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The 1960 Winter Olympic Games were held in Squaw Valley , USA. How this happened is a story that will be told for years.

60.______. That day Alexander Cushing saw an article in the San Francisco Daily saying that Reno, NV, and Anchorage, AK, had applied to hold the 1960 Winter Olympics. The idea of holding such a great event in Squaw Valley sounded funny at first. 61.______. He and Curly Grieves, the sports editor for the San Francisco Examiner, soon planned that Squaw Valley also applied for the Games.

Cushing met the IOC (International Olympic Committee) with the help of famous people, including Pulitzer Prize winner, George Weller, and French war hero Joe Marillac.62______, so that the members would treat him seriously.

On a cold spring day in 1955, in Paris, France, Alexander Cushing watched as the IOC chose Squaw Valley to host the VIII Olympic Winter Games. 63.______, and with only a fifty-room hotel, could have held such a great event.

A. Cushing even built a model of Squaw Valley

B. But Cushing didn’t give it up

C. Today people still wonder how a town with no ski hill

D. It all began on December 26th, 1954

E. Winter Olympic Games was held in Squaw Valley

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The modern summer Olympic Games which was held in Barcelona, Spain in 1992 was the 25th since
it was first held in Athens, Greece in 1896. Do you know the dates and the places of all the 25 Games, and
also the total of gold medals (金牌总数) the first three teams gained in each game?

No	Date	Place	Totals of Gold Medals
1	1896	Athens, Greece	USA. 11; Greece 10; Germany 7
2	1900	Paris, France	France 27; USA 19; Britain 17
3	1904	St. Louis, USA	USA. 70; Cuba 5; Germany 4
4	1908	London, UK	Britain 56; USA 23; Sweden 7
5	1912	Stockholm, Sweden	Sweden 24; USA 23; Britain 10
6	1916	Berlin, Germany	Not held because of World War I
7	1920	Antwerp, Belgium	USA. 41 ; Sweden 19; Britain 15
8	1924	Paris, France	USA. 45; Finland 14; France 13
9	1928	Amsterdam, Holland	USA. 22; Germany 10; Finland 8
10	1932	Los Angeles, USA	USA. 41 ;Italy 12;France 10
11	1936	Berlin, Germany	Germany 33; USA 24; Hungary 10
12	1940	Helsinki, Finland	Not held because of World War II
13	1944	London, UK	Not held because of World War II
14	1948	London, UK	USA. 38; Sweden 16; France 10
15	1952	Helsinki, Finland	USA. 40; USSR 22; Hungary 10
16	1956	Melbourne, Australia	USSR 37; USA 32; Australia 13
17	1960	Rome, Italy	USSR 43; USA 34; Italy 13
18	1964	Tokyo, Japan	USA. 36; USSR 30; Japan 16
19	1964	Mexico City, Mexico	USA. 45; USSR 30; Japan 11
20	1972	Munich, W. G.	USSR 50; USA 33; GDR 20
21	1976	Montreal, Canada	USSR 49;GDR 40; USA 34
22	1980	Moscow, USSR	USSR 80; GDR 47; Bulgaria 8
23	1984	Los Angeles, USA	UAS 83; Romania 20; W. G. 17
24	1988	Seoul, S. Korea	USSR 55; GDR 37; USA 36
25	1992	Barcelona, Spain	CIS45; USA 37; Germany 33

* Note: GDR is East Germany.

1. By the year 1992, the modern summer Olympic Games had been held ______ times in USA.

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A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four

2. The Olympics was held successfully in Germany in 1916, wasn't it?

[ ]

A. No, it isn't
B. yes, it did
C. No, it wasn't
D. Yes, it was

3. From the data (资料) we can see that ______.

[ ]

A. every country should hold the Olympic Games in turn
B. any Olympic Games should not be called off (取消) for any reason
C. no peace, no sports
D. if there is a war anywhere, the Olympic Games must be stopped

4. The spirits of the Olympics are .

[ ]

A. more, higher, and stronger
B. faster, higher, and stronger
C. peace, friend, teamwork

5. The 2008 Olympics will be held in .

[ ]

A. Canada
B. Japan
C. China
D. Russia

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