Insportsthesexisseparate.Womenandmendonotrunorswiminthesameraces.Womenarelessstrongthanmen.Thatatleastiswhatpeoplesay.Womenarecalled“theweakersex”orifmenwanttopleasethem“thefairs
Insportsthesexisseparate.Womenandmendonotrunorswiminthesameraces.Womenarelessstrongthanmen.Thatatleastiswhatpeoplesay.Womenarecalled“theweakersex”orifmenwanttopleasethem“thefairsex”.Butboysandgirlsaretaughttogetheratschoolsanduniversities.TherearewomenwhoarefamousPrimeMinistersscientistsandwriters.Andwomenlivelongerthanmen.AEuropeanwomancanexpecttoliveuntiltheageof74;amanonlyuntilheis68.Arewomen'sbodiesreallyweaker?Thefastestmencanrunamileinunder4minutes.Thebestwomenneed5minutes.Women'stimesarealwaysslowerthanmen'sbutsomefactsareasurprise.Someofthefastestswimmerstodayaregirls.Oneofthemswam400metresin4minutes21.2secondswhenshewasonly16.Thefirst“Tarzan”(壮士)infilmswasanOlympicswimmerJohnnyWeissmuller.Hisfastest400metreswas4minutes59.1secondswhichis37.9secondsslowerthanagirl50yearslater!Thisdoesnotmeanthatwomenarecatchingmenup.Conditionsareverydifferentnowandsportismuchmoreserious.Itissoseriousthatsomewomenaregivenhormoneinjections(注射激素).AttheOlympicsadoctorhastocheckwhetherthewomenarereallywomenornot.Itseemssadthatsporthassuchproblems.Lifecanbeverycomplicated(复杂的)whenthereistwoseparatesex.
(1)Whyarewomencalled“theweakersex”?
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A.Womencanlivelongerthanmen.
B.Peopleusuallythinkwomenareweakerthanmen.
C.Womencannotfinishthesametasksasmen.
D.Thereistwodifferentsex.
(2)WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
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A.Womendonotrunorswiminraceswithmen.
B.OnceagirlswammuchfasterthanJohnyWeissmullerdid.
C.FamousPrimeMinistersarewomen.
D.MencannotlivelongerthanwomeninEurope.
(3)Thispassagetellsus________.
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A.JohnnyWeissmullerranslowerthanagirlinarace
B.JohnnyWeissmullerwontheraceashewasthenmuchyoungerthanotherrunners
C.JohnnyWeissmullerdidn'tswiminthesameracewiththegirl
D.Thegirlwhosefastest400metreswas4minutes21.2secondswasanOlympicswimmer
(4)Theproblemthatsporthasnowisthat________.
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