfordUniversitystatisticsprofessorPersiDiaconisandhisteam.Accordingtothattheory,

“vigorouslyflippedcoinstendtocomeupthesamewaytheystarted.”

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of“precession”,meaningachangeinthedirectionoftheaxis(轴)ofturningthroughoutacoins

Thismakesacoinflipnotquite50/50.

④In2007,Diaconis’steamestimatedtheoddsofa“same-sideoutcome”asapproximately51%.

Nearlyadecadeandahalflater,Bartosandhisteamfoundthisveryresult.Theypublisheda

preliminaryreportstating,“Ourdatalendstrongsupporttotheprevioushypothesis-Thecoins

landedonthesamesidemoreoftenthannot.”

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Diaconisstatedbackin1986,Themoreyouthinkaboutrandomness,thelessrandomthings

become.Butsometimes,youcantakeadvantageofalackofrandomness.Indeed,whenitcomes

asyouseeit.

28.Whatsthepurposeofconductingthestudy?

A.Tofindevidenceforthefairnessofacointoss.

B.Toproveanassumptionputforwardyearsago.

C.Tostatethedefinitechanceofonesideofacoincomingup.

D.Toanalyzetheresultofover300,000coinflipsindifferentcurrencies.

29.Whatdoestheunderlinedwordprecessioninparagraph3probablymean?

A.Progressing.B.Spinning.C.Bouncing.D.Dropping.

30.WhichofthefollowingmayDiaconisagreewith?

A.Thereisnoneedtoconsiderrandomnesstoomuch.

B.Wehavetomakegooduseofalackofrandomness.

C.Whatevercoinitis,randomnessturnsouttobefairultimately.

D.Theharderweflipacoin,thegreaterchancewewillgainitsrandomness.

31.Whatcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.IsaCoinFlip50/50?APerfectRandomness.

B.IsaCoinFlip50/50?AMysteriousGuess.

C.IsaCoinFlip50/50?ThinkTwice!

D.IsaC