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spｅｒedｗordescａpｅdhersligｈtlyparｔedlipｓ．Sheｓaidｉｔovｅrａｎdoｖｅｒunｄｅrherbrｅath,"free,free,ｆｒee！＂Theeｍptystarｅandthelooｋoｆtｅrrｏrthaｔhａｄfollｏｗeditweｎtｆrｏmherｅyes.Ｔhｅystayedsｈａrpandbrigｈｔ.Ｈｅｒｐulsesbeatfasｔ,anｄｔhecoursingｂｌoｏdwarｍｅdaｎdrelａxedｅveryinｃhｏfherbｏdy.Shedｉdnｏtstoptｏａskifitweｒeoｒwｅrenｏtamonstｒｏuｓjｏytｈatheldher．Aclearanｄｅxaltedpｅrceptioneｎabｌeｄｈertodisｍiｓｓｔhesｕggesｔioｎasoflittｌeimpoｒｔance.Shｅknewthaｔｓhewouldweepａｇaｉnwhenｓhｅsaｗtheｋiｎd,tenderhanｄsfｏldeｄｉnｄeath:ｔｈｅfaceｔhａt(yī)haｄnｅｖerlooｋedｅxceptwithｌoveuponhｅr，ｆｉxedandgrａyａnｄdead．Butshesawbeyｏndｔhatbｉｔteｒmomｅntaｌｏnｇpｒocessｉｏnoｆyｅａrstｏcomethatwoｕlｄbeｌoｎgtoheｒabsoluteｌy．Ａndｓheoｐｅnedaｎｄspreadherarmsｏuttｏthｅminwelcome.6６．Moｓｔwomenwｅｒeｓhｏckｅdｉntoa＿_(dá)__＿_(dá)oｎhearｉｎgtｈeneｗsoftheｉｒhｕsｂａnds'ｄeath，butMrs．Mallarｄwasnoｔ.67.Ｗhenｒeturｎｉngｔoherrｏom,Mｒｓ.Malｌardwasｐrｅｓｓeｄdowｎby__＿_(dá)_＿boｔhｐhｙsicａllｙａndmentally．68.Mrｓ．Mallard'sdｕｌlstaｒeindiｃａt(yī)edａ______ofdｅｅptｈｉｎkingratherthaｎasigｎofｃontempｌａｔioｎ.69.ＷhatwａsMｒs．Mallａrd'sfirstreactiononｈeaｒinｇherhusband'ｓdeａt(yī)ｈ？A.Shepulledheｒｓelｆtogeｔｈerwithｔhehｅlpoｆheｒsisteｒ.B．Sｈestayedinｈerroomａndｒｅfuｓeｄtomeetanyone.C.Ｓｈｅabaｎdoｎedherselfinｔogriefforawhiｌｅ.D．Ｓhecoulｄn＇ｔstopweepiｎgaｎdcryinｇ.70.HoｗdiｄMrs.Maｌｌａｒdfeelｔowaｒｄsheｒｈuｓbanｄ＇ｓdeathatthｅeｎd?A．Biｔtｅｒｂｕtrｅlieved.B.Ｆeａrfulbutrelaxed．C．Ｄullanddespｅratｅ.D.Caｌmandsuｓpiciｏus.SｅctｉonDNoＣreａt(yī)ｕｒescａnｓtriｄeａshｕｍanbｅings.Theyaｒenｏtpｈyｓicaｌｌｙdｅsignedtosuｐporｔandbalanceａｖertiｃａlbodybａlancedｏｎtwoｌｏnglowerliｍｂｓ,propelｌedfoｒwardｂｙafootengiｎeeredｅxｃｌuｓivelyｆoｒｂodｙsupportanｄfｏrwarｄpropulｓｉｏｎanｄｔodosowiｔhastridｅathｉgh-speedlocoｍotｉon.Whileoｔherbipedswaｌkｉｎaｓimilａrfａshｉon,huｍanwａlkisｕniｑue．Bipedaliｓmbyitseｌfofｆｅrｓnocomparisonwithtｈｅdistinｃtｉvehuｍaｎｇaｉtfｏrm.Aｎｄ,signｉficantly,noｏtherbipeｄcａnaｃtuallyｃoｖermoｒethanａｔinｙfrａｃｔiｏnｏｆthｅｗalkｉngｄistancethatcanｂesuｓtainedbyｈumａns.Striｄingrequiｒesａspeciａldesｉgnofｈip，kｎeｅ,aｎdａnｋleｊoints，plusaｎaｒchｅdfoot,pluｓｌoｎglower-lｉmbbｏnｅｓ.These"fiｎｉshiｎgtouches"demａndedｅxtｅｎdedｅｖolｕtｉonaｒytｉme.Stridingprｏvidｅdnｕｍｅrｏuｓadvaｎｔagesoverthesimｐｌesteｐpinｇｇait.Ｆorexamｐｌｅ,theabilitytｏｃｏvertwicｅｔｈedistanｃewｉththeｓamenumberofstepsisaｄefｉｎitesurｖivａｌａdvaｎtage．Italｓoaddedmuｃhspeedtoruｎｎｉｎg,ｍoreheｉghttｏjｕｍpｉng．Noneofthｉｓwoulｄhavｅbeｅnpoｓｓiｂｌewｉｔhoｕt,ｆirst,afoｏｔｅｑuippｅｄtosｕpportandbaｌanceanerectboｄyandtoprodｕceｔhｅlevｅraｇenｅcessarｙtopｒopｅｌｔｈebｏdyforwａｒdinlｏｃｏｍｏtion．Ｔheapｅfootwasnotｓuｉteｄforｔhｉs.Ａnewkindofｆootｗａsesｓeｎｔiａliｆｔhoseｈominidsｗeｒetｏbecｏｍefuｌｌ－scalebipｅds.Iｎdeeｄａｐairofｈumａnfeethａsonｅ-fourthｏｆａｌｌtｈebodｙ'ｓ206bonesaｎｄ２4４ｊoints.Whｙthisextraoｒdiｎarynumbeｒofbｏnesaｎdjｏｉntsconcenｔratｅdinsuchaｓmallpaｒtｏfthｅbｏdｙ?(7４)Becａｕsethｅinｔricateｎetworｋofthemanyｄｉffｅrｅｎtpartsｒeqｕｉrednｏtoｎｌｙforsuppｏrｔingandbaｌancｉngａｈeaｖysｕｐｅrstrｕｃｔｕrebuttoenａｂｌeｔhemｕｌtｉｐlｅmoｔｉonsandacｔｉｏnｓ,hundredsorthｏusaｎdsｏｆtｉｍeｓdａily．Noｏthｅｒpａrｔｏftheboｄycomeseｖencloseｔotheamounｔaｎｄdeｇrｅｅｏfstｒｅｓsesimpｏsedonit.Theｈumanfoｏthadtｏgoｔhrouｇhanextensｉｖeｅvolｕtioｎaｒydｅvelｏpmentｉnwhｉｃhituｎderwｅｎtｅnorｍｏusdｅsigncｈaｎｇｅｓinｃohｅｒｉngits28bones,３7jointsand1０７liｇaｍｅnts,and3２muｓclesanｄtendoｎstoａdapttothebodyｗｅiｇhtandnumeｒｏｕstｏrsｉoｎs.(７5)Inｆact，ｉtｐrｏbabｌyｗasn'tｕｎtiloｎlｙabｏut400，000yearsagｏthatearlyhumanswerefuｌlyｓtｒiding,tｈeｆｉnaｌtｏucｈｏfhｕmangait．ＯrthopedisｔＰhiliｐＪ.ＭaｙｅｒｗrｉtｅsintheOｒthｏpeｄicRｅview:"Thedevelopmenｔoｆatruestriｄｅonaｎorthｏpeｄiｃfｏoｔwａsthemｏsｔｃrucialｏfallthestepsofhumaneｖolutｉon."Natｕｒｅhadｐｅrｈapｓｎｅverundertａkeｎananatoｍicalｅngiｎeeringprｏjeｃｔofｓucｈcomplｅｘitｙ．７1．Wｈａt(yī)isthedifｆerencebeｔweenhumａｎsaｎdoｔheｒbipｅdsregardingwaｌｋｉｎgｄｉstance?7２.Ｗｈｙiｓthehｕmaｎｆoｏtｅｑuiｐpedthewａｙitis?７3.Whaｔｋindｏfevolutioｎhastheｈumanfｏotｕndergonｅ？７4.Bｅｃausetheｉntricatｅnetworｋofｔhemaｎydiffereｎtpａrtsisrequｉrednotｏnlｙforｓuｐｐortｉnganｄbalancingaheａvｙsupeｒｓtｒucturebuｔtoenableｔhｅmultipｌemoｔionsａndaｃtiｏns,ｈundreｄsorｔhoｕsａnｄsｏfｔimesdaｉｌｙ.75.Infaｃｔ,itｐrobablywasn'ｔunｔilonlｙａbout400，000ｙearsａgothａt(yī)earlyhｕmanｓｗeｒefuｌlｙstridiｎg,tｈefiｎalｔoucｈofhumanｇait．ＥrrorＣorｒectioｎPyｒamidCiｔｙisaｎevenmoｒeａｍbitiouｓpｒojｅcttｏsolveＴoｋyo'shousiｎｇprobｌｅｍ.A１,00０－ｍｅｔretallｐyraｍid,12ｔimeｓｈigheｒｔhａｎthｅGｒeatPyｒａmｉdofGizainEgyｐt,wouｌdｃｏｎtain55ｓｍalｌｅｒpyramidｓ，ｅaｃhofthｅｍ【M1】___＿＿_(dá)wouldbeｔhesiｚeｏftｈeGｉzaorｉｇinal.Ifｉtisbuｉlt,tｈepyraｍiｄwillconsisｔｉnａseriesofｓｋyscrａpｅrssｕspｅndedfromthｅinsidｅofｔheｓtｒucｔure，【Ｍ２】__＿_(dá)＿_(dá)thepｙramｉdwillbe８0sｔorｅyｈｉgh,witｈparklandiｎ－ｂeｔweenｔheｓｋyscraｐ-【M3】_＿_(dá)＿_(dá)_ｅre.Threeqｕarterｓｏfaｍilliｏnｏfｐeoplewiｌllivethere．Ｔｈeskyscraperｓwill【M4】__＿＿_(dá)_beｌinkeｄbyseｒiｅsｏfholｌｏwtuｂescoｎtａinｉngaｈigｈ－ｓpｅedtrａnsｐortsysteｍ．【M5】__＿_(dá)＿_(dá)Paｒtsoftheｃoｎｓtｒuctiｏn,incｌudeｍorｅｔhan15０kiｌomeｔeｒsｏfｔunnｅls,wｉllbe【Ｍ６】_____＿builｔbysｐiderｒobots,anｄpowerwillbeprovidedbywaｖesandwind.AmａbｌｅmｉｓthatJapａnissituａt(yī)ｉngoｎtheseisｍiｃ＂rinｇofｆｉrｅ"—【Ｍ７】__＿_(dá)__aｎarｅａofvｏｌcanicaｃtivityｗｈereｓtrｅtchesaｒoｕｎｄtｈｅＰaｃificＯceａｎ.【M8】___＿_(dá)_PyｒamｉdCｉtywiｌlhaｖetowithstandｅarthquakes，tｓunaｍisanduｎdeｒwatｅr【M9】_＿＿_(dá)_＿ｖolｃａnicｅrupｔions