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20．In ancient Greece，there were four major athletic meetings and the Olympian meeting played the most important part in the lives of the people．As time passed，the Olympian meeting gradually lost its local character and became first a national event and then international．No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go but some official records date from 776 BC．
     The Games took place every four years on the plain by Mount Olympus．Thousands of people came from all parts of the Greek world to watch the games．The winner of the foot race had the great honour of giving his name to the year of his history．
      After a long history of almost 1，200 years，the Games were stopped for religious（宗教的） reasons．It was then decided in 1896 to start the Olympic Games again．The meeting was held in Athens and 311 athletes from 13 countries took part in it but the idea of such an international meeting attracted the world's attention．After the 1908 London Olympics，many nations sent their best athletes．Although the Games have been time and again threatened by some unfavourable political events，the Games have taken place every four years．
      Nowadays，the Games are held in different countries in turn．As the biggest international gathering of any kind in the world，athletes from different countries play games together and this provides them with good chances to learn to live together．The friendly feelings in the Olympic Village make people think of the world as one big family．The Olympic Games was hosted in Beijing in 2008，it is believed that the Games was a wonder of the world．
9．The first old Olympic Games took placeC．
A．a thousand years ago                  
B．in the seventh century AD      
C．before 700 BC                         
D．in modern times 
10．The continuity of the Olympic Games was once broken because ofA．
A．religious reasons      B．wars       C．political events      D．Both A and B． 
11．The Olympic Games meeting finally formedC．
A．a local event 
B．a national event   
C．an international event      
D．an official event
12．The friendly feelings between two countries are strengthened becauseB．
A．athletes come from different countries  
B．they enable people to know each other better     
C．athletes live in the Olympic village         
D．they live in one big family．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要讲述了在古希腊奥运会在人们生活中的重要性，但由于其运动性，慢慢的它变成了一项世界性的体育赛事，许多国家都踊跃参与其中．

解答 9．C 细节题．根据文章内容No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go but some official records date from 776 BC．没有人知道确切的第一届奥运会的举行时间，当有官方记载可追溯到公元776年，结合选项，故选C
10．A 细节题．根据文章内容the Games were stopped for religious（宗教的） reasons 由此可知，因为宗教原因，奥运会曾一度终止，故选A
11．C 细节题．根据文章内容Nowadays，the Games are held in different countries in turn．As the biggest international gathering of any kind in the world…现在奥运会轮流在不同的国家举办，作为一个国际性的赛事…再结合选项，故C为正确答案．
12．B 细节题．根据文章内容The friendly feelings in the Olympic Village make people think of the world as one big family参赛人员住在奥运村，那种友好的感觉使得人们都具有同一种感受：即世界是一个大家庭，而且他们也有了彼此加强了解的机会．结合选项，故选B

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