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[填空题]The Olympic Games are held every four years, each time in a different city. The Games begin when a runner, carrying a lighted torch brought from (36) , reaches the stadium.
The athletes (37) against one another in various (38) : they jump, cycle, swim, wrestle and show their skills in gymnastics, fencing and (39) . Others test their strength and (40) in the difficult marathon and weightlifting. The winners do not (41) any cash prizes. Instead the first three athletes in any event receive gold, silver, and bronze (42) .
Nobody knows exactly when the first Olympic Games were held. The (43) show that they took place as long ago as 776 B.C. (44) . However, in 1896, a Frenchman started the Games again in Athens. (45) . Perhaps the one important difference is that women are now allowed to compete. In fact the events for women are now very popular.
At the Games,
