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Between 1977 and 1981, three groups of American women, numbering 27 in all, between the ages of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests to determine how they would respond to conditions resembling those abroad the space shuttle. Though carefully selected from among many applicants, the women were volunteers and pay was barely above the minimum wage. They were not allowed to smoke or drink alcohol during the test.
Among other things, they had to stand pressure three times the force of gravity and carry out both physical and mental tasks while exhausted from strenuous physical exercise. At the end of ten days, they had to spend a further twenty days absolutely confined to bed, during the time they suffered backaches and other discomforts.
Results of tests suggest that women will have significant advantages over men in space. They need less food and less oxygen and they stand up to radiation better. Men’s advantages in terms of strength and stamina, meanwhile are virtually wiped out by the zero gravity condition in space.
1) Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The tests were not carried out abroad the space shuttle
B. The women involved had had previous physical fitness training
C. The women were tested once a year from 1977 to 1981
D. The tests were carried out on women of all ages
2) Which would be the most suitable title for the passage?
A. Older women, too, can travel in space
B. Space testing causes backache in women
C. Poor wages for women space test volunteers
3) What can be said about the women who applied?
A. There were 27 in all
B. They were anxious to give up either smoking or drinking
C. They had previously earned the minimum wage
D. They chose to participate in the test
4) Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Smoking and drinking alcohol were forbidden
B. Tests were carried out abroad the space shuttle
C. The women had to lie in bed for twenty days during the test
D. Men have less advantages than women in space
5) The physical advantages men enjoy in normal conditions are counteracted by _____
A. conditioning
B. virtue
C. zero gravity
D. food and oxygen
Among other things, they had to stand pressure three times the force of gravity and carry out both physical and mental tasks while exhausted from strenuous physical exercise. At the end of ten days, they had to spend a further twenty days absolutely confined to bed, during the time they suffered backaches and other discomforts.
Results of tests suggest that women will have significant advantages over men in space. They need less food and less oxygen and they stand up to radiation better. Men’s advantages in terms of strength and stamina, meanwhile are virtually wiped out by the zero gravity condition in space.
1) Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The tests were not carried out abroad the space shuttle
B. The women involved had had previous physical fitness training
C. The women were tested once a year from 1977 to 1981
D. The tests were carried out on women of all ages
2) Which would be the most suitable title for the passage?
A. Older women, too, can travel in space
B. Space testing causes backache in women
C. Poor wages for women space test volunteers
3) What can be said about the women who applied?
A. There were 27 in all
B. They were anxious to give up either smoking or drinking
C. They had previously earned the minimum wage
D. They chose to participate in the test
4) Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Smoking and drinking alcohol were forbidden
B. Tests were carried out abroad the space shuttle
C. The women had to lie in bed for twenty days during the test
D. Men have less advantages than women in space
5) The physical advantages men enjoy in normal conditions are counteracted by _____
A. conditioning
B. virtue
C. zero gravity
D. food and oxygen