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Itiswell-knownthattwinsareclosertoeachotherthanmostbrothersandsisters----afterall，theyprobablyspendmoretimewitheachother．Parentsoftwinsoftennoticethattheydevelopspecialwaysofcommunicating：theyinventtheirownwordsandonecanoftenfinishtheother'ssentence．Inexceptionalcircumstances，thisclosenessbecomesmoreextreme：theyinventawholelanguageoftheirown，asinthecaseofGraceandVirginiaKennedyfromGeorgiaintheUSA，whocommunicatedsosuccessfullyintheirownspeciallanguagethattheydidnotspeakanyEnglishatalluntilaftertheystartedschool．

However，thesespecialrelationshipsaretheresultoflivesspentalmostentirelyineachother'scompany．Whathappenswhentwinsdonotgrowuptogether，whentheyareseparatedatbirthforsomereason？Aretheyjustlikeanyotherstrangers，oraretherestillspecialsimilaritiesbetweenthem？ProfessorTomBouchard，oftheUniversityofMinnesota，setouttofindtheanswertothisquestion．Hetracedsixteenpairsoftwins，whowereadoptedbydifferentfamilieswhentheywerebabies，andoftenbroughtupinverydifferentcircumstances．Eachtwinwastheninterviewedabouteverysmalldetailoftheirlife．

Theresultsofthisresearchmakeasurprisingreading．Manyofthetwinswerefoundtohavethesamehobbies，manyhavesufferedthesameillnesses，andsomehaveevenhadthesametypeofaccidentatthesamepointintheirlives．Onepairofmiddle-agedwomenarrivedfortheirfirstmeetinginsimilardresses，anotherpairwerewearingsimilarjewellery．ThemostincrediblesimilaritiesaretobefoundinthecaseofJimSpringerandJimLewisfromOhiointheUSA．Thestoryofthe'JimTwins'madeheadlinenewsacrossUSA．Borntoanimmigrantwomanin1939，andadoptedbydifferentfamiliesatbirth，bothbabieswerenamedJimbytheirnewparents．

Butwhatcanbetheexplanationfortheseremarkablesimilarities？Isitallpurecoincidence，oristheexplanationinsomewaygenetic？Researchintothelivesoftwinsisforcingsomeexpertstoadmitthatourpersonalitiesmaybeatleastpartlydueto'nature'．Ontheotherhand，analystsarealsoanxioustoemphasisethatincrediblecoincidencesdohappenallthetime，notjustinthelivesoftwins．

73．ThecaseofGraceandVirginiaKennedy

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　　ACBDC 　　73．答案A推理判断题根据第一段Parentsoftwinsoftennoticethattheydevelopspecialwaysofcommunicating：theyinventtheirownwordsandonecanoftenfinishtheother'ssentence．可知，作者用GraceandVirginiaKennedy两个人的例子来证明"双胞胎可以以一种非同寻常的方式来交流"，故答案为A 　　74．答案C细节理解题根据Whathappenswhentwinsdonotgrowuptogether，whentheyareseparatedatbirthforsomereason？Aretheyjustlikeanyotherstrangers，oraretherestillspecialsimilaritiesbetweenthem？ProfessorTomBouchard，oftheUniversityofMinnesota，setouttofindtheanswertothisquestion．可知，ProfessorTomBouchard研究的目的是看看分别长大的双胞胎还会有如此多的相似性，故答案为C 　　75．答案B词义猜测题根据下文Manyofthetwinswerefoundtohavethesamehobbies，manyhavesufferedthesameillnesses，andsomehaveevenhadthesametypeofaccidentatthesamepointintheirlives．可知，研究结果是令人吃惊的，reading此处的意思为"解读，阐释"，故答案为B 　　76．答案D推理判断题根据Researchintothelivesoftwinsisforcingsomeexpertstoadmitthatourpersonalitiesmaybeatleastpartlydueto'nature'．可知，双胞胎即使分别被抚养长大仍然有如此多的相似之处，说明这不是由环境影响，而很可能是由基因决定的，故答案为D 　　77．答案C主旨归纳题根据Researchintothelivesoftwinsisforcingsomeexpertstoadmitthatourpersonalitiesmaybeatleastpartlydueto'nature'．可知双胞胎的相似之处很大程度上是天生的，即由基因决定的，故答案为C

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