Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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things got tough, but could still satisfy a woman's craving to mother something small. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] They were such cute synthetic creatures, it was impossible not to love them. Of course, that was precisely why they were dangerous! "I won't have to kill many. Besides, they're only animals." " "They are. I told her she had the wrong neutroid, but she got mad. Went Intelligent "Intelligent as a human imbecile, maybe." "A small child is an imbecile. Would you kill a small child?" "You're taking intelligence as the only criterion of humanity," he protested hopelessly, knowing that a logical defense was useless against sentimentality. "Baby—" animals!" started a black market in neutroids?" If Delmont's falsification had been widespread, he might have to turn several of the thirty-five over to central lab for dissection and ultimate destruction. That would bring the murderous wrath of their owners down upon him. He began to understand why bio-inspectors were frequently shifted from one territory to another. I make my own hours liked babies. And because I have a B.S. in biology and an aptitude for dealing with people. Can't you understand? Destroying unclaimed units is the smallest part of it. Honey, before the evolvotron, before Anthropos went into the mutant-animal business, than the neutroids. A K-108 could speak a dozen words, and a K-99 never got farther than "mamma," "pappa," and "cookie." Anthropos was afraid to make the quasi-humans too intelligent, lest sentimentalists proclaim them really human. suburban street wound among the pastel plasticoid cottages that were set approximately two to an acre on the lightly wooded land. With its population legally fixed at three hundred million, most of the country had become one big suburb, dotted with community centers and lined with narrow belts of industrial development. Norris wished there were started toward a bank of neutroid cages along the opposite wall, but were emotionally safer than the quasi-human chimp-K series called "neutroids." When a pet neutroid died, a family was broken with grief couples were allowed two lesser units or one neutroid. of growth hormones, trying to raise himself a harem to sell. Besides, you're required to keep sales records until they've been micro-filmed. There hasn't been a microfilming since July." Subject: Deviant Neutroid. Unauthorized neutroids could mean lots of trouble. number. This could be a ruse to bring a stop to investigations when one animal is found. Be thorough. If allowed to reach age-set or adulthood, such a deviant could be dangerous to its owner or to others. Hold all seized K-99s who show hundred square miles. Its replacement-quota of new neutroids was around do it in a week? And there were only eleven empty neutroid cages in his for finding and testing forty neutroids would put him in a tight there." He hesitated. "The baby turned out to be a neutroid. It's "So?" Can't you send the neutroid to a vet?" "She insists it's going to a hospital. Worst part is that she's heard of the disease. Knows it can be cured with the proper treatment—in humans. Of course, no hospital would play along with her fantasy and take a neutroid, especially since she couldn't pay for its treatment." "I still don't see—" But he saw it as a quick way to get rid of an animal that might later have to be killed. And that , he thought, was like trying to take a year-old baby away "It's not funny. I've got to get those neutroids. It's in connection they just won't listen to reason. But get those neutroids." "Come on," he grunted. "Let's unload some neutroids, before I forget The doll-like neutroids began their mindless chatter as soon as their smiles, and cherubic faces. They were sexually neuter and never grew beyond a predetermined age-set which varied for each series. Age-sets were available from one to ten years human equivalent. Once a neutroid reached its age-set, it remained at the set's child-development level until death. "That was a mistake." She frowned irritably. "We can afford it." structure and displace certain links by just the right amount. And he's got to be quick about it before the ovum dies from an overdose of radiation from the enlarger. A good operator can get one success out of seven tries. "Well, Delmont worked a week and spoiled over a hundred ova without a single success. They threatened to fire him. I guess he got hysterical. Anyway, he reported one success the next day. It was faked. The ovum had a couple of flaws—something wrong in the central nervous system's determinants, and in the glandular makeup. Not a standard neutroid wouldn't be caught until after birth." "Funny thing, he was afraid it wouldn't be. He got to worrying about it, thought maybe a mental-deviant would pass, and that it might be dangerous. So he went back to its incubator and cut off the hormone flow into its compartment." "Why that?" develop sexuality. A neutroid would be born a female if they didn't give it suppressive doses of male hormone prenatally. That keeps ovaries from developing and it comes out neuter. But Delmont figured a female would be caught and stopped before the final "How did they find out about it now?" old and looked like a child of two years—a year short of its age-set. And it was designed to be as affectionate as a human child. to have a baby." "You know what they'd do to us?" "If they catch us, yes—compulsory divorce, sterilization. But they "I won't let you do such a thing." She faced him angrily. "Oh, this whole rotten world "Neutroid trouble." He went into the neutroid room and flicked a switch. A few sleepy that it would never be all right, neither the creating nor the killing, until he—and the whole world—completely lost sanity. And then everything would be all right, only it still wouldn't make sense. depart with morning. Why should he have to kill the things? The answer was obvious. Society manufactured them because killing them was permissible. Human babies could not be disposed of when the market became glutted. The neutroids offered solace to childless women, kept them satisfied with a restricted birth rate. And why a restricted birth rate? Because by keeping the population at five billions, the Federation could insure a decent living standard for everybody. Where there was giving, Norris thought glumly, there was also taking away. Man had always deluded himself by thinking that he "created," but he created nothing. He thought that he had created—with his medical science and his end to wars—a longer life for the individual. But he found that he had only taken the lives of the unborn and added them to the years of the aged. Man now had a life expectancy of eighty, except that he had damn little chance of being born to enjoy it. A neutroid filled the cradle in his stead. A neutroid that never ate as much, or grew up to be unemployed. A neutroid could be killed if

<question>:
Which answer best represents a prominent theme of this passage?  Once a neutroid reached its age-set, it remained at that developmental level until death (sick experiments).  It's a 'mental deviant' and he was afraid of those (compared to physical?) Why are females disposed of automatically? (China birth law) Apparently he had done this multiple times, but who knows how many. Why is story told from Norris' POV? Not delmont? If they break the rule, compulsory divorce and sterilization.

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A If you're going to break a law, be prepared to deal with the consequences.
B It is physically and emotionally dangerous to get too attached to others.
C Government actions made in the name of equality can sometimes cause more harm than good.
D Too much technological advancement can destroy a thriving society.

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C