Question

  Almost everyone knows about Olympic Games. But not 1        people know how they started,why they once stopped and when the People's Republic of China took part in the Olympics.

  People 2       the first Olympic Games inGreece (希腊) in 776 B. C. They had the Olympics 3        four years in summer. The first Olympics 4        for only one day and there was only one contest (比赛) .It was a short race. Only Greek men could 5        in the race. Women couldn't 6        the race.

When Rome (罗马) ruled Greece,the Olympics 7       .

  The People's Republic ofChinatook part in the Olympics 8        the first time in 1952. 9Chinagot no gold medals until (直到) 1984 in the Los Angeles Olympics.Chinawon the first 10        in the 29th Beijing Olympics in 2008. We hopeChinawill get more gold medals in the 30th Olympics in London. Come on,the Chinese players ！

(   ) 1. A. many   B. little   C. few   D. a lot

(   ) 2. A. held   B. found   C. visited   D. changed

(   ) 3. A. any   B. each   C. another   D. every

(   ) 4. A. waited   B. lasted

   C. rested   D. prepared

(   ) 5. A. jump   B. run   C. climb   D. score

(   ) 6. A. take part in   B. join

   C. cheer   D. win

(   ) 7. A. grew   B. began

   C. followed   D. stopped

(   ) 8. A. for   B. in        Cat   D. on

(   ) 9. A. As   B. When   C. So   D. But

(   ) 10. A. game   B. place

   C. places   D. gold medal

Answer 1

l.A   

2. A    

3. D

4. B句意为"第一届奥运会仅持续了一天，只有一项比赛项目。"last作动词，意为"持续，延续"。故选B.

5. B由上文可知该届奧运会只有一项比赛项目：短跑。故用rtm。

6. A句意为"妇女以及非希腊人不能参加比赛。"

7. D 由第~段中"why they once stopped…"一句可知本句意为"当罗马人统治希腊时，奥运会停止了"。

8. A 固定短语for the firet time意为"第一次"。

9. D通过上下文语境可知，中国在1952年首次参加奥运会，但直到1984年的洛杉矶奥运会才获得金牌。

10. B固定短语win the first place意为"赢得第一名"。众所周知，中国在2008年北京奥运会中，位居金牌榜榜首。故选 B.