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Beach. Samba. CarnivalIt seems that Brazilians are always ready to party. Well, they’ve got a good reason to party now: Rio de Janeiro (or Rio for short), their second largest city, got the 2016 Olympics on October 2th.

This is the first time in the 120-year history of the modern Olympics that they will be held in South America. It seems the five Olympic rings make more sense now that they’ve included another continent. And, just as Beijing got the world’s attention after receiving the 2008 Olympic nod (同意) in 2001, Rio de Janeiro’s win has put the spotlight on Brazil.

Football　 The colors green and yellow might make most people think of Brazil’s football team rather than the national flag. But football in Brazil is more than sport, it’s a way of life. The World Cup brings Brazilians together. Interestingly, the general elections in Brazil are usually held in the same year as the World Cup. Political parties try to take advantage of the patriotic enthusiasm (爱国热情) created by football and ________ .

Carnival “Live Your Passion (激情)” was the Rio team’s slogan. The carnival is one of the most powerful images of Brazilian enthusiasm. It’s held every year across the country, with street parades and exciting music. The parade in Rio is one of the world’s biggest carnivals. Every February, tens of thousands of people go there for the event.

The economy　 The Rio bid (申办) team set up a $14. 4 billion (98 billion yuan) budget for the games—the largest of this year’s bidding cities. What stands behind the big budget is Brazil’s stronger economy. Brazil’s is the largest national economy in Latin America, and has experienced a giant leap in the past few years.

1. What’s the best title of this passage? (no more than 8 words)

2. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one？

3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. （no more than 5 words）

4. What did Brazil depend on to get the 2016 Olympics? (no more than 8 words)

5. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 into Chinese.

 

Answer 1

1. Rio won the 2016 Olympics bid

2. It is possible that most people won’t think of the national flag, but Brazil’s football team on seeing the colors green and yellow.

The colors green and yellow might make most people think of Brazil’s football team rather than the national flag.

3. bring it into politics/ use it in politics/ use it in their elections

4. Beach, samba, carnival, football and the economy.

5. 正如2001年北京取得2008年奥运会举办权之后得到世界关注一样，里约热内卢的胜利也使巴西成为众人瞩目的焦点。