Reading comprehension -TOEFL- Lesson 67 (Đọc hiểu -TOEFL- Bài 67)
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Between 1977 and 1981, three groups of American women, numbering 27 in all, between the ages of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests to determine how they would respond to conditions resembling those abroad the space shuttle.
5 Though carefully selected from among many applicants, the women were volunteers and pay was barely above the minimum wage. 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 10 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. 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 discomforts, 15 and when they were finally allowed up, the more physically active women were especially subject to pains due to a slight calcium loss.
Results of tests suggest that women will have significant advantages 20 over men in space. They need less food and less oxygen and they stand up to radiation better. Men's advantages in terms of strength and stamina, meanwhile, are virtually wiped out by the zero-gravity condition in space.
5 Though carefully selected from among many applicants, the women were volunteers and pay was barely above the minimum wage. 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 10 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. 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 discomforts, 15 and when they were finally allowed up, the more physically active women were especially subject to pains due to a slight calcium loss.
Results of tests suggest that women will have significant advantages 20 over men in space. They need less food and less oxygen and they stand up to radiation better. Men's advantages in terms of strength and stamina, meanwhile, are virtually wiped out by the zero-gravity condition in space.
1. For how long was each woman tested ?
2. What was the average number of women in each group tested ?
3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage ?
4. Which would be the most suitable title for the passage.
5. What can be said about the women who applied ?
6. According to the passage, physical and mental tasks were carried out by the women
