【阅读理解Between1977and1981threegroupsofAmericanwomennumbering27inallbetweentheageof35and65weregivenmonth-longteststodeterminehowtheywouldrespondtoconditionsre】

　　阅读理解

　　Between1977and1981threegroupsofAmericanwomennumbering27inallbetweentheageof35and65weregivenmonth-longteststodeterminehowtheywouldrespondtoconditionsresemblingthoseaboardthespaceshuttle．

　　Thoughcarefullyselectedfromamongmanyapplicantsthewomenwerevolunteersandthepaywasbarelyabovetheminimumwage．Theywerenotallowedtosmokeordrinkalcoholduringthetestsandtheywereexpectedtoaccompanywitheachotherfortheentireperiod．Amongotherthingstheyhadtostandpressurethreetimestheforceofgravityandcarryoutbothphysicalandmentaltaskswholeexhaustedfromstrenuousphysicalexercise．Attheendoftendaystheyhadtospendafurthertwentydaysabsolutelyconfinedtobedduringwhichtimetheysufferedbackachesandotherdiscomfortsandwhentheywerefinallyallowedupthemorephysicallyactivewomenwereespeciallysubjecttopainduetoaslightcalciumloss．

　　Resultsofthetestssuggestthatwomenwillhavesignificantadvantagesovermaninspace．Theyneedlessfoodandlessoxygenandtheystanduptoradiationbetter．Men’sadvantagesintermsofstrengthandstaminameanwhilearevirtuallywipedoutbythezero-gravityconditioninspace．

　　本文是说明文。但是文章大部分内容叙述了一次试验，所以前面部分也可以说是记叙文体。文章通过对27位年龄不等的妇女进行的模拟宇宙飞船上的试验得出结论：女性在太空比男性更有优越性。

　　(1)

　　WhatwerethoseAmericanwomentestedforduringthewholemonth?

　　[]A．

　　Fortheselectionoftheresponsiblepersons．

　　B．

　　Fortheconditionofdifferentgroupofthewomen．

　　C．

　　Toseeiftheyweresuitableforthespacework．

　　D．

　　Toseehowtheywouldreacttoconditionslikethoseaboardthespaceshuttle．

　　(2)