68．A．before 　　　　 B．later 　　　　 C．ahead 　　　　 D．behind

67．A．ancient 　　　 B．important 　　 C．Olympic 　　　 D．Olympics

66．A．a 　　　　　　 B．the 　　　　　 C．no 　　　　　　 D．/

65．A．longer 　　　　 B．shorter　 　　　 C．happier 　　　 D．stronger

64．A．together 　　　 B．differently 　 C．altogether 　　 D．purposely

63．A．her 　　　　　 B．them 　　　　　 C．it 　　　　　　 D．themselves

62．A．more 　　　　　 B．less 　　　　　 C．much 　　　　　 D．no

61．A．natural 　　　 B．different 　　 C．separate 　　　 D．separated

60．A．Because 　　　 B．As 　　　　　　 C．Besides 　　　 D．Because of

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In sport the sexes are ___61___．Women and men do not run or swim in the same races．women are ___62___ strong than men．That at least is what people say．Women are called "the weaker sex" or if men want to please ___63___, "the fair sex"．But boys and girls are taught ___64___ at schools and universities． There are women who are famous Prime Ministers (首相), scientists and writers．And women live ___65___ than men．A European woman can expect to live until the age of 74, while a man only until 68. Are women's bodies really weaker?

The fastest man run a mile in under 4 minutes．The best women need 4-5 minutes． Women's times are always slower than men's, but some facts are ___66___ surprise．Some of the fastest women swimmers today are teenage girls．One of them swam 400 metres in 4 minutes 21.1 seconds when she was only 16. The first "Tzrzan" (泰山) in films was an ___67___ swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller．His fastest 400 metres was 4 minutes 59.1 seconds, which is 39.9 seconds slower than a girl 50 years ___68___! This does not mean that women are catching men up．Conditions are very different now, and sport is much more serious．It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone injections (荷尔蒙注射)．At the Olympics a doctor has to check whether the women athletes are ___69___ women or not．It seems sad that sport has such problems．Life ___70___ very complicated when there are two sexes．

59．A．try 　　　　　 B．and tried　 　　 C．trying to 　　 D．and try