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职称英语|职称英语综合类学习材料补全短文训练5

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PASSAGE 5
Tests Show Women Suited for Space Travel
?Between 1977 and 1981, three groups of American woman, ______, between the age of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests to determine how they would respond to conditions re百度竞价推广bling those aboard the space shuttle.
Though ______, the women were volunteers and the pay was barely above the minimum wage. They were not allowed _______ 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 ____. 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 discomforts1, and when they were finally allowed up, the more physically2 active women were especially subject to pains due to a slight calcium3 loss.
Results of the tests suggest that women will have significant advantages over men in space. They need less food and les oxygen and they stand up to radiation better. Men's advantages ____, meanwhile, are virtually wiped out by the zero-gravity condition in space.
EXERCISE:
A): to smoke or drink alcohol
B) carefully selected from among many applicants
C) numbering 27 in all
D) in terms of strength and stamina
E) those who are physically stronger
F) while exhausted from strenuous physical exercise
KEY:C B A F D


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