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1、CWhen it comes to friends，I desire those who will share my happiness，who possess wings of their own and who will fly with meI seek friends whose qualities illuminate（照亮）me and train me up for loveWhen I was in the eighth grade，I had a friendWe were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was
2、 becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviorsWe said little at school，but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper，and one of us would say：“Lets start with a train whistle today”We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or
3、stories that grew out of a train whistleThen we would read them aloudAt the end of that school year，we，too，were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stoppedWhen I lived for a time in London，I had a friend，He was in despair and I was in despairBut our friendship was based on the i
4、dea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the timeWe met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent thingsWe walked until our despairs disappeared and then we partedWe gave London to each otherFor almost four years I hav
5、e had a remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mineWe write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selvesEach of us appears，sometimes in a funny way，in the others dreamsShe and I agree that，at certain times，we seem to be parts of the same mindIn my most interesting moments，I
6、often think：“Yes，I must tell ” We have never metIt is such comforting companions I wish to keepOne bright hour with them is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist，who will only fill up the healing silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own bes
7、t friend63In the eighth grade，what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to .Abe serious about her study Blearn some social skillsClearn from her classmates at school Dshare poems and stories with other classmates 64In Paragraph 3，“We gave London to each other” probably means A
8、our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us Bwe were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London Cour unpleasant feeling about London disappeared Dwe parted with each other in London 65According to Paragraph 4，the author and her friend Acall each other regularly Bhave different per
9、sonalities Cenjoy writing to each other Ddream of meeting each other 66In the darkest moments，the author would prefer to Aseek professional help Bbe left alone Cstay with her best friend Dbreak the silence DBeing a man has always been dangerous. There are about 105 males for every 100 females, but t
10、his ratio(比率) drops to near balance at the age of maturity(成熟期), and among 70-year-olds there are twice as many women as men. But this situation is being changed. Now, boy babies survive almost as well as girls do. This means that, for the first time, there will be an excess(过多) of boys in those yea
11、rs when they are searching for a mate. More important, another chance for natural selection has been removed. Fifty years ago, the chance of a baby (especially a boy baby) surviving depended on its weight. A kilogram too light or too heavy meant almost certain death. Today it makes almost no differe
12、nce. Since much of the difference is due to genes, one more agent(原动力) of evolution has gone.There is another way to commit evolution suicide: stay alive, but have fewer children. Few people are as productive as in the past. Except in some particular areas, few women have 15 children. Nowadays the n
13、umber of births, like the age of death, has become average. Most of us have the same number of children. Again, differences between people and the chance for natural selection to take advantage of it have become smaller.For us, this means that evolution is over; the biology Utopia(乌托邦) has arrived.
14、Strangely, it has involved little physical change. No other species fills so many places in nature. But in the past 100,000 years (even the past 100 years) , our lives have been transformed but our bodies have not. We did not evolve, because machines and society did it for us. 67What used to be the
15、danger in being a man according to the first paragraph?AA lack of mates.BA fierce competition.CA lower survival rate.DA poor gene.68The author argues that our bodies have stopped evolving because _.Alife has been improved by technological advanceBthe number of female babies has been going downCour species has reached the highest stage of evolutionDthe difference between wealth and poverty is disappearing69What does the underlined word “productive” most probably mean in the second paragraph?AusefulBproducing babiesCwell-educated Dcaring70Which of the following would be the best title for the
