In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious association. 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 dated 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 modem Olympic Games.
On the last day of the Games, all the winners were honored by having
A. was considered unimportant
B. has not definitely been established
C. varied according to the number of foreign competitors
D. was decided by Zeus, in whose honor the Games were held
In ancient times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the school of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted of saying poems aloud or giving speeches
In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of .the subject.
This custom exists today as part of the process testing candidates for the Doctor’s Degree. Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all the students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known until the nineteenth century. It perhaps came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination, timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers, is similar to a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly, du
A. workers now take examinations
B. the population has grown
C. there are only written examinations today
D. examinations are usually written and timed now
One theory postulates that the ancient Filipinos came from India and Persia.（）
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