题目内容
Olympia, a beautiful small town in the south of Greece, is well-known all over the world for its first holding Olympic Games in 776 BC.
At first, the Games were said to be national, and then it became international. Those except women who took part in the first Olympic Games held the games once every four years. This custom（习俗）lasted for about 1170 years, but stopped with the rules of. Rome in 394 AD.
In order to renew the spirit and thoughts shown in the ancient Greek Olympic Games, a Frenchman Gowbertin managed（设法）to start the games again. So the modern Olympic Games were held in 1896 to promote（促进）the international understanding through players. Nine nations took part in the Games. But this time they were held not in Olympia, but in Athens, Greece.
Since then the Olympia, have grown steadily（稳定地）with more and more nations and sportsmen and sportswomen taking part in the Games. Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries in turn. But because of the world wars the Games were not held in 1916, nor in the year 1940. They had been regularly（规则地）held ever since then.
(1) ________ can take part in the first Olympic Games.
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(2) How many years did the old Olympic Games last?
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(3) Where and when did the first modern Olympic Games take place?
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(4) How many Olympic Games have been held since 1896?
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