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[填空题]The modern Olympic games are held for the purpose of memorizing the Greek god, Zeus.
[单项选择]When was the first Olympic Games held
A. In 1896.
B. In 1776.
C. In 1689.
D. In 1916.
[单项选择]（ ） the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing is quite clear to the people all over the world.
A. That
B. Whether
C. What
D. If
[单项选择]The Olympic Games （） held（）four years.
A. are; each
B. is; every
C. is; each
D. are; every
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The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years’ time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool. They will also be building new roads and a special railway line. The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called ’Olympic City’. Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fantastic modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.
When will the Olympic Games be held in our country
In（）
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[听力原文]
The Olympic Games were first held at Olympia in ancient Greece as ling ago as 776 B. C. They were held once every four years. The custom lasted for more than 1,000 years, but died out under the rulers of Rome and ceased with the decline of ancient Greek civilization. Then in 1896 the Games were revived. In that year, a Frenchman, Baron de Coubertin, decided to try to start the Games again. He wished to renew those ideals of excellence of body, mind and spirit shown in the classic Greek Olympics. He succeeded, and the modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Since then the Olympics have grown steadily with more and more nations and athletes taking part. Because of the World Wars, they were not held in 1916, nor in 1940 and 1944. They have been regularly held ever since then.
The Olympics present the world’s most important athletic contests. Athletes from all over the world take part in the modern Olympic Games. Any nation may enter a team
A. 776B.C.
B. 667B.C.
C. C. 766 C.
D. D. 767C.
[单项选择]Olympic Games are held every four years at a different site, in which athletes
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different nations compete against each other in a
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of sports. There are two types of Olympics, the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics.
In order to
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the Olympics, a city must submit a proposal to the International Olympic committee (IOC). After all proposals have been
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, the IOC votes. If no one city is successful in gaining a majority in the first vote, the city with the fewest votes is eliminated, and voting continues with
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rounds, until a majority winner is determined. Typically the Games are awarded several years in advance,
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the winning city time to prepare for the Games. In selecting the
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of the Olympic Games, the IOC considers a number of factors, chief among them which city has, or promises to build, the best facilities, and which organizing committee seems most likely to
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the Games effectively.
The IOC also
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which parts of the world have not yet hosted the Games.
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, Tokyo, Japan, the host of the 1964 Summer Games, and Mexico city, Mexico, the host of the 1968 Summer Games, were chosen
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to popularize the Olympic movement In Asia and in Latin America.
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the growing importance of television worldwide, the IOC in recent years has also taken into
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the host city"s time zone.
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the Games take place in the United States or Canada, for example, American television networks are willing to pay
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higher amounts for television rights because they can broadcast popular events
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, in prime viewing hours.
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the Games have been awarded, it is the responsibility of the local organizing committee to finance them. This is often done with a portion of the Olympic television
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and with corporate sponsorships, ticket sales, and other smaller revenue sources. In many
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there is also direct government support.
Although many cities have achieved a financial profit by hosting the Games, the Olympics can be financially
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. When the revenues from the Games were less than expected, the city was left with large debts.
A. For instance
B. As a result
C. In brief
D. On the whole
