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Anthropologyisthestudyofhumanbeingsascreaturesofsociety.Itfastensitsattentionuponthosephysicalcharacteristicsandindustr ialtechniques,thoseconventionsandvalues,whichdistinguishonecommunityfromallothersthatbelongtoadifferenttr adition.
Thedistinguishingmarkofanthropologyamongthesocialsciencesisthatitincludesforseriousstudymoreothersocietiesthanourown.Foritspurposesanysocialregulationofmatingandreproductionisassignificantasourown,thoughitmaybethatoftheSeaDyaks,andhavenopossiblehistoricalrelationtothatofourcivilization.Totheanthropologist,ourcustomsandthoseofaNewGuineatr ibearetwopossiblesocialschemesfordealingwithacommonproblem,aridinsofarasheremainsananthropologistheisboundtoavoidanyweightingofoneinfavoroftheother,lieisinterestedinhumanbehavior,notasitisshapedbyonetr adition,ourown,butasithasbeenshapedbyanytr aditionwhatsoever.Heisinterestedinawiderangeofcustomthatisfoundinvariouscultures,andhisobjectistounderstandthewayinwhichthesecultureschangeanddifferentiated,thedifferentformsthroughwhichtheyexpressthemselvesandthemannerinwhichthecustomsofanypeoplesfunctioninthelivesoftheindividuals.
Nowcustomhasnotbeencommonlyregardedasasubjectofanygreatmoment.Theinnerworkingsofourownbrainswefeeltobeuniquelyworthyofinvestigation,butcustom,wehaveawayofthinking,isbehavior.atitsmostcommonplace.Asamatteroffact,itistheotherwayround.Traditionalcustomisamassofdetailedbehavior.moreastonishingthanwhatanyonepersoncaneverevolveinindividualactions.Yetthatisarathertr ivialaspectofthematter.Thefactoffirstr ateimportanceisthepredominantr olethatcustomplaysinexperienceandbelief,andtheverygreatvarietiesitmaymanifest.
36.Accordingtothepassage,wecansaythatanthropology______.
A)candealwithhumanbeingsasonegroupofthecreaturesinthelivingworld
B)canrevealanenormousdiversityoftr aditions
C)canprovideinsightsintotherelationshipbetweenhumanbeingsandnature
D)candistinguishthehumanracefromothercreatures
正确答案：B答案：B
[试题分析]文章主旨判断题。
[详细解答]实际上提问的是全文的主题，实际上，这一主题不仅第一段已表达，而且贯穿全文。答案应该是B。
