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English 12: Unit 15: Women in society

Read the passage and choose the correct answer:

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 aboard 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 tests, and they were expected to tolerate each other’s company at close quarters for the entire period. 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 which time they suffered backaches and other discomforts, and then they were finally allowed up, the more physically active women were especially subjected to pains due to a slight calcium loss.
Results from tests suggest that women 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. The best title of the passage is that ............... .
A. Woman for Space Travel
B. Older Woman, Too, Can Travel in Space
C. Pace Testing Causes Backaches in Woman
D. Tests Show Women Suited for Space Travel
Explain:


2. For how long was each woman tested?
A. twenty-five days
B. twenty days
C. ten days
D. one month
Explain:


3. How many women are there in each group tested?
A. 35
B. 9
C. 3
D. 27
Explain:


4. Results from tests show that ............... .
A. women are better then men in space
B. men are more suitable than women for travelling into space
C. men are more suitable than women for traveling into space
D. woman can live with little food and oxygen
Explain:


5. According to the passage, which statement is not correct?
A. Three groups of tested American women were between the ages of 35 and 65.
B. Women have significant advantages over men in space.
C. Physical and mental tasks were carried out by the women prior to strenuous exercise
D. The women were volunteers and pay was barely above the minimum wage.
Explain:
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