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( C ) The development of human civilization nearly entails how the notion of statistics hasevolved and been put into practice. Around two thousand years ago, a census 28 byCaesar Augustus became part of the greatest story ever told. Questionable 29 it mayseem to the people at present, the census could be considered unprecedented in the history ofstatistics. Now it is the census taker that does the traveling in the fond hope that a 30population will stay long enough to gain a thorough sampling. 31 the completion ofcensus taking, methods of gathering, recording and evaluating information have beeninnovated a great deal over the centuries. And while it was the modest purpose of Rome toobtain a simple head count as an adequate basis for 32 taxes, now batteries ofcomplicated statistical series 33 governmental agencies and private organizations areeagerly scanned and interpreted by sages and seers to get a clue to future events. 34 ourmore immediate concern, the reliability of present-day economic forecasting, there areconsiderable differences of opinion. Some people talked about newfangled computers andhigh-falutin mathematical systems in terms of excitement and endearment. However, otherspointed to the deplorable record of highly esteemed forecasts and forecasters. The presidentof the American Statistical Association cautioned that “high powered statistical methods areusually in order 35 the facts are crude and inadequate, the exact contrary of what crudeand inadequate statisticians assume.”
28.
(A) deciphered
(B) depleted
(C) deployed
(D) decreed

參考答案

答案：D
難度：非常困難0.125
統計：A(4),B(1),C(1),D(1),E(0)

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