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阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

In sports the sexes (性别) are separate. Women and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men. That at least is what people say. Women are called “the weaker sex”, if men want to please them, “the fair sex”. But boys and girls are taught together at schools and universities. There are women who are famous Prime Ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men. A European woman can expect to live until the age of 74, a man only until he is 68. Are women's bodies really weaker?

    The fastest men can 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 a surprise. Some of the fastest women swimmers today are teenage (青年人) girls. One of them swam 400 meters 21.2 seconds when she was only 16. The first “Tarzan(任何矫健力大之人)” in films was an Olympic swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller. His fastest 400 meters was 4 minutes 59.1 seconds, which is 37. 9 seconds slower than a girl 50 years later! This does not mean that women are catching men up. Conditions are very different now, and sports are very serious. It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone injections. At the Olympics, a doctor has to check whether the women athletes are really women or not. It seems sad that sport has such problems. Life can be very complicated(复杂的) when there are two sexes!

1．Women are called “the weaker sex” because ________.

    A. women do as much work as men

    B. people think women are weaker than men

    C. sport is easier for men than for women

    D. in sport the two sexes are always together

2．The best women can run a mile ________.

    A. as fast as the best men

    B. half minutes faster than men

    C. 37. 9 seconds slower than men

    D. half a minute slower than men

3．It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone injections. In this sentence the word “hormone” may be ________.

    A. a kind of good food

    B. a kind of medicine

C. a kind of drink

D. a kind of cigarette

 

Answer 1

答案：1B2D3B
解析：

1.　　  Women are less strong than men. That at least is what people say. Women are called “the weaker sex”, if men want to please them, “the fair sex”. 根据这句可知答案为B。 2.　　  信息句为 “The fastest men can run a mile in under 4 minutes. The best women need 4. 5 minutes.” 3．“It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone injections. At the Olympics, a doctor has to check whether the women athletes are really women or not.” 根据这句可以推断，hormone应该是一种药。