Very few people, no matter how intelligent or experienced, can 28 all the possibilities or outcomes of a policy or a course of action within just a short period of time.
答案：(D) take into account
【句型】take into account 固定片語「將……納入考慮」；set out（出發/著手）、turn out（結果是）、put into practice（付諸實行）都不合。
take into account 你應該看過，但可能記成 take account of，或是不確定 into 後面能不能直接接一長串受詞。加上 put into practice 的形狀跟它幾乎一樣（動詞加 into 加名詞），兩個擺在一起就分不出來。答對率 45%，多數人失手在 put into practice。
先確認受詞是什麼：all the possibilities or outcomes of a policy or a course of action（一項政策或行動方案的所有可能性與結果）。這些是還沒發生、拿來評估的東西，不是可以拿去執行的東西。take ... into account 是「把…列入考慮」，受詞正是要被評估的因素，完全吻合。put ... into practice 是「把…付諸實行」，受詞必須是可以實行的計畫、理論或方法（put the plan into practice）。「把所有可能性付諸實行」語意不通。再看語境確認：前一句在問人們有沒有徹底檢視所有因素，本句說「很少有人能在短時間內把所有可能性都列入考慮」，講的是思考的侷限，不是執行力。語序要特別留意：這個片語有兩種擺法。受詞短的時候把受詞放中間——take all the factors into account；受詞很長的時候就把 into account 提到前面——take into account all the possibilities or outcomes of...。本題受詞長，用的是後者。以後看到 take into account 後面直接接一長串名詞，不要以為是印錯。同義的說法還有 take ... into consideration。順帶處理句中的 no matter how intelligent or experienced：這是省略的讓步子句，還原成完整子句是 no matter how intelligent or experienced they may be。這種省略在正式文章裡很常見，還原的方法就是把主詞與 be 動詞補回去，與國中學過的 While (he was) walking home 是同一回事。
set out（出發、著手進行）：後面接 to 加原形動詞（set out to solve the problem），不能直接接一長串名詞當受詞。turn out（結果是、原來是）：不及物，常見的是 It turned out that... 或 turn out to be...，不接受詞。put into practice（付諸實行）：受詞必須是可執行的計畫或理論。
take into account（把…列入考慮）、take into consideration（把…列入考量）、put into practice（付諸實行）、set out to do（著手做…）、turn out to be（結果是…）、a course of action（行動方案）。
Most human beings actually decide before they think. When people encounter a complex issue and form an opinion, how thoroughly have they 26 all the important factors involved before they make their decisions? The answer is: not very thoroughly, 27 they are executives, specialized experts, or ordinary people in the street. Very few people, no matter how intelligent or experienced, can 28 all the possibilities or outcomes of a policy or a course of action within just a short period of time.
Those who take pride in being decisive often try their best to consider all the factors beforehand. 29 , it is not unusual for them to come up with a decision before they have the time to do so. And 30 an opinion is formed, most of their thinking then is simply trying to find support for it.