The success story of top investors and executives is a staple of business books and magazines.【C1】______research suggests we sho

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问题     The success story of top investors and executives is a staple of business books and magazines.【C1】______research suggests we should be cautious in【C2】______ourselves on extraordinary performers or【C3】______their much-praised methods; these saints may offer less wisdom than they【C4】______. Greater value can be found, studies show, in less dazzling but more【C5】______theories, and in the practices of those who are second best in the field.
    An article published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science【C6】______on experiments that modeled the results of a game played in many rounds. Over time, the most skilled players came to【C7】______a second tier of reliable competence. Those who succeeded spectacularly — who took their places in the first tier — were often not the most skilled,【C8】______were those who got some lucky【C9】______early on or took big risks that happened to【C10】______. Imitating these top performers would probably lead to【C11】______, since imitators would be unlikely to【C12】______their good fortune.【C13】______luck and risk play a dominant role in extraordinary outcomes, extreme success or failure are, at best, only weak【C14】______of skill, and top performers should not be imitated or praised. It’s better to learn from individuals with high, but not【C15】______, performance — those whose success can be【C16】______to solid skill and not to a rare lightning strike.
    By analyzing the characteristics of theories currently【C17】______, we may even be able to tell in advance which ones will turn out to be【C18】______useful additions, and which ones are here-today-gone-tomorrow trends.【C19】______with critical thinking skills and a healthy dose of skepticism, we can learn to【C20】______leaders and theories with the shiny look of success from those that offer the real thing.
【C18】

选项 A、comparatively
B、accidentally
C、conditionally
D、permanently

答案D

解析 本题考查句内语义。空格所在部分是which引导的宾语从句,做tell的宾语,此处tell指“分辨出,识别”,即“我们甚至能提前识别哪些理论是……有用的增补,哪些仅是一时的潮流”。空格处填入的形容词与here-today—gone-tomorrow相对,其所修饰的useful additions也与trends相对;符合要求的只有permanently,即“永久有用的增补”。而其他项代入,“相比而言、意外地、有条件地有用”均无从得知。
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