[单项选择]

The ancient Olympic Games (1) part of a religious festival in honour (2) the Greek god Zeus,the father of all Greek gods and goddesses.
The festival and games (3) in Olympia,a religious Sanctuary.In the ancient games,athletes received prizes worth large amounts of money.In fact the word" athlete" is an ancient Greek word, (4) "one who competes(5) a prize"
The marathon was not an event of the ancient Olympic Games.The marathon is a modern event that was first (6) in the Olympic Games in 1896.It was (7) a village called Marathon (8) the Persians (9) by a small Greek army.The news of the victory was brought to Athens by a soldier,who ran the 26 miles from the village of Marathon to the capital.26 miles was (10) adopted as the distance of the modern marathon race.

3（）
A. are hold
B. held
C. were held

[单项选择]

The ancient Olympic Games (1) part of a religious festival in honour (2) the Greek god Zeus,the father of all Greek gods and goddesses.
The festival and games (3) in Olympia,a religious Sanctuary.In the ancient games,athletes received prizes worth large amounts of money.In fact the word" athlete" is an ancient Greek word, (4) "one who competes(5) a prize"
The marathon was not an event of the ancient Olympic Games.The marathon is a modern event that was first (6) in the Olympic Games in 1896.It was (7) a village called Marathon (8) the Persians (9) by a small Greek army.The news of the victory was brought to Athens by a soldier,who ran the 26 miles from the village of Marathon to the capital.26 miles was (10) adopted as the distance of the modern marathon race.

1（）
A. is
B. were
C. was

[填空题]The ancient Olympic Games stressed the qualities including skill and speed, fame and physical excellence.

[填空题]The ancient Olympic Games originated from ______ that were held to show respect the Gods of the Greeks.

[填空题]How did the Olympic Games start In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong ________ (1). Originally the Festival was held in honour of .Zeus, the supreme god in Greek Mythology. Eventually the Olympian athletic festival had lost its ________ (2) and became an international event. No one knows exactly ________ (3) the Olympic Games go, but some scholars recorded date from 776 B.C. According to some scholars, at first the only Olympic event was ________ (4), called a stadium and that was the only event until 724 B.C. After that, other ________ (5) were added and sixteen years later in ________ (6) the pentathlon was added and wrestling became part of the games. This pentathlon was a five-event match which ________ (7) running, wrestling, leaping, throwing the discus, and hurling the javelin. The games were held ________ (8) and after an uninterrupted history of 1170 years, the games ________ (9) in A.D. 394, the Christian era, because of their pagan origin