The old Olympic Games began around the year 776 BC in Greece．Many of the sports  1 the same as they are now．But then women were not  2  to take part in the games．  

The first Olympic Games in modem times happened in 1896．They were  3  in Greece，where the games were born．Both the Summer and Winter Olympics are held every four year．The Winter Olympics are usually held two years  4  the Summer Olympics．

The 24th Summer Olympics were held in 1988 in Los Angeles（洛杉矶）．The competitors from the People’s Republic of China  5  the games for the first time．The Chinese competitors 6  many medals since then．But most of the medals were won by women．We hope men will 7 their best to win more medals．

（    ）1．A．looked            B．had                      C．did                        D．were

（    ）2．A．allowed          B．hoped                  C．prepared                D．agreed

（    ）3．A．held               B．began                  C．begin                     D．hold

（    ）4．A．in front of         B．later                     C．before                    D．earlier

（    ）5．A．took part in       B．went to                C．played with            D．joined

（    ）6．A．have won         B．are winning            C．had won                 D．won

（    ）7．A．work              B．train                    C．compete                 D．do

　　The 24th Summer Olympics were held in 1988 in Los Angeles（洛杉矶）. The competitors from the People's Republic of China __(7)__ the games for the first time. The Chinese competitors __(8)__ many medals since then. __(9)__ most of the medals were won by women. We hope men will __(10)__ their best to win more medals.

My father died when I was a few months old． After his death, my mother moved back to Louisville, Kentucky, where __1__ had grown up． We lived in a small house with her older sister, Marion, and their mother． This was a time when being a single __2___ was still considered unusual．

When I was small, there was a children’s book called The Happy Family, and it was a real piece of work． Dad worked all day log at the office, Mom cooked in the kitchen, and brother and sister always had friends sleeping over． The image of the family in this book was typical （典型的） of the time． It looked __3___ like my family, but luckily that wasn’t the way I heard it． The way my Aunt Marion read it to me made the story really __4__．

Kind-hearted and open-minded, my aunt was the one who played baseball with me, who took me horseback riding, who took me to the father-son dinners and who gave me lessons on how to drive． Believing that anything __5__ was probably good for, she __6__ to get a loan （贷款） so that I could go to Africa to work as a volunteer, which was my most important experience．

As a young girl, Aunt Marion always planned to have a large number of children of her own, but she never got married．This __7__ that she was free to spend all her time taking care of me．Many people say we have a lot in common．She always __8__ me to do my best． She never __9__ to make me believe that I could do anything with my life that I wanted, if I only tried hard enough．

For more than sixty years, Aunt Marion didn’t and still don’t think of herself． __10__ she is forced to come up to the front, my aunt will stand in the back in family photos, and she doesn’t think that her efforts have made much __11___．I honor my aunt, who taught me the things my __12___ couldn’t．So every June for the past 40 years, in growing thankfulness to my Aunt Marion, I’ve sent her a Father’s Day card．

1． A． I                        B． she                     C． he                      D． we

2． A． man                   B． family                  C． parent                 D． child

3． A． nothing               B． anything              C． everything           D． something

4． A． surprising            B． boring                 C． sad                     D． funny

5． A． interesting         B． pleasant               C． impossible   D． unusual

6． A． decided               B． afforded              C． offered               D． prepared

7． A． said                    B． meant                 C． proved                D． showed

8． A． allowed               B． afforded              C． offered               D． forced

9． A． hoped                 B． agreed                C． stopped              D． tailed

10． A． Unless              B． Although             C． Since                  D． Before

11． A． difference          B． progress             C． trouble                       D． sense

12． A． Teachers            B． mother                       C． father                        D． friends