Question

So many twins

Walk around Kodinji village and you’ll think that you have double vision. N1.knows why there are so many twins in the village of over 5,000 people.

In fact with about 35-45 twins per 1,000 live birth, this village in North Kerala, India, has four times more twins than normal. Based on door-to-door surveys, there are probably now a2.230 sets of twins in the village, locals said. That number doesn’t include five women pregnant (怀孕的）with twins.

The twins of 60 are the oldest twins in the village, while the youngest were born on June 10 this year. Being a twin is not always easy. Pathummakutty. a middle-aged woman, recalls how her family struggled for a 13.when she was a child. But she also r4.good times such as laughter after she was mixed up with her twin sister. At the local school, 15-year-old Salmabi said teachers often confused her for her twin sister and she was once scolded for something that her twin sister d5..

Scientists are still trying to uncover the mystery of w6. there are so many twins in the village. “Based on scientific facts, we feel something in the environment is causing this. It could be something in the water,” said a 17. doctor, M.K. Sribiju. The locals also believe it is to do with the water. Kodinji is surrounded by clear water in the small river.

As scientists try to find the r8. for the large numbers of twins in the village, the parents are busy trying to tell their children apart. While parents lightheartedly point out that their twins even seem to fall sick together but not all traits (特性）are s9.The twins Anu and Abhi prefer different film stars and one of the boys likes to play tennis, w10. the other prefers kicking a soccer ball.

Answer

1.Nobody

2.around

3.living

4.remembers

5.did

6.why

7.local

8.reason

9.shared

10.while

【解析】

在印度的Kodinji村，你很可能认为自己看到重影，因为这是有名的双胞胎村。但是医生无法解释为何该村竟有如此大约230对双胞胎，村民的饮食并无特别之处，他们既没有受到化学物感染，也没有服用什么生育药物，这篇文章介绍了这个神奇的村落。

1.句意：没有人知道为什么在5000多人的村庄中有这么多双胞胎。

前句说在这个村庄走走你可能会觉得自己也有双胞胎，说明双胞胎在这里很普遍，但是没人知道为什么，这里填复合不定代词nobody做主语表示“没有人”，故填Nobody。

2.句意：当地人说，根据挨家挨户的调查，该村现在大约有230对双胞胎。

介词around意为“大约”，这里是针对不确定数量的描述，故填around。

3.句意：Pathummakutty是一位中年妇女，回忆起她小时候家人为谋生而挣扎的情况。

短语struggle for a living意为“为谋生而挣扎奋斗”，故填名词“生活”living。

4.句意：但她也还记得与双胞胎妹妹在一起后的欢笑时光。

动词remember意为“记得”，这里是表示她也记得那些快乐时光，主语是第三人称she，谓语动词要用三单形式，故填remembers。

5.句意：在当地的学校里，15岁的萨尔玛比（Salmabi）说，老师经常把她和双胞胎妹妹区分开而感到迷糊，而且她曾经因为双胞胎妹妹所做的事情而受到责骂。

这里是在先行词为something的定语从句中，定语从句缺少谓语动词，短语“做某事”是do something，陈述过去的事情用一般过去时，故动词do用过去时did，故填did。

6.句意：科学家们仍在努力探索为什么村庄中有这么多双胞胎的奥秘。

空格及后半句是介词of后的宾语从句部分，缺少连接词，科学家探索的是“为什么”会有这么多双胞胎，对应使用连接词why，故填why。

7.句意：“可能是水中的某些东西，”当地医生M.K.斯里比茹说。

后面也再次提到“当地人还认为这与水有关”说明这是一位“当地的”医生，形容词“当地的”是local，故填local。

8.句意：当科学家试图找到村庄中大量双胞胎的原因时，父母们正忙于试图把孩子分开。

科学家们一直试图寻找双胞胎多的“原因”，名词“原因”是reason，故填reason。

9.句意：父母能够轻松地指出，他们的双胞胎甚至似乎一起生病，但并非所有特征都被共享。

前半句表示双胞胎似乎是绑定在一起，“共同”有疾病的，但是也并非所有的特征都是这样“被共享”的，动词“分享”是share，这里是“be+done”的被动语态结构表示“被分享”，故填share的过去分词形式shared。

10.句意：双胞胎阿努（Anu）和阿比（Abhi）喜欢不同的电影明星，其中一个男孩喜欢打网球，而另一个男孩则喜欢踢足球。

前句和后句句意有转折，表示两个男孩爱好不一样，用连词while表示“然而”，故填while。