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【题目】The Winter Olympics has been hosted on three continents by eleven different countries. The Games have been held in the United States four times in France three times; and in Austria, Canada, Japan, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland twice. Also, the Games have been held in Germany, Yugoslavia and Russia once. The IOC has selected Pyeongchang, South Korea, to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Beijing, China, to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. No city in the southern hemisphere(半球) has hosted or even been an applicant to host the Winter Olympics; the major challenge preventing one hosting the games is the dependence on winter weather, and the traditional February timing of the games falls in the middle of the southern hemisphere summer.

Twelve countries — Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland,Sweden, Switzerland and the United States — have sent athletes to every Winter Olympic Games. Six of those — Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States — have earned medals at every Winter Olympic Games, and only one — the United States — has earned gold at each Games. Norway leads in terms of number of gold medals and overall number of medals. Germany and Japan have been banned at times from competing in the Games.

The Winter Games have had only one team boycott when Taiwan decided not to participate in the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid. Prior to the Games the IOC agreed to allow China to compete in the Olympics for the first time since 1952. Taiwan returned to Olympic competition at the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo(徽章) as Chinese Taipei. The agreement remains in place to this day.

【1】Why hasn’t the Winter Olympics ever been hosted in the southern hemisphere?

A. Because they didn’t make an application.

B. Because they aren’t ready to host it

C. Because of the winter weather in hemisphere.

D. Because of the weather and the timing of the games.

【2】 Which of the following is Not true about America’s taking part in The Winter Olympics?

A. America has taken part in every Winter Olympics.

B. America comes first in terms of number of gold medals.

C. America has earned gold at each Games.

D. America has earned medals at every Winter Olympic Games.

【3】 What does the underlined word ＂boycott＂ in the last paragraph mean?

A. participate B. resist

C. admit D. permit

【4】Which of the following is the passage’s writing style?

A. An official report. B. An announcement.

C. An introduction. D. An advertisement.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

【文章大意】 本文主要介绍了冬奥会的主办城市及台湾，中国参加奥运会的一些情况。

【1】D 考查细节理解。根据文章第一段的最后可以判断出冬奥会没有在南半球的城市举办是因为天气和传统比赛时间的限制。故选D。

【2】B 考查细节理解。根据第二段内容可以判断出A、C、D三项正确；由Norway leads in terms of number of gold medals可知B项错误，故选B。

【3】B 考查词义猜测。A. participate参加；B. resist抵制；C. admit 承认，准许进入；D. permit允许。根据画线部分后面的时间状语从句when Taiwan decided not to participate in the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid可以判断出台湾拒绝参加即抵制了1980年的冬季奥运会，故选B。

【4】C 考查推理判断。通读全文可以知道本文主要对冬奥会的一些情况作了介绍，故选D。