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【题目】Pierre de Coubertin was born on January 1，1863，in Paris, France. As a child of a noble family, he received a good education and developed a strong interest in literature and history. He refused the military career planned for him by his family, as well as giving up a political career in order to serve his people better.

Coubertin was a very active sportsman and practiced the sports of boxing, fencing (击剑)，horse-riding and rowing. He believed that sport was the tool for moral energy and he defended his idea with rare tenacity (坚初).

His study of history made him wish the Olympics could still be held. He thought it was the ideal that everyone should try to reach. He was sure that bringing athletes together would make friendly relations between the countries. It was this idea that led him to announce at the age of 31 that he wanted to revive the Olympics.

He made this announcement in a meeting at the Union of French Societies of Athletic Sports, for which he was Secretary General (秘书长). No one really believed him and his statement was greeted with little passion. Coubertin, however, was not discouraged and on 23 June, 1894 he founded the International Olympic Committee(IOC)in a ceremony held at the University of Sorbonne in Paris. Demetrius from Greece became the first president of the IOC.

Two years later, in 1896, the first Olympic Games of the modern era was held in Athens. On that occasion Coubertin was elected the second president of the IOC and he remained president until 1925. Due to the 1st World War, Coubertin requested permission to establish the headquarters of the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland, which was a neutral (中立的)country, Coubertin withdrew from the IOC in 1925 to devote himself to his pedagogical (教育学的)work, which he called his "unfinished symphony(交响乐)".

Coubertin suddenly died of a heart attack on September 2，1937, in a park in Geneva, and thus his "symphony" remained unfinished. The city of Lausanne had decided to award him honorary citizenship (荣誉市 民)of the city, but he died just before the ceremony.

In accordance with Coubertin's last wish he was buried in Lausanne, although his heart was buried separately in a monument near the ruins of ancient Olympia.

【1】 Pierre de Coubertin was not interested in ________ .

A. literature

B. history

C. military

D. sports

【2】 Coubertin wanted to revive the Olympic Games because ________ .

A. he thought bringing athletes together would make friendly relationships between the countries

B. he knew he would be the 2nd president of the IOC

C. he loved history and sports so much

D. he thought everyone should try to reach the ideal that the Olympics could still be held

【3】 "unfinished symphony(交响乐)" refers to ________ .

A. the work Coubertin did for the IOC

B. the pedagogical work

C. the ceremony of awarding Coubertin honorary citizenship

D. the fact that Coubertin's heart attack never got well

【4】 What can we learn from the passage?

A. Coubertin was awarded honorarycitizenship by the city of Lausanne before he died.

B. Coubertin worked as the president of the IOC for less than 20 years.

C. Coubertin devoted all his life to the sports career.

D. Coubertin's heart was buried in Greece.

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 C

【2】 A

【3】 A

【4】 D

【解析】【1】 顾拜旦生于贵族家庭，从小就对文学和历史产生了浓厚的兴趣("developed a strong interest in literature and history")， 他还是非常法跃的运动员,从事诸如拳击、击剑等运动(第二段第一句)，但他拒绝了家庭給他安排好的军旅生涯(“refused the military career”)。

【2】 第三段提到了顾拜旦想复兴奥运会的原因("He was sure that bringing athletes together would make friendly relations between the countries. ")。

【3】 "unfinished symphony"与所在句子中的 which 互指，which 是非限制性定语从句的引导词,这里指代前面整个主句，主句讲的是顾拜旦退出国际奥运委员会从事教育学工作一事；而从整篇短文来看，鉴于顾拜旦对体育事业的热衷，这里又是特指他退出国际类运委负会后不能再为奥运会做事而留下的遗憾。

【4】 顾拜旦是在洛桑决定授予他荣誉市民之后逝世的，那时授予仪式并没举行；他一生除了从事与体育有关的工作外，还从事了教育学的工作；他在1896～1925年间担任奥委会主席，在职时间不到三十年。他的心脏埋藏在希腊古代奥林匹亚的遗址附近。