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月英语六级仔细阅读练习题及答案
Passage
One
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the
following passage.
In ancient Greece athletic
festivals were very important and had strong
religious
associations. The Olympian
athletic festival held every four years in honor
of Zeus, king of the
Olympian Gods,
eventually lost its local character,became first a
national event and then, after
the
rules against foreign competitors had been
abolished, international.
No one knows exactly how
far back the Olympic Games go, but some official
records date
from 776 B.C.
The games took
place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus.
Many thousands of
spectators gathered
from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was
admitted even as a
spectator. Slaves,
women and dishonored persons were not allowed to
compete. The exact
sequence of events
is. uncertain, but events included boy's
gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, horse
racing and field events, though there
were fewer sports involved than in the modern
Olympic
Games.
On the last day of the
Games, all the winners were honored by having a
ring of holy olive
laves placed on
their heads. So great was the honor that the
winner of the foot race gave his name
to the year of his victory.
Although
Olympic winners received no prize money, they
were, in fact, richly rewarded by
their
state authorities.
How their results compared
with modem standards, we unfortunately have no
means of
telling.
After an
uninterrupted history of almost 1,200 years, the
games were suspended by the
Romans in
394 A.D.
They continued for such a long time
because people believed in the philosophy behind
the
Olympics: the idea that a healthy
body produced a healthy mind, and that the spirit
of
competition in sports and games was
preferable to the competition that caused wars. It
was over
1,500 years before another
such international athletic gathering took place
in Athens in 1896.
Nowadays, the Games are
held in different countries in turn. The host
country provides vast
facilities,
including a stadium, swimming pools and living
accommodation, but competing
countries
pay their own athletes' expenses.
The Olympics
start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch,
lighted on Mount Olympus by
the sun's
rays. It is carded by a succession of runners to
the stadium. The torch symbolized the
continuation of the ancient Greek
athletic ideals, and it bums throughout the Games
until the
closing ceremony. The well-
known Olympic flag, however, is a modem
conception: the five
inter locking
rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents
participating in the Games.
56. The Olympic Games
became an international event since the
games__________.
A. lost the previous
religious meanings
B. were accepted by all
Greek people
C. allowed foreign athletes to compete
in it
D. got official records and judge
systems
57. Compared with the modem Olympic
Games, the ancient ones __________.
A. covered
every possible events for males
B. did not give
due respect to women
ted people from different
countries
D. had more sports events than the
modem ones
58. In ancient Olympic Games,
winners__________.
A. could not get any award
in money form from organizers of the
Games
B. could earn a lot of money through
the award given by the organizers
C. could give
his name to the year of his victory as a great
honor
D. were honored by having a ring of
olive leaves around their waists
59. According
to the spirit of the ancient Olympic Games,
__________.
A. wars between countries could be
avoided through sports
B. competition in sports
led to wars between countries
C. healthy mind
could reinforce a healthy body
D. healthy mind
could be fostered by a healthy body
60. When
athletes arrive at the host
country,__________.
A. the host country pays
for their traveling expenses
B. they are
always not satisfied with the living
conditions