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Throughout history, man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die, but people now live longer than they used to

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问题     Throughout history, man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die, but people now live longer than they used to. Yet, all【C1】______things still show the effect of aging, which will eventually【C2】______death. The body and the【C3】______, they do not function as well as they【C4】______in childhood and adolescence(青春期). The body provides less【C5】______against disease and is more prone(易于……的)【C6】______accident.
    A number of related causes may【C7】______to aging. Some cells of the body have a【C8】______long life, but they are not【C9】______when they die. As a person ages,【C10】______of brain cells and muscle cells decreases.  Other body cells did and are replaced by new cells. In an aging person the【C11】______cells may not be as viable(能生存的)or as capable【C12】______growth as those of a young person.
    Another factor in aging may be changes within the cells【C13】______. Some of the protein chemicals in cells【C14】______known to change【C15】______age and become less elastic. This is why the skin of old people wrinkles and hangs loose. This is also the reason old people shrink in【C16】______. There may be other more important chemical changes in the cells. Some complex cell chemicals.【C17】______DNA and RNA, store and【C18】______information that the cells need. Aging may【C19】______this process and change the information carrying molecules【C20】______they do not transmit the information as well.
【C10】
选项 A、the amount
B、any amount
C、the number
D、a number
答案C
解析 the amount of，……的数量，any amount of 大量，例：You’ll have any amount of time after your examination．考试后你将有大量时间。但amount用来修饰不可数名词，而该题中后半部为brain cells，复数形式，因此，只能选择the number of。 a number of大量，修饰可数名词。
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