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专题阅读理解（说明文）15篇

2023··Doyouhavegoodfriends?Doyousometimesfeelsoclose

（重庆渝中重庆巴蜀中学校考模拟预测）

tothemthattheyarelikefamilytoyou?

Itturnsoutthatthisisn’tjustanexpression.Astudyhasfoundthatyouandyourfriendshavemoregenes（基

因）incommonthanstrangersdo.Researcherslookedatthegenesof1,932peopleandcomparedtheminpairsof

unrelatedfriendsandstrangers.Theyfoundthatfriendshave1%ofgenesthatmatch.

1%ofgenesmaynotsoundlikemuchtous,buttogeneticistsitisalargernumber.Infact,thisisthesame

amountofgenesyousharewithyourfourthcousins.

Sodoyouhappentobecomefriendswithpeoplewhoshareyourgenes?Notatall.Infact,itisevolution（进化）

thatbringsyoutogether.

Peoplewhosharecertaingenesalsoshareskillsandhavesimilarlikesanddislikes.Inancienttimes,itwas

importantthatpeoplewhowerealikestayedtogether.Forexample,peoplewhohadasimilarsusceptibility（易感

性）,givingthemabetterchancetostayalive.

Amongallthegenesstudied,thoseproducingachangeinsenseofsmellwerethemostsimilarinfriends.This

isprobablybecausepeoplewhosmellthingsinthesamewayaremoreeasilydrawntosimilarenvironments.For

example,peoplewholikethesmellofcoffeemayhangoutatcafesmoreoftenandasaresultaremorelikelytomeet

andbecomefriendswitheachother.

Withthesefindings,researchershavedevelopedaninterestingtestcalledthe“friendshipscore”.

Itcanhelptellhowlikelytwopeoplewillbefriendsbystudyingtheirgenes.

So,hereisaquestionforyou:wouldyouliketotakethistestandknowinadvance（提前）whoyourfriends

aregoingtobe.

1．Whatdoestheauthormeanbysaying“Itturnsoutthatthisisn’tjustanexpression”?

A．Friendslooklik