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2015年的职称英语考试补全短文练习题(九)

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　　2015年职称英语考试补全短文练习题

　　Tests Show Women Suited for Space Travel(理工类)

　　Between 1997 and 1981, three groups of American women, numbering 27 in all, between the age of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests for space travel purposes._____ _____

　　Those women were carefully selected from among many applicants. _____ _____ They were not allowed to smoke or drink alcohol during the tests, and they were expected to tolerate each others 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._____ _____During that time they suffered backaches and other discomforts._____ _____

　　Results of the tests suggest that women will have significant advantages over men in space.

　　_____ _____Mens advantages in terms of strength and stamina, meanwhile, are virtually wiped out by the zero-gravity condition in space.

　　A. At the end of ten days, they had to spend a further twenty days absolutely confined to bed.

　　B. They were volunteers and were paid barely above the minimum wage.

　　C. These tests were conducted to determine how they would respond to conditions resembling those aboard the space shuttle.

　　D. They need less food and less oxygen and they stand up to radiation better.

　　E. Some of them were over 65.

　　F. When they were finally allowed up, the more physically active women were especially subject to pains due to a slight calcium loss.

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