The 2008 Olympic Games        in Beijing，China．

A．win be held      B．will hold           C．is going to hold        D．are going to hold

    The Beijing Olympic Games are getting closer and closer．Are you looking forward to the excitement ahead? To cheering on stars like Yao Ming and Liu Xiang?

   On April 15,more than 7 million tickets went on sale．If you call use the Internet，go to www.tickets.beijing2008.cn．Or you can go to the Bank of China to book a ticket．But there’s no hurry．Any time before June 30，you can book a ticket to the opening and closing ceremonies (开幕式和闭幕式)．You can also order tickets to 28 sports events including basketball，football and swimming．

    Whether(是否)you book tickets early or on the last day，you have all equal(相同的)chance of getting one．If too many people want to see the same event，a computer will decide who are the lucky ones．You may worry that your pocket money will not be enough for a ticket．But the fact is tickets to the games are cheap．What’s more，students can get even cheaper tickets—for 10 yuan or less．

    Tickets for your parents aren’t expensive．either．More than half are 100 yuan or less．The most expensive tickets cost 5，000 yuan．They are for the opening ceremony．It will be held on August 8th，2008．

1．When will the Beijing Olympic Games start．?

    A．On August 8th．2008         B．On April 15th，2008

    C．On June 30th．2008              D．We don’t know

2．Which of the following is NOT true?

    A．Yao Ming and Liu Xiang are world-famous Chinese athletes(运动员)．

    B．You can buy the tickets either in Bank of China or on the Internet．

    C．The earlier you book the tickets，the more chances, you have of getting them

    D．You can buy tickets any time before June 30．

3．What are the most expensive tickets?

    A．The tickets for the basketball games

    B．The tickets for the opening ceremony

    C．The tickets for the 28 sports events

    D．The tickets for the closing ceremony

4．What’s the meaning of the word“book”?

    A．Order           B．Win       C．Earn        D．Sell

5．If there are not enough tickets to the same event and you are lucky to get one，whom will you thank?

    A．The tickets company           B．The computer

    C．The Olympic Committee(奥委会)  D．The government

The year before the first modem Olympic Games，Greece invited China to send a team．But the Qing government（政府）didn't send any athletes to the games．China did not take part in the Olympics until the l0th games，held in Los Angeles in l932．There，Liu Changchun took part in the men's l00-metre and 200-metre races．He did not win any medals．

China won her first gold medal at the 23th Olympics in Los Angeles in l984．when Xu Haifeng won the men's free shooting event．China came in fourth with l5 gold medals in all．

At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney，Australia，China won 28 gold medals，entering the top three of the medal chart for the first time．September 22nd．2000 was named China Day because China won six gold，three silver and one bronze medals on that day．

The 28th Olympic Games were held in Athens，Greece．Two hundred and two countries took part in them．China got the second place with thirty-two gold，seventeen silver and fourteen bronze medals．

We all know that in 2008，the 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing．We hope that we can win more medals so that we can get the first place．

1．Did China take part in the first modern Olympic Games?

A．Yes, she did．                                B．No, she wasn't．

C．No, she didn't．                              D．I don' t know．

2．Who was the first Chinese to take part in the Olympic Games?

A．LiuChangchun．                                        B．ZhuangYong．

C．LiuXiang．                                     D．XuHaifeng．

3．China won her first gold medal at the _______ Olympic Games．

A．10th                      B．15th                    C．23th                             D．27th

4．How many gold medals did China win at the 28dl Olympics?

A．17                     B．14                   C．32                     D．31

5．In 2008, China will hold _______ Olympic Games．

A．the 28th winter                           B．the 28th summer

C．the 29th winter                               D．the 29th summer