高考英语复习《阅读理解主旨大意题》专项练习含答案.docxVIP

高考英语复习《阅读理解主旨大意题》专项练习含答案

（2023年新高考I卷）

OnMarch7,1907,theEnglishstatisticianFrancisGaltonpublishedapaperwhichillustratedwhathascometobeknownasthe“wisdomofcrowds”effect.Theexperimentofestimationheconductedshowedthatinsomecases,theaverageofalargenumberofindependentestimatescouldbequiteaccurate.

Thiseffectcapitalizesonthefactthatwhenpeoplemakeerrors,thoseerrorsaren’talwaysthesame.Somepeoplewilltendtooverestimate,andsometounderestimate.Whenenoughoftheseerrorsareaveragedtogether,theycanceleachotherout,resultinginamoreaccurateestimate.Ifpeoplearesimilarandtendtomakethesameerrors,thentheirerrorswon’tcanceleachotherout.Inmoretechnicalterms,thewisdomofcrowdsrequiresthatpeople’sestimatesbeindependent.Ifforwhateverreasons,people’serrorsbecomecorrelatedordependent,theaccuracyoftheestimatewillgodown.

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Whatisparagraph2ofthetextmainlyabout?

A．Themethodsofestimation. B．Theunderlyinglogicoftheeffect.

C．Thecausesofpeople’serrors. D．ThedesignofGalton’sexperiment.

（2023年高考浙江卷）

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