【阅读理解：七选五】选择正确的句子选项ABCD（必须大写）填入文中，下拉页面可看见选项。Much of the work in today's 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 team's performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn't evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team's performance.To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team required 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 team's 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.It's 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' attention.D.Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.E.Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.F.Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.G.This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.
【阅读理解：七选五】选择正确的句子选项ABCD（必须大写）填入文中，下拉页面可看见选项。
Much of the work in today's 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 team's performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn't evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team's performance.
To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team required 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 team's 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.It's 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' attention.
D.Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.
E.Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.
F.Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.
G.This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.
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文章结构与逻辑：本文通过体育团队的研究，探讨“人才是否越多越好”的问题。核心思路是通过对比不同运动（足球、篮球、棒球）的团队表现，分析“任务相互依赖性”对团队效果的影响。关键点在于理解选项如何衔接上下文的逻辑关系，例如：
- 第1空需引出“金钱投入”与“人才引进”的关联；
- 第3空需解释不同运动结果差异的本质原因；
- 第5空需总结“组建团队的复杂性”。
第1空
上下文逻辑：前文提出“高薪聘请人才是否值得”，后文提到“公司花百万聘请人才”。选项B“Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent.”直接衔接上下文，说明“金钱投入”与“引进人才”的关系。
第2空
上下文逻辑：后文提到“研究聚焦于足球、篮球和棒球”。选项E“Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.”引出研究主题，为下文具体分析做铺垫。
第3空
上下文逻辑：前文提出“任务相互依赖性”理论，后文对比棒球与其他运动的差异。选项G“This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.”精准总结棒球与其他运动在“任务相互依赖性”上的本质区别。
第4空
上下文逻辑：前文批评“个人英雄主义”，后文强调“团队精神”。选项D“Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.”指出明星球员违背“团队至上”的原则，衔接自然。
第5空
上下文逻辑：前文分析“人才过多的负面影响”，后文总结“组建团队的复杂性”。选项F“Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.”呼应文章主旨，强调“平衡人才”的重要性。