The fastest men can run a mile in under 4 minutes. The best women need 4.5 minutes. Wo

men’s times are always slower than men’s, but some facts are a surprise. Some of the fastest women swimmers today are teenage girls. One of them swam 400 meters in 4 minutes 21.2 seconds when she was only 16. The first ‘Tarzan’ in films was an Olympic swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller. His fastest 400 meters was 4 minutes 59.1 seconds, which is 37.9 seconds slower than a girl 50 years later! This does not mean that women are catching men up. Conditions are very different now, and sport is much more serious. It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone(荷尔蒙) injections. At the Olympics a doctor has to check whether the women athletes are really women or not. It seems sad that sport has such problems. Life can be very complicated when there are two separate sexes!

（1）In this passage the author implies that .

A) women are weaker than men, but faster

B) women are slower than men ,but stronger

C) men are not always stronger and faster than women

D) men are faster and stronger than women

（2）“That at least is what people say.” Means people .

A) say other things too

B) don’t say this much

C) say this but may not think so

D）only think this

（3）Which of the following is true？

A) Boys and girls study separately everywhere.

B) Women do not run or swim in races with men.

C) Famous Prime Ministers are women.

D) Men can expect to live longer than women in Europe.

（4）Women are called ‘the weaker sex’ because .

A) women do as much work as men

B) people think women are weaker than men

C) sport is easier for men than for women

D）in sport the two sexes are always together

（5）What problems does sport have？

A) Some women athletes are actually men.

B) Some women athletes are given hormone injections.

C) Women and men do not run or swim in the same races.

D）It is difficult to check whether women athletes are really women.