1.Discovering the main ideas第1-4题来源：医学英语文献选读第四单元TextA（U4Text A）There are four questions, each with four possibleanswers marked A, B, C and D. Choosethe one that you think is the best answer.1) What’s the purpose of study conducted by the researchers at Osaka InternationalUniversity and Kobe University in Japan?（U4Text A）

A. Scientists wanted to find persuasive evidence that women sweat differently from men during exercise.
B. Scientists wanted to find persuasive evidence that women do sweat copiously during exercise.
C. Scientists wanted to find some bearing on what it has meant to be female.
D. Scientists wanted to find the reason why a hard-working woman sweat like a man in many an antiperspirant commercial.

Which of the following is NOT one of the findings of the researchers at Osaka International University and Kobe University in Japan?（U4Text A）

A. Compared with the fit women, the fit menperspired more, especially during the more intense exercise.
B. Although the fit women had as many glands active and pumping as the fit men, the sweat excreted from each gland of the fit women was less.
C. The unfit men obviously perspired the least, especially during the strenuous cycling.
D. There was a sex difference between men and women in the effects of physical training on the sweating response and in the control of sweating rate to an increase in exercise intensity.

What’sthe significance of the study?（U4Text A）

A. Scientists found persuasive evidence that sweating is closely related withsports performance.
B. The study suggested thatcompared with men,women are at a disadvantage when they need to sweat a lot in hot conditions.
C. The study suggested that the women, were less adept of dissipating body heat by drenching themselves in sweat.
D. The studyconfirmedthatthe body has a critical core temperatureto protectthe motor cortex.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT about sweating?（U4Text A）

Aperson’s overall sweat rate has a lot to do with how many sweat glands one has and how much sweat is secreted
B. Sweating is one of the bodily functions that seem complicated, and itremainsnot fully understood by physiologists, in terms of how and why gender affects the process of sweating.
C. Sweating delays the beginning of the crucial heat formation by dissipating the heat through evaporation.
D. The distinctive smell of the sweat is determined by the waste products of bacteria that feeds on theperspiration.

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