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　　Once every four years, a special event called the Olympic Games 1 . However, they are 2 just games. The Olympics are a great time to see people from all over the world. Their common bond is 3 . This kind of cooperation and friendship between people of 4 countries doesn't happen every year.

　　The Olympics always 5 international attention to the citizens and culture of the 6 ,which in 2000 is Australia. 7 of athletes competing for medals in athletics alone will 8 2000 at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. This is the largest number 9 recorded in Olympic history.

　　The Olympic Games have a famous motto(格言) , 10 in the ancient language of Latin. The motto is citius, altius, fortius, which 11 faster, higher, stronger. It 12 the idea of always working hard, and trying to be the 13 you can be. Try to 14 this motto to your studies, 15 you too can be a winner.

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　　Once every four years, a special event called the Olympic Games 1 . However, they are 2 just games. The Olympics are a great time to see people from all over the world. Their common bond is 3 . This kind of cooperation and friendship between people of 4 countries doesn't happen every year.

　　The Olympics always 5 international attention to the citizens and culture of the 6 ,which in 2000 is Australia. 7 of athletes competing for medals in athletics alone will 8 2000 at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. This is the largest number 9 recorded in Olympic history.

　　The Olympic Games have a famous motto(格言) , 10 in the ancient language of Latin. The motto is citius, altius, fortius, which 11 faster, higher, stronger. It 12 the idea of always working hard, and trying to be the 13 you can be. Try to 14 this motto to your studies, 15 you too can be a winner.

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It’s lucky for young athletes all over the world to get their chance at Olympic gold since the International Olympic Committee(IOC) voted unanimously (一致地) to host the Young Olympics.

The first-ever Summer Youth Olympics made their debut(首次亮相) in August of 2010. The 12-day competition featured 3,200 kids between the ages of 14 and 18. The first Winter Youth Olympics will be held in 2012 and are expected to attract 1,000 athletes. Both Games will take place every four years on a regular basis.

Childhood obesity was listed as one of the reasons for launching the Young Olympics, IOC president Jacques Rogge said he hoped the global competitions would inspire young people to get off the couch and get into shape.

Rogge also admitted that the IOC wished to attract a younger television audience to the formal Olympics. In the past years, interest in the Games among young people has decreased, with the average age of Olympic viewers on the rise.

Rogge agreed that kids today are more interested in such competitions as the X Games, which features such sports as BMX freestyle, surfing on the sea and Moto X Racing.

The Olympics have tried to keep up with the competition by adding BMX-crossing cycling(自行车越野赛), ski cross and snowboarding to the Olympic program. And the IOC is hoping to strengthen its reputation among teens by including skateboarding in the 2012 London Olympics.

56. The International Olympic Committee decided to start the Youth Olympics in order to____.

A. encourage young people to exercise more

B. stress the importance of the Olympics

C. develop student’s sense of competition

D. pull in an older audience to the Olympics

57. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?

A. How long the Winter Youth Olympics will last.

B. When the Winter Youth Olympics will be held.

C. How many judges attended the Summer Youth Olympics.

D. Young people have lost interest in Youth Olympics.

58. The text tells us that _________ is likely to be added to the 2012 London Olympics.

A. skateboarding　　 B. snowboarding.　　　　　 C. BMX freestyle.　　 D. ski cross

59. The main subject of this passage is likely to be ___________.

A. childhood obesity leads to Youth Olympics

B. the history of different sets of Olympics

C. X Games are popular among young People

D. the first-ever Young Olympics