高等院校英語應用能力B級考試解題技巧及試卷解析(附光碟)（簡體書）

Between 1977 and 1981, three groups of American women, numbering 27 in all, between theage of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests to determine how they would respond to conditionsresembling those aboard the space shuttle. Though carefully selected from among manyapplicants, the women were volunteers and the pay was not important for them. They were notallowed 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 pressurethree times the force of gravity and carry out both physical and mental tasks whole exhaustedfrom strenuous physical exercise. At the end of ten days, they had to spend a further twenty daysabsolutely confined to bed, during which time they suffered backaches and other discomforts, andwhen they were finally allowed up, the more physically active women were especially subject topain due to a slight calcium loss.
Results of the tests suggest that women will have significant advantages over man in space.They need less food and less oxygen and they stand up to radiation better. Mens advantages mterms of strength and stamina, meanwhile, are virtually wiped out by the zero-gravity condition inspace.
36. What were those Amerioan women tested for during the whole month?
A) For the selection of an important meeting.
B) For the condition of different group of the women.
C) To see if they were suitable for the space work.
D) To see how they would react to conditions like those aboard the space shuttle.