The 1960 Winter Olympic Games were held in Squaw Valley , USA. How this happened is a story that will be told for years.

60.______. That day Alexander Cushing saw an article in the San Francisco Daily saying that Reno, NV, and Anchorage, AK, had applied to hold the 1960 Winter Olympics. The idea of holding such a great event in Squaw Valley sounded funny at first. 61.______. He and Curly Grieves, the sports editor for the San Francisco Examiner, soon planned that Squaw Valley also applied for the Games.

Cushing met the IOC (International Olympic Committee) with the help of famous people, including Pulitzer Prize winner, George Weller, and French war hero Joe Marillac.62______, so that the members would treat him seriously.

On a cold spring day in 1955, in Paris, France, Alexander Cushing watched as the IOC chose Squaw Valley to host the VIII Olympic Winter Games. 63.______, and with only a fifty-room hotel, could have held such a great event.

A. Cushing even built a model of Squaw Valley

B. But Cushing didn’t give it up

C. Today people still wonder how a town with no ski hill

D. It all began on December 26th, 1954

E. Winter Olympic Games was held in Squaw Valley

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     The modern summer Olympic Games which was held in Barcelona, Spain in 1992 was the 25th since
it was first held in Athens, Greece in 1896. Do you know the dates and the places of all the 25 Games, and
also the total of gold medals (金牌總數(shù)) the first three teams gained in each game?
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Date
Place
Totals of Gold Medals
1
1896
Athens, Greece
USA. 11; Greece 10; Germany 7
2
1900
Paris, France
France 27; USA 19; Britain 17
3
1904
St. Louis, USA
USA. 70; Cuba 5; Germany 4
4
1908
London, UK
Britain 56; USA 23; Sweden 7
5
1912
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden 24; USA 23; Britain 10
6
1916
Berlin, Germany
Not held because of World War I
7
1920
Antwerp, Belgium
USA. 41 ; Sweden 19; Britain 15
8
1924
Paris, France
USA. 45; Finland 14; France 13
9
1928
Amsterdam, Holland
USA. 22; Germany 10; Finland 8
10
1932
Los Angeles, USA
USA. 41 ;Italy 12;France 10
11
1936
Berlin, Germany
Germany 33; USA 24; Hungary 10
12
1940
Helsinki, Finland
Not held because of World War II
13
1944
London, UK
Not held because of World War II
14
1948
London, UK
USA. 38; Sweden 16; France 10
15
1952
Helsinki, Finland
USA. 40; USSR 22; Hungary 10
16
1956
Melbourne, Australia
USSR 37; USA 32; Australia 13
17
1960
Rome, Italy
USSR 43; USA 34; Italy 13
18
1964
Tokyo, Japan
USA. 36; USSR 30; Japan 16
19
1964
Mexico City, Mexico
USA. 45; USSR 30; Japan 11
20
1972
Munich, W. G.
USSR 50; USA 33; GDR 20
21
1976
Montreal, Canada
USSR 49;GDR 40; USA 34
22
1980
Moscow, USSR
USSR 80; GDR 47; Bulgaria 8
23
1984
Los Angeles, USA
UAS 83; Romania 20; W. G. 17
24
1988
Seoul, S. Korea
USSR 55; GDR 37; USA 36
25
1992
Barcelona, Spain
CIS45; USA 37; Germany 33
* Note: GDR is East Germany.
1. By the year 1992, the modern summer Olympic Games had been held ______ times in USA.
[     ]
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
2. The Olympics was held successfully in Germany in 1916, wasn't it?
[     ]
A. No, it isn't
B. yes, it did
C. No, it wasn't
D. Yes, it was
3. From the data (資料) we can see that ______.
[     ]
A. every country should hold the Olympic Games in turn
B. any Olympic Games should not be called off (取消) for any reason
C. no peace, no sports
D. if there is a war anywhere, the Olympic Games must be stopped
4. The spirits of the Olympics are            .
[     ]
A. more, higher, and stronger
B. faster, higher, and stronger
C. peace, friend, teamwork
5. The 2008 Olympics will be held in            .
[     ]
A. Canada
B. Japan
C. China
D. Russia

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