[单项选择]In the early days of ancient Olympic Games ______.
A. all male Greeks were qualified to compete in the Games
B. only male Greek athletes were allowed to participate in the games
C. all Greeks, with the exception of women, were allowed to compete in the Games
D. all Greeks, irrespective of sex, religion or social status, were allowed to take part

[单项选择]What do you know about ancient Olympic Games
A. They were mealy athletic festivals.
B. They were in the nature of a national event with a strong religious color.
C. They had roles which put foreign participants in a disadvantageous position.
D. They were primarily a national event with few foreign participants.

[单项选择]How were athletes of ancient Olympic Games rewarded by the event
A. Some of them were honored by having a ring of holy olive leaves.
B. Most of them, in fact, were richly rewarded with prize money by their countries.
C. The winner of foot race was honored by having holy olive leaves instead of prize money.
D. The winner of foot race was the most honorable one, for his name would be remembered for at least a year.

[单项选择]Why the ancient Olympic games were stopped in the fourth century, A.D.
A. Because the Greek people were tired of it.
B. Because Greece was ruled by Rome.
C. Because the Greeks were busy in fighting with Rome.
D. Because the Olympics were fought against by Greek women.

[单项选择]In the final stages of the ancient Olympic Games, any competitor had to be _______.
A. Greek
B. male
C. unmarried
D. neither a slave nor a foreigner

[单项选择]In ancient Greece, the Olympic Games ______.
A. were in the nature of a national event with a strong religious color
B. had roles which put foreign participants in a disadvantageous position
C. were merely national athletic festivals
D. were primarily national events with few foreign participants

[单项选择]The (first) Olympic (Games) (in) modem (time) took place in 1896.
A. first
B. Games
C. in
D. time

[单项选择]The (first) Olympic (Games) (in) modern (time) took place in 1896.
A. first
B. Games
C. in
D. time

[单项选择]The Olympic Games are held.
A. each time in a different city
B. mostly in Europe
C. in different cities of Greece
D. in the capitals of different countries

[单项选择]Olympic Games are considered an important means of communication, ___________ people from different countries to gain a better understanding between each other.
A. to permit
B. permitted
C. being permitted
D. permitting

[单项选择]The Olympic Games attempt to transcend national interests and bring together the best international athletes in a spirit of friendly competition and peace.
A. debate
B. celebration
C. cooperation
D. rivalry

[单项选择]Preparations are being made for the Olympic Games ______ in Beijing in 2008.
A. held
B. holding
C. to hold
D. to be held

[单项选择]According to the author, recent Olympic Games have ______.


A. created goodwill between the nations
B. bred only false national pride
C. hardly showed any international friendship
D. led to regional conflicts and heated quarrels within courts

[单项选择]There is always excitement at the Olympic Games when an athlete breaks a previous record of performance.
A. beats
B. matches
C. maintains
D. announces

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Organizers of the Athens Olympic Games, slated to kick off in a little over five weeks, are racing against the clock to complete major sports venues and the transportation systems that will be crucial to the games’ success. But the people involved in the project are convinced that everything will be ready on time. It has been a desperate scramble these last few months to have everything ready by August 13 ,when the games will return to the country of their birth. Athens won its bid to host the games in 1997 ,but the organizational effort has been bogged down in a mire of bureaucratic fighting, missed deadlines and cost over-runs. Only in the last three years, have the organizers, the government and construction firms managed to get their collective act together. And, since March, when a new government took power and made the Olympics its overriding priority, the general feeling in Athens is that things are now on track.
Stratis Stratigis, the first chairman of the o
A. The Greeks have wasted the first five years after they won the bidding.
B. The Greeks should be proud of what they are doing now.
C. IOC ( International Olympic Committee) has always been praising their work.
D. The best thing is to finish all the work by last minute.