Every country has a flag, but some flags stand for many countries.

　　At the Olmpic Games, people from all over the world have contests（競賽）, you see the Olympic Flag. It's white, and it has five rings in the middle. The rings are blue, yellow, black, green and red. You can see at least one of these colors in every flag in the world. The rings are locked together to show the friendship of the people at the games.

　　At the United nations you see another flag that stands for many countries. It is a blue flag with a map of the world in the middle. On each side of the map is an olive（橄欖樹）branch. The olive branches stand for peace

Choose the best answer.

(1) In the Olympic Flag, you can see________.

[　　]

A．one colour

B．two colours

C．five colours

D．six colours

(2) The five locked rings show________.

[　　]

A．everyone wants to get the first prize

B．people should work together to make the games successful

C．players should work hard for their country

D．players should break world records

(3) The flag of the UN is________.

[　　]

A．a blue flag with a map of the world

B．a blue flag with people

C．a blue flag with olive branches

D．both A and C

(4) This passage mainly tells us________.

[　　]

A．flags for many countries

B．the flag of the Olympic Games

C．the flag of the UN

D．different flags in the world

(5) How many olive branches do you see in the UN flag?

[　　]

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four
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After bedtime．

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At the website buymyface．co．uk．

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At the accountancy firm．

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At the online betting agency．

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About￡100．

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Up to￡500．

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A．peace
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A．Nepal and Japan

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