Although they may not die from lack of love, adults also need a great amount of affection（友情） and companionship．In the past, many people spent their entire lives in the communities in which they were born and raised．Many more people continued to live with their parents, brothers and sisters after they were married and had children of their own．By remaining in familiar communities with relatives nearby, families had enough opportunities for friendly contact and for support in time of trouble．

Recent studies suggest that family arrangements in Western societies have not changed as much in the last few centuries as is generally believed．Yet most sociologists agree that in modern societies, there are fewer opportunities for friendship and support from relatives outside the immediate family．Parents and children often live apart from other relatives, and seldom visit them．Also, the family moves when a parent accepts a job in another place or when it decides to live in a better neighborhood．Together, loneliness and mobility（迁移） force immediate family members to depend heavily on one another for affection and companionship．

Because the family is one of the few ongoing sources of affection and companionship in modern societies, a high percentage of people continue to marry, even though it is possible for a single man and woman to live together without marrying．On the other hand, because affection and companionship have become so important, families are more likely to break up if the husband's or wife's emotional needs are not met within the family circle – even if all other family functions are being satisfactorily performed, and in this sense, affection and companionship have become the standard of the modern family．

64．It is generally believed that      ．

    A．many people spend their lives in familiar communities

    B．a person can easily get in touch with relatives in times of difficulty

    C．the organization of the family in western society has changed a great deal

    D．western societies have not changed much in the past few years

65．Sociological studies show that      ．

    A．the more the family moves, the less support it gets from its distant relatives

    B．parents and children live together to make up for the lack of relatives outside the family

    C．family arrangements have changed and so there is little need for companion of relatives

    D．family members are separated from each other because of lack of support from relatives

66．In the passage, the writer mainly wants to say      ．

A．affection and companionship are important for the family and they can be gained from nowhere but the family

B．affection and companionship may come from the family and at the same time safeguard the family

C．there are a few ways to gain affection and companionship but the most important way is from the family．

D．in modern societies a lot of families break up and it's just for a lack of affection and companionship

My eighth grade consisted of 28 classmates．We knew each other so well that most of us could distinguish each other’s handwriting at a glance．Although we grew up together, we still had class outcasts(被抛弃者)．From second grade on, a small group started harassing(骚扰)two or three of the others．I was one of those two or three, though I didn’t know why．In most cases when children get picked on, they aren’t good at sports or they read too much or they wear the wrong clothes or they are of a different race．But in my class, we all read too much and didn’t know how to play sports．We had also been brought up to carefully respect each other’s race．This is what was so strange about my situation．Usually, people are made outcasts because they are in some way different from the larger group．But in my class, large differences did not exist．It was as if the outcasts were invented by the group out of a need for them．

The harassment came in the form of laughter when I talked, and rolled eyes when I turned around．If I was out on the playground and approached a group of people, they often fell silent. Sometimes, someone would not see me coming and I would catch the tail end of a joke at my expense．

There was another girl in our class who was perhaps even more rejected than I．She provided the group with a lot of material for jokes. One day one popular girl came up to me to show me something she said I wouldn’t want to miss．We walked to a corner of the playground．Three or four girls there were reading aloud from a small book, which I was told was the girl’s diary．

I sat down and, laughing till my sides hurt, heard my voice finally mixed with the others．Often being accepted by others is more satisfying than being accepted by oneself, even though the satisfaction does not last．Looking back, I wonder how I could have participated in making fun of this girl when I knew perfectly well how it felt．If I were in that situation today I would react differently, but I can’t honestly be sure．

69．The author was made an outcast because _________．

       A．she couldn’t play sports as well as others                       

B．her family belonged to a minority group

       C．her classmates found her clothes funny                       

D．her classmates required an outcast

70．How was the author treated as an outcast?

       A．She was often the target of teasing．

B．No one responded to her talking．

       C．She was refused to approach others．

D．Her diary was often made public．

71．What did the author do to the girl mentioned in Paragraph 3?

       A．She showed great sympathy with the girl．

       B．She joined others in making fun of the girl．

       C．She stopped the others from hurting the girl．

       D．She found more materials about the girl for jokes．

72．What does the passage intend to tell us?

       A．Someone is likely to become an outcast．

       B．We shouldn’t hit a person when he is down．

       C．One should pay somebody back in his own way．

       D．Everyone has a desire to be accepted by others．