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【題目】A

The first ancient Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BC. Coroebus won the only event at the Olympics. This made him the very first Olympic champion in history. Then they grew and continued to be played every four years. In 393 AD, the Roman emperor Theodosius Ⅰ, a Christian, announced to end the Games because of their pagan (異教的) influences.

About 1,500 years later, a young Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin began their revival (恢復). In 1892 Coubertin first brought forward his idea to revive the Olympic Games but failed.

Two years later, Coubertin organized a meeting with 79 delegates (代表) who represented nine countries. At this meeting he got what he wanted. All the delegates at the conference voted for the Olympic Games. They also decided to have Coubertin set up an international committee to organize the Games. This committee became the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Demetrious Vikelas from Greece was selected to be its first president. Athens was chosen for the revival of the Olympic Games and the planning was begun.

The very first modern Olympic Games opened in the first week of April, 1896. Since the Greek government had been unable to afford a stadium, a rich Greek architect, Georgios Averoff, donated one million drachmas (over $100,000) to repair the Panathenaic Stadium, originally built in 330 BC.

Since the Games were not well publicized internationally, contestants (選手) were not nationally chosen but rather came individually and at their own expense. Some contestants were tourists who happened to be in the area during the Games.

【1】What would be the best title for the passage?

A. The History of the Olympics

B. How Coubertin Set up IOC

C. The First Modern Olympic Games

D. Great Changes in the Olympic Games

【2】 Coubertin held a most important meeting with 79 delegates in______________.

A. 1500 B. 1892

C. 1894 D. 1896

【3】 Who offered money to help the first modern Olympic Games?

A. Demetrious Vikelas.

B. Coroebus.

C. Pierre de Coubertin.

D. Georgios Averoff.

【4】At the first modern Olympic Games, ______________.

A. winners were given money as prize

B. IOC invited contestants to tour Greece

C. there were no strict rules for being a contestant

D. many countries chose some athletes to compete

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

【語篇解讀】本文主要講了奧運會的歷史。作者對于奧運會的產(chǎn)生、中斷及發(fā)展進行了詳細的介紹。

【1】標題歸納題。全文簡要講述了奧運會的歷史，A選項緊扣中心，可作為標題。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。由第二段的第二句可知，Coubertin在1892年提出恢復舉辦奧運會，再由第三段第一句中的＂Two years later＂可知，這次會議是在1894年召開的。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的第二句可知，由于當時希臘政府財力不足，是富有的建筑師Georgios Averoff資助了第一屆現(xiàn)代奧運會。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段可知，當時參加奧運會的選手不是由國家選派的，而是個人報名參賽，其中還有一些是碰巧在那兒旅游的游客，由此可知當時對參賽選手沒有嚴格的限制。