【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.

【题目】I was walking down the street, when I suddenly saw a car __________ a huge pine.

A. bump into B. bump up

C. bumped into D. bumped up

【题目】 Mrs White showed her students some old maps ______ from the library.

A. to borrow B. to be borrowed

C. borrowed D. borrowing

【题目】After staying in hospital for long, the patient was advised to go to the seaside to __________ his health.

A. take up B. pick up C. carry up D. make up

【题目】Tom looked at Jenny, with tears __________ his eyes, and shouted out the words __________ in his heart for years.

A, filling; having been hidden B. filled; hidden

C. filling; hidden D. filled; hiding

【题目】His plan was such a good one __________ we all agreed to accept it.

A. so

B. and

C. that

D. which

【题目】__________ with foreign countries can bring us much information about the world.

A. Contrast B. Competition C. Contact D. Combination

【题目】How did you get into __________？

A. such a mess

B. a such mess

C. so much a mess

D. so a mess

【题目】He didn't have time to read the advertisements word for word; he just __________ it.

A. went over B. looked into

C. glanced through D. saw to

【题目】When __________ a new word, you'd better __________ a dictionary.

A. come across; consult B. coming across; refer to

C. coming across; look up D. come across; consulting