Question

The organizers of the Beijing Olympics have predicted every aspect of the preparatory work and are making every effort to fulfill their task for 2007.

Competition schedule finalized

The competition schedule for the 28 sports and 302 events has been settled already.The detailed daily schedule will be made in the final three months before the Olympics，due to the arrangements to be made for TV broadcasters.

1,000 cultural events expected

Beijing is expected to hold as many as 1,000 Olympics­related cultural activities，including high­level exhibitions and art performances，presentations of foreign art troops，community cultural squares，and promotions by sponsors and co­host cities.

30,000 journalists to cover the Olympics

More than 30,000 journalists are expected to come to Beijing during the Games.They pose a great challenge to the organizers in terms of how to meet their specific news coverage demands.

Two million visitors to test Beijing’s services

At least two million Chinese and half a million foreign tourists are expected to visit Beijing during the Olympics.Taking into account another 50,000 athletes and media，accommodation is a big challenge，too.122 Beijing­based star­class hotels were signed for the purpose in 2006.But how can they make 10,000 rooms available for domestic_visitors and 160,000—180,000 rooms for overseas visitors？The organizers are trying to find solutions to the problem in 2007.

Hot tickets，low prices

In previous Olympics，one­third of the tickets were hot，another one third were break­even and the remaining one third were unwillingly received.In contrast，most of the Beijing Olympic tickets have been hot，according to the ticketing program so far.The most expensive ticket for the opening ceremony stands only at 5,000 yuan—the lowest prices seen in recent editions of the Olympics.

1.This passage aims to tell the readers________.

A．the challenges the Beijing Olympics are facing

B．the preparatory work that the organizers are doing

C．the difficulties of organizing the Olympics

D．the information about the Beijing Olympics

2.Which of the following may not be considered when making the daily schedule?

A．The TV broadcasting.

B．The audience’s presentation.

C．The weather condition.

D．The athletes’ competing habits.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．The cultural activities will be held shortly after the Olympic Games.

B．Some foreign art communities will also give performances in Beijing.

C．The number of journalists coming to the Games will be largest.

D．Cultural activities won’t be held in co­host cities.

4.The underlined word “domestic visitors” (in Paragraph 5) refers to________.

A．visitors with important posts

B．visitors with special purposes

C．visitors from the host country

D．visitors from advanced countries

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题解析：

1.主旨大意题。虽然各项工作难度很大，北京奥运会面临挑战(A项)，组织工作有各种困难(C项)，但这都是全文谈论的一个方面。从文中所给的黑体字标题看，全文所述都是奥运会的筹备工作。故选B项。

2.文中清楚地谈到了赛事的电视转播、向游人介绍北京人文历史等。虽然文中没有直接提到天气情况，但可以想像到在安排比赛日程、文化活动、记者采访和为游客服务等活动时，天气问题一定会考虑到。故只有D项所述(运动员的比赛习惯)没考虑到。

3.北京的文化展示活动会贯穿奥运会全程，而不是will be held shortly after the Olympic Games，排除A；3万人的采访队伍，没有比较，不能断定是“最多的”，排除C项；在共同主办城市不举办文化活动的叙述也不符合事实，排除D项；文中谈到奥运会期间，一些外国艺术团体也可以来京演出，故选B项。

4.划线单词“domestic visitors”与下文的“oversea visitors”对应，故可译为“国内游客”，即“visitors from the host country”。.www

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点评：文章讲述了北京奥运运会的筹备工作。本文主要考察推理题，要求考生在阅读时体会字里行间的言外之意。