Question

The 31st Summer Olympics will be held in Brazil in 2016. Before this global sporting event, we started thinking about sports that didn’t exist any more and sports that were maybe a little strange. Read the following ones that have ever been included in the past Olympic Games.
Live Pigeon Shooting (1900)
This bloody event was only held once, at the 1900 Paris Games. Nearly 300 birds were killed during the competition, leaving a crime scene of feathers and blood. This is the only event in Olympic history that involved killing live animals.
Kabaddi (1936)
This sport is popular in South Asia. The object is for one member of a team to enter the other side’s half of the field, and score points. The attacker then returns to his half of the field.
12 Hour Bicycle Race (1896)
Seven riders got on their bikes at 5 a.m. and rode until 5 p.m. Four riders dropped out before noon, but the winner, Adolf Schmal of Austria, managed about 180 miles. Only Schmal and one other finished.
Tug of War (1900—1920)
This may seem like a basic PE class sport more than an Olympic event, but Tug of War was actually one of the first sports played at the Olympic games in 500 BC.
There are two teams of eight; the winning team must pull the other team six feet forward.
Swimming Obstacle Race (1900)
The athletes had to climb over a pole (桿子) and a row of boats, and then swim under another row of boats. All of this was done in the Seine River, so they also had to fight against the water. This event was only ever held in 1900, in Paris.
【小題1】What do you probably think of these events?

A．Strange.	B．Fantastic.
C．Modern.	D．Interesting.

【小題2】Which sport looks like a common activity more than an Olympic event?

A．Swimming Obstacle Race.	B．12 Hour Bicycle Race.
C．Live Pigeon Shooting.	D．Tug of War.

【小題3】How many athletes finished the event 12 Hour Bicycle Race?

A．One.	B．Two.
C．Four.	D．Seven.

【小題4】What does “drop out” mean in English according to the passage?

A．Give up.	B．Run out.
C．Fall off.	D．Break down.

【小題5】What can we learn from the passage?

A．Athletes took part in all of the events in teams.

B．Tug of War was held in the Olympics only once.

C．Some of the events may be in the 31st Summer Olympics.

D．These events are not as popular as they used to be.

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：這篇短文向我們介紹五種不常見的奧林匹克運動項目，曾經(jīng)出現(xiàn)在奧林匹克運動會上但是并沒有延續(xù)下來。分別介紹了著五個項目的規(guī)則和玩法。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)地一段第二句話Before this global sporting event, we started thinking about sports that didn’t exist any more and sports that were maybe a little strange.“在這個全球運動事件之前，我們開始考慮一些不再存在的運動和可能有點奇怪的運動�！币约跋挛慕o出的一些運動項目，可知這些運動項目會讓我們覺得有點奇怪。故選A。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。介紹第四個項目Tug of War時第一句話This may seem like a basic PE class sport more than an Olympic event,“這個似乎更像是平時體育課項目而不是奧林匹克運動項目”，可知答案為D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。介紹第三個項目時最后一句話Only Schmal and one other finished.“只有Schmal和另外一個運動員完成了�！笨芍�只有兩人完成，故選B。
【小題4】詞義猜測題。句意：四名騎士在中午之前放棄了，根據(jù)后文介紹，獲勝者是Adolf Schmal of Austria以及另外兩名隊員完成了，一共七名隊員參加，說明有4名隊員放棄了�？芍�詞義為“放棄”，故選A。
【小題5】主旨大意題。這篇短文主要向我們介紹一些不常見的奧林匹克運動項目，故選D。
考點：體育類短文閱讀。