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1、(73)Insportthesexes（性别）areseparate.Womenandmendonotrunorswiminthesameraces.Womenarelessstrongthanmen.Thatatleastiswhatpeoplesay.Womenarecalledtheweakersex,or,ifmenwanttopleasethem,thefairsex.Butboysandgirlsaretaughttogetheratschoolsanduniversities.TherearewomenwhoarefamousPrimeM

2、inisters,scientistsandwriters.Andwomenlivelongerthanmen.AEuropeanwomancanexpecttoliveuntiltheageof74,amanonlyuntilheis68．Arewomen'sbodiesreallyweaker?Thefastestmencanrunamileinunder4minutes.Thebestwomenneed4．5minutes.Women'stimearealwaysslowerthanmen's,butsomefactsareasurprise.S

3、omeofthefastestwomenswimmerstodayareteenagegirls.Oneofthemswam400metresin4minutes21．2secondswhenshewasonly16．Thefirst‘Tartan’infilmwasanOlympicswimmer,JohnnyWeissmuller.Hisfastest400metreswas4minutes49．1seconds,whichis37．9secondsslowerthanagirl50yearslater!Thisdoesnotmeanthatwom

4、enarecatchingmenup.Conditionsareverydifferentnowandsportismuchmoreserious.Itissoseriousthatsomewomenathletesaregivenhormone（荷尔蒙）injections（注射）.AttheOlympicsadoctorhastocheckwhetherthewomenathletesarereallywomenornot.Itseemssadthatsporthassuchproblems.Lifecanbeverycomplicated（复杂的

5、）whentherearetwoseparatesexes!1．Womenarecalledtheweakersexbecause______.A．womendoasmuchasmenB．peoplethinkwomenareweakerthanmenC．sportiseasierformenthanforwomenD．insportthetwosexesarealwaystogether2．Whichofthefollowingistrue?A．Boysandgirlsstudyseparatelyeverywhere.B．Womendonotrun

6、orswiminraceswithmen.C．FamousPrimeMinistersarewomen.D．MencanexpecttolivelongerthanwomeninEurope.3．“Thatatleastiswhatpeoplesay”meanspeople______.A．sayotherthings,tooB．don'tsaythismuchC．saythisbutmaynotthinksoD．onlythinkthis4．Whatproblemsdoessporthave?A．Somewomenathletesareactuall

7、ymen.B．Somewomenathletesaregivehormoneinjections.C．Womenandmendonotrunorswiminthesameraces.D．Itisdifficulttocheckwhetherwomenathletesarereallywomen.5．Inthispassagetheauthorimpliesthat______A．womenareweakerthanwen,butfasterB．womenareslowerthanmen,butstrongerC．menarenotalwaysstron

8、gerandfasterthanwomenD．menarefasterandstrongert