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　　In sport the sexes***性別***are separate. Women and men do not run or swim in the same races.Women are less strong than men. That at least is what people say. Women are called theweaker sex, or, if men want to please them, the fair sex. But boys and girls are taught togetherat schools and universities. There are women who are famous Prime Ministers, scientists andwriters. And women live longer than men . A European woman can expect to live until the ageof 74, a man only until he is 68.Are women's bodies really weaker?

　　The fastest men can run a mile in under 4 minutes. The best women need 4.5 minutes.Women's time are always slower than men's, but some facts are a surprise. Some of the fastestwomen swimmers today are teenage girls. One of them swam 400 metres in 4 minutes 21.2seconds when she was only 16.The first‘Tartan’in film was an Olympic swimmer, JohnnyWeissmuller. His fastest 400 metres was 4 minutes 49.1 seconds, which is 37.9 seconds slowerthan a girl 50 years later! This does not mean that women are catching men up. Conditions arevery different now and sport is much more serious. It is so serious that some women athletesare given hormone ***荷爾蒙***injections***注射***. At the Olympics a doctor has to check whether thewomen athletes are really women or not. It seems sad that sport has such problems. Life can bevery complicated***複雜的*** when there are two separate sexes!

　　1.Women are called the weaker sex because ______ .

　　A.women do as much 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

　　2.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.

　　3.“That at least is what people say”means people ______ .

　　A.say other things , too