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Do you have good friends? Do you sometimes feel so close to them that they are like family to you? This isn't just an expression. A study from the University of California has found that you and your friends have more genes in common than strangers do.

Researchers looked at the genes of 1,932 people and compared unrelated friends' genes and unrelated strangers' genes. They found that friends have more genes that match. This is the same number of genes you share with your fourth cousins, those who have the same great-great-great grandparents as you.
So do you happen to become friends with people who share your genes? Not at all. In fact, it is evolution that brings you together.
"People who share certain genes also share skills and have similar likes and dislikes," researchers said. In ancient times, it was important that people who were alike should stay together. For example, people who were more easily affected by the cold were more likely to help each other build a fire to stay alive.
Researchers also found that smell-related genes were most similar in friends. This is probably because people with similar senses of smell are more easily attracted to similar environments. For example, people who like the smell of coffee may visit cafés more often and as a result, they are more likely to meet and become friends with each other.
With these findings, the team has developed an interesting test called the "friendship score". It can help show the chances of two people being friends. So, here is a question for you: Would you like to take this test and know early who will be your friends, or would you still prefer to learn about it by yourself and let time be the judge?
()1. 新考法·行文方式 How does the writer introduce the topic of the passage?
A. By giving two examples.
B. By asking two questions.
C. By telling a story.
D. By describing a scene.
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()2. What can we know about our friends from the first two paragraphs?
A. They live close to our family.
B. They look like our fourth cousins.
C. They never make friends with strangers.
D. They share more genes with us than strangers.
()3. Why do people with similar smell-related genes become friends more easily?
A. They avoid the crowded areas.
B. They have a better sense of smell.
C. They are attracted to similar places.
D. They prefer different environments.
()4. What is the "friendship score"?
A. A way to teach how to make friends.
B. A tool to tell if two people can be friends.
C. A survey to know about friends' hobbies.
D. A game to check how close the friends are.
()5. What's the main idea of the passage?
A. A study finds friends share more genes in common than strangers.
B. How the "friendship score" is developed by researchers.
C. Why we should make more friends in our daily life.
D. The differences between friends' and strangers' genes.

阅读理解 1~5 B D C B A
本文主要介绍了朋友之间基因相似性的研究,发现朋友之间有更多的基因相同,这与第四代表亲的基因相似度相同,并探讨了基因相似性如何影响友谊的形成。
1. B 行文方式题。短文开篇以“Do you have good friends? Do you sometimes feel so close to them that they are like family to you?”两个问句引出话题,因此是通过提问题的方式开篇。
2. D 细节理解题。由 friends have more genes that match 可知,朋友之间有更多的基因相同。
3. C 细节理解题。由 people with similar senses of smell are more easily attracted to similar environments 可知,嗅觉相似的人更容易在相同场所相遇。
4. B 细节理解题。由最后一段中的“It can help show the chances of two people being friends.”可知,“友谊评分”是一种用于预测两人成为朋友可能性的方法。
5. A 主旨大意题。短文围绕加州大学的一项研究展开,介绍研究发现“朋友之间的共同基因比陌生人多”,并进一步解释该现象的原因、相关细节及衍生的研究成果。