Whenitcomestogettingolder，humansaren'tsospecialafterall．Itturnsouttheirpatternofagingisn'ttoodifferentfrommostotherprimates，suchaschimps，monkeysandbaboons，newresearchshows．AteamledbyAnneBronikowskiofstu|小学英语问答-字典翻译问答网

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Whenitcomestogettingolder，humansaren'tsospecialafterall．Itturnsouttheirpatternofagingisn'ttoodifferentfrommostotherprimates，suchaschimps，monkeysandbaboons，newresearchshows．AteamledbyAnneBronikowskiofstu

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Whenitcomestogettingolder，humansaren'tsospecialafterall．Itturnsouttheirpatternofagingisn'ttoodifferentfrommostotherprimates，suchaschimps，monkeysandbaboons，newresearchshows．

AteamledbyAnneBronikowskiofstudieddataonprimateagingcollectedoverdecadesaroundtheworldandcompareditwithstatisticsonmodernAmericans．Agingwasdefinedastheincreasedriskofdyingfromnaturalcauseswhilegettingolder．Someexpertshavethoughtthatbecausepeoplehaverelativelylonglifespans，humansageddifferentlyfromothermammals．

Theresearchteambelievedthatanymajordifferencebetweenhumansandprimateswasmostlikelytoshowupwithmodernpeople，ratherthanahunter-gathererculture，Bronikowskisaidinatelephoneinterview．"Andthefactthatwedon'tfindadifferencethereismorecompelling．"

Thebasicpatterntheyfoundisarelativelyhighriskofdyingininfancy（幼儿时期），alowriskofdeathduringthejuvenileyearsandthenanincreasedriskofdyingasagingprogressed．Also，theyfoundthatinmostcasesmalesdon'tliveaslongasfemales．TheauthorswroteitinastudypublishedonlineThursdayintheJournalScience．

TheonlyexceptiontothegeneralpatternwasthemuriquimonkeyinBrazil；malesandfemaleshavesimilarlifespans．Unlikeotherprimates，muriquimalesdonotcompetewitheachotherforaccesstofemales．Instead，theycooperatewitheachother，explainedco-authorKarenStrier，ananthropologistattheUniversityofWisconsinwhohasstudiedmuriquissince1982．Theresearcherssaidthereasonmalesofotherspeciesdieearlierthanfemalesmaybearesultofstressofcompetition．

JosephW．KemnitsoftheWisconsinNationalPrimateResearchCetercalledthestudy"animportantstep"becauseitprovidesthefirstassessmentofpatternsofaginginlargepopulationsofnonhumanprimateslivingintheirnaturalenvironments．Kemnitswasnotpartoftheresearchteam．

"Thestudyofotherprimatescontributestounderstandinghumanagingbecausewesharesomuchofourbasicphysiology，"addedanthropologyprofessorKristenHawkesofthe，whowasnotpartoftheresearchteam．

67．Whatisthemainideaofthepassage？___

A．Humansandap

李昆仑回答：

　　ADCB 　　67 A 主旨大意题．通读全文可知本文主要讲述人类和类人猿有类似的老化模式．故选A．　　68 D 细节题．根据文章第二段AteamledbyAnneBronikowskiofstudieddataonprimateagingcollectedoverdecadesaroundtheworldandcompareditwithstatisticsonmodernAmericans．可知AnneBronikowski是研究队伍的领队，故选D．　　69 C 猜测词义题．根据文章第四段Thebasicpatterntheyfoundisarelativelyhighriskofdyingininfancy（幼儿时期），alowriskofdeathduringthejuvenileyearsandthenanincreasedriskofdyingasagingprogressed．可知研究的过程是从幼儿到青少年再到老年，故选C．　　70 B 细节题．根据文章最后一段Thestudyofotherprimatescontributestounderstandinghumanagingbecausewesharesomuchofourbasicphysiology可知本文是一个关于人类和类人猿有类似的老化模式的研究，故选B．