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Many people imagine that Alzheimer’s disease (早老性痴呆病), the degenerative disorder that ultimately leaves sufferers with total mem
Many people imagine that Alzheimer’s disease (早老性痴呆病), the degenerative disorder that ultimately leaves sufferers with total mem
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2010-05-09
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Many people imagine that Alzheimer’s disease (早老性痴呆病), the degenerative disorder that ultimately leaves sufferers with total memory loss, is an inevitable result of aging. This is not so. 【C1】______ the risks of contracting the disease increase with age, there are many elderly people【C2】______ memories are perfect. Most of us are so ill-【C3】______ about all forms of memory loss that we label everything as "Alzheimer’s’. Alzheimer’s disease itself can【C4】______ people as young as 30 and can progress either quickly or slowly. It can also【C5】______ the blame for other non-degenerative conditions such as deep depression.【C6】______ , only an examination of the brain tissue during an autopsy (解剖) can produce an accurate【C7】______ of the disease.
The causes of Alzheimer’s are unknown. They may be either【C8】______ or environmental. A study in 1996 of 13,000 people whose parents or siblings had the disease showed they had five times【C9】______ chance of succumbing 【C10】______ the age of 80 than those with no family【C11】______ of the problem.
There are other factors, however. In a study of identical twins, it was found that only about half of the twin pairs developed Alzheimer’s and, when both twins【C12】______ . it, they did so as【C13】______ as 15 years apart. The possibility【C14】______ environment plays a part was【C15】______ by another 1996 study, this time of two groups of elderly Japanese men. One group lived in Hawaii, the other in Japan. The Hawaiian group had a much higher【C16】______ of the disease.
Aluminum has been blamed for the development of Alzheimer’s. This is because a high level of aluminum has been found in the brains of sufferers. The disease was first diagnosed at the beginning of the 20th century. It was at this time【C17】______ aluminum was becoming widely available for use in cooking pots.
Memory loss, difficulty in【C18】______ familiar tasks, and problems with abstract thinking are all【C19】______ of the onset of the disease. One unusual feature is its impact on language. It attacks nouns first,【C20】______ verbs. Grammar is one of the last things to go.
【C11】
选项
A、relation
B、history
C、background
D、correlation
答案
B
解析
词义辨析题 family history of the problem在文中指家庭病史,遗传病史。
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大学英语六级
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