Also, most women are trying to achieve the impossible: standards of female beauty have in  fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century. In 1917, the physically perfect woman was about 5ft 4 in tall and weighed nearly 140 pounds. Even 25 years ago, top models  and beauty queens weighed only 8% less than the average woman, now they weigh 23% less. The current media ideal for women is achievable by less than 5 % of the female population and that's just in terms of weight and size. If you want the ideal shape, face etc, it's probably more  like 1%.

 1. The main purpose of the passage is to ---------.

A. explain a phenomenon

B. compare two facts

C. make a suggestion

D. strengthen a current theory

2. The difference between men and women when they look into the mirror is that ----------.

A. women stay longer before the mirror than men

B. women feel more comfortable about their appearance than men

C. women, more than men, come away from the mirror feeling unsatisfied

D. women’s looks before the mirror appear more distorted then men’s

3. The phrase “bombarded with” (para.3) could best be replaced by --------.

A. denied

B. doubtful of

C. very proud of

D. influenced by

4. Which of the following can be inferred about the physically perfect woman in 1917 ?

A. She was not very much different from the average woman.