2023年高考英语阅读理解预测题及答案
special怎么读1．It is well﹣known that twins are closer to each other than most brothers and sisters﹣﹣after all，they probably spend more time with each other．Parents of twins often notice that they develop special ways of communicating：they invent their own words and one can often finish the other's sentence．In exceptional（例外）circumstances（情况），this closeness becomes more extreme：they invent a whole language of their own，as in the case of Grace and Virginia Kennedy from Georgia in the USA，who communicated so successfully in their own special language that they did not speak any English at all until after they started school．However，these special relationships are the result of lives spent almost entirely in each other's company．What happens when twins do not grow up together，when they are separated at birth for some reason？Are they just like any other strangers，or are there still special similarities between them？Professor Tom Bouchard of the University of Minnesota set out to find the answer to this question．He traced（追踪）sixteen pairs of twins，who were adopted by different families when they were babies，and often brought up in very different circumstances．Each twin was then interviewed about every small detail of their life．The results of this research make a surprising reading．Many of the twins were found to have the same hobbies，many have suffered the same illnesses，and some have even had the same type of accident at the same point in their lives．One pair
of middle﹣aged women arrived for their first meeting in similar dresses，another pair were wearing similar jewellery．The most incredible（unbelievable）similarities are to be found in the case of Jim Springer and Jim Lewis from Ohio in the USA．The story of the'Jim Twins'made headline news across USA．Born to an immigrant woman in1939，and adopted by different families at birth，both babies were named Jim by their new parents．
But what can be the explanation for these remarkable similarities？Is it all pure coincidence，or is the explanation in some way genetic？Research into the lives of twins is forcing some experts to admit that our personalities may be at least partly due to'nature'．On the other hand，analysts are also anxious to emphasis（强调）that incredible coincidences do happen all the time，not just in the lives of twins．
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