A loss B. steep C. by contrast D. undergo E. yetF. analogous G. likelihood H. d

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问题 A loss B. steep C. by contrast D. undergo E. yet
F. analogous G. likelihood H. do I. suffer J. acute
K. decline L. already M. conquer N. overcome O. vulnerable
    At the age of twelve, the human body is at its most vigorous. It has【C1】______ to reach its full size and strength, and its owner his or her full intelligence: but at this age the【C2】______ of death is least. Earlier, we were infants and young children, and consequently more【C3】______: later, we shall【C4】______ a progressive loss of our vigour and resistance which, though imperceptible at first, will finally become so【C5】______ that we can live no longer, however well we look after ourselves, and however well society, and our doctors, look after us. This【C6】______ in vigour with the passing of time is called ageing.
    Most animals we commonly observe in fact age as we【C7】______, if given the chance to live long enough: and mechanical systems like a wound watch, or the sun, will run out of energy someday. But these are not【C8】______to what happens when man ages. A run-down watch is still a watch and can be rewound. An old watch,【C9】______, becomes so worn and unreliable that it eventually is not worth mending. But a watch could never repair itself—it does not consist of living parts, only of metal, which wears away by friction. We could, at one time, repair ourselves—well enough, at least, to【C10】______ all but the most instantly fatal illnesses and accidents. Between twelve and eighty we gradually lose this power: an illness which at twelve would knock us over, at eighty can knock us out. [br] 【C8】

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答案 F

解析 根据上文可知these指的是“大多数动物的衰老过程和机械装置或太阳的能源耗尽过程”,由下文提到的人的自我修复功能可知,这些与人衰老的过程并不一样,备选项中analogous符合句意,be analogous to意为“相似的,类似的”。
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