The Olympic Games have changed a lot since they were first held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. At that time, winners got silver medals instead of gold ones. Sounds strange, doesn’t it? People thought silver was better than gold．No women competed in the first Olympics, and only 14 countries took part.

   In the early years of the Olympics, there weren’t many sports. In the first Greek Games, event usually took place in the Panathenaic Stadium（雅典体育场），and you can still see it today. Players did not wear their countries’ clothes in 1896.They traveled to Athens by themselves and had to use their own money to take part.

New sports have been put into the Olympics over time, like badminton and table tennis, Some older games are no longer played, like tug-of-war（拔河）.

   Swimming was different in 1896. There was a 1200-metre race in the sea．A boat took swimmers out into the sea and they had to swim back to land．The first person to win that race was Alfred Hajos. He seemed happy just to finish. “I just wanted to live. That’s more important than winning,” he said．

1．In the first Olympics, winners were given____.

A．gold medals   B．silver and gold medals   C．much money  D．silver medals

2．In the early years of the Olympics__

A．there weren’t many sports 

B．players wore the sports clothes that people wear today 

C．people from about 200 countries took part

D．events usually took place in modern Olympics.

3．_____is no longer played in the modern Olympics.

A．Running       B．Tug-of-war       C．Table tennis        D．Swimming

4．The underlined sentence in the text really means______

A．he was happy because he would finish it

B．he seemed happy just because he finished it

C．he was happy because he gave up at last

D．he seemed happy because he still lived

5．Swimming took place in the ____ in 1896.

A．river           B．lake          C．swimming pool        D．sea

A．four times a year, 28th

B．every other year, 30th

C．every four years, 29th

The 1960 Winter Olympic Games were held in Squaw Valley , USA. How this happened is a story that will be told for years.

60.______. That day Alexander Cushing saw an article in the San Francisco Daily saying that Reno, NV, and Anchorage, AK, had applied to hold the 1960 Winter Olympics. The idea of holding such a great event in Squaw Valley sounded funny at first. 61.______. He and Curly Grieves, the sports editor for the San Francisco Examiner, soon planned that Squaw Valley also applied for the Games.

Cushing met the IOC (International Olympic Committee) with the help of famous people, including Pulitzer Prize winner, George Weller, and French war hero Joe Marillac.62______, so that the members would treat him seriously.

On a cold spring day in 1955, in Paris, France, Alexander Cushing watched as the IOC chose Squaw Valley to host the VIII Olympic Winter Games. 63.______, and with only a fifty-room hotel, could have held such a great event.

　　Our country is becoming a large country in sports. It doesn’t have a long time of performing the Olympic Games, but it has a proud history. In 1984, our country came to Los Angeles, America to enter for the 23rd Olympic Games. Though our players didn’t have much experience, they won 15 gold medals and won the fourth place in tile number of gold medals. This was our country’s first appearance in the Summer Olympic Games. It was a great success. In 1988 our country won 5 gold medals and won the eighth place in the 24th Olympic Games held in Seoul, Korea. To our delight, in the 25th Olympic Games held in Barcelona, Spain and the 26th Olympic Games held in Atlanta America, our country both ranked（排列）fourth with sixteen gold medals. Our success surprised the world. To our pride, our country ranked second in the 2004 Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece with up to 32 gold medals. We ranked only next to America with 35 gold medals. Our success convinced the world. The 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2008. Our country is sure to win more gold medals in it. Let’s wait for this great event and get ready for it.

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The old Olympic Games began（1）in the year 776 BC in Greece．Many of the sports were the same as they are now．There were running，jumping and wrestling．（2）The Olympic Committee didn’t allow women to take part in the games．

    For centuries, the Olympic Games had not been held after about the year 393 AD．It began again in 1896 in Greece．In the 1896 games, 311 athletes from just 13 countries took part in it. （3）此后，越来越多的国家参加奥林匹克运动会。

    China began to join in the Olympic Games in 1984, many gold medals were received after Xu Haifeng had won the first gold medal of shooting for our country in the Olympic Games．

    Every four years，both the Summer and winter Olympics are held．（4）Next Olympic Games will be held in England．

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1．对（1）处划线部分提问

2．把（2）处划线句子译成汉语

3．把（3）处划线句子译成英语

4．将（4）处划线句子变为一般疑问句

5．How often are the Olympic Games held according to the passage?