Athens will welcome the 2004 Olympic Games with open arms. Not only will the Games be returning to their birthplace, but they’ll also be entering a new period of Olympic history.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been looking for ways to make the world’s largest sporting event a bit smaller and easier for cities to host. Mexico is the only Latin American nation to have hosted the Olympics. And the games have never been held in Africa.

It costs well over$4 billion t host the Olympic Games. And this is stopping many poorer countries from trying to win the bid. Cities in Africa and Latin America, with great social and money problems, cannot even begin to make the bid.

So, the IOC has suggested 117 ways to make the Games smaller and easier for cities across the world. These ideas are to be put into practice soon---maybe in time for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The IOC wants to save up to $400 million.

The suggestions include limiting the number of sports to 28 and the number of athletes to 10,500.

“Imagine a bus with 28 seats and some sports need to get off to give their places to other sports,”said an IOC official. Sports that might not appear in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games included baseball, softball and the modern pentathlon(五項(xiàng)全能)(shooting, fencing, horse, jumping, swimming and running).

“We think that the Olympic Games have to be made smaller, and the less costly so that they can be organized by all continents and subcontinents(次大陸),”said IOC president Jacques Rogge.

“Our dream is that a continent such as Africa will be able to organize the Olympic Games.”

36. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. The Olympic Games have to be made smaller and less costly

B. The Olympic Games have to increase the number of sports.

C. The Olympic games have to increase the number of athletes.

D. The Olympic Games have to enlarge their global attraction.

37. From the passage, we can know that the Olympics have been held in four continents EXCEPT ____________.

A. Asia         B. America         C. Europe        D. Africa

38. The events which are most probably limited include ______ according to the passage.

A. basketball, baseball and football           

B. baseball, softball and volleyball

C. softball, baseball and the modern pentathlon 

D. softball, fencing and pentathlon

39. The purpose of writing the article is to ______.

A. think highly of the Athens Olympic Games

B. make many poorer countries be able to organize the Olympics.

C. increase the events of the Athens Olympic Games

D. make Athens enter a new period of Olympic history

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　　Athens will welcome the 2004 Olympic Games with open arms．Not only will the Games be returning to their birthplace, but they’ll also be entering a new period of Olympic history．

　　The International Olympic Committee(IOC)has been looking for ways to make the world’s largest sporting event a bit smaller and easier for cities to host．Mexico is the only Latin American nation to have hosted the Olympics．And the games have never been held in Africa．

　　It costs well over＄4 billion to host the Olympic Games．And this is stopping many poorer countries from trying to win the bid．Cities in Africa and Latin America, with great social and money problems, cannot even begin to make the bid．

　　So, the IOC has suggested 117 ways to make the Games smaller and easier for cities across the world．These ideas are to be put into practice soon－maybe in time for the Beijing 2008 Olympics．The IOC wants to save up to ＄400 million．

　　The suggestions include limiting the number of sports to 28 and the number of athletes to 10, 500．

　　“Imagine a bus with 28 seats and some sports need to get off to give their places to other sports, ”said an IOC official．Sports that might not appear in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games included baseball, softball and the modern pentathlon(五項(xiàng)全能)(shooting, fencing, horse, jumping, swimming and running)．

　　“We think that the Olympic Games have to be made smaller, and the less costly so that they can be organized by all continents and subcontinents(次大陸), ”said IOC president Jacques Rogge．“Our dream is that a continent such as Africa will be able to organize the Olympic Games．”

(1)

What’s the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．

The Olympic Games have to be made smaller and less costly

B．

The Olympic Games have to increase the number of sports．

C．

The Olympic games have to increase the number of athletes．

D．

The Olympic Games have to enlarge their global attraction．

(2)

From the passage, we can know that the Olympics have been held in four continents EXCEPT _________．

[　　]

A．

Asia

B．

America

C．

Europe

D．

Africa

(3)

The events which are most probably limited include _________ according to the passage．

[　　]

A．

basketball, baseball and football

B．

baseball, softball and volleyball

C．

softball, baseball and the modern pentathlon

D．

softball, fencing and pentathlon

(4)

The purpose of writing the article is to _________．

[　　]

A．

think highly of the Athens Olympic Games

B．

make many poorer countries be able to organize the Olympics．

C．

increase the events of the Athens Olympic Games

D．

make Athens enter a new period of Olympic history

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It will be hot—hot enough that most locals will have cleared town for cooler places. But because athletes competing at the 2004 Olympics have no choice but to stay in the hot weather, many plan to turn to science to stay cool.?

Some will put their hands in ice water just before competing and nearly all will be wearing fabrics(織物) designed with hot weather in mind.?

“Normally we warm up before exercise,”said Gordon Sleivert, director of sports science and medicine at the Canadian Sport Center in Victoria, British Columbia.“But in this case we're taking the warm out of warm up. It's like pre-cooling.”

Experts are predicting(預(yù)測(cè)) the average high this August in Athens will be 90 degrees Fahrenheit, with temperatures often reaching above 100(the average temperature in Sydney for the 2000 summer games was 64).?

Although some events, such as the marathon, will start early(1 a.m.) to avoid hot weather, other competitors will be pushing their limits during high temperatures.?       Drinking lots of water will help athletes keep cool, but humidity(濕度) remains a problem. The body's ability to cool down is weakened by damp air since sweat drips off the skin rather than evaporates(蒸發(fā)),resulting in dehydration(脫水) without the cooling.?

“Getting hot is a real problem because when our brains heats up, the brain waves are more like when you're really sleepy. Everything feels harder,” said Sleivert.

The passage mainly tells us that _______.

A. why it is very hot in Athens?

B. the hot weather is a big problem for Olympic athletes?

C. how important science is to every athlete?

D. the Olympics will be put off because of the hot weather?

The underlined sentence “other competitors will be pushing their limits during high temperatures”in the fifth paragraph means _______.?

A. Olympic athletes will put off their competition time?

B. some events in the Olympics will have to be put forward?

C. competitors can't reach their limits in the hot weather?

D. competitors will have to try their best to compete under any condition?

The following things will be likely to happen in the hot weather EXCEPT _______.

A. dehydration?

B. being sleepy?

C. that the blood in the body can become less and less?

D. that the body's ability to cool down is weakened

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It will be hot—hot enough that most locals will have cleared town for cooler places. But because athletes competing at the 2004 Olympics have no choice but to stay in the hot weather, many plan to turn to science to stay cool.?
Some will put their hands in ice water just before competing and nearly all will be wearing fabrics(織物) designed with hot weather in mind.?
“Normally we warm up before exercise,”said Gordon Sleivert, director of sports science and medicine at the Canadian Sport Center in Victoria, British Columbia.“But in this case we're taking the warm out of warm up. It's like pre-cooling.”
Experts are predicting(預(yù)測(cè)) the average high this August in Athens will be 90 degrees Fahrenheit, with temperatures often reaching above 100(the average temperature in Sydney for the 2000 summer games was 64).?
Although some events, such as the marathon, will start early(1 a.m.) to avoid hot weather, other competitors will be pushing their limits during high temperatures.?       Drinking lots of water will help athletes keep cool, but humidity(濕度) remains a problem. The body's ability to cool down is weakened by damp air since sweat drips off the skin rather than evaporates(蒸發(fā)),resulting in dehydration(脫水) without the cooling.?
“Getting hot is a real problem because when our brains heats up, the brain waves are more like when you're really sleepy. Everything feels harder,” said Sleivert.

  1. 1.

    The passage mainly tells us that _______.

    1. A.
      why it is very hot in Athens?
    2. B.
      the hot weather is a big problem for Olympic athletes?
    3. C.
      how important science is to every athlete?
    4. D.
      the Olympics will be put off because of the hot weather?
  2. 2.

    The underlined sentence “other competitors will be pushing their limits during high temperatures”in the fifth paragraph means _______.?

    1. A.
      Olympic athletes will put off their competition time?
    2. B.
      some events in the Olympics will have to be put forward?
    3. C.
      competitors can't reach their limits in the hot weather?
    4. D.
      competitors will have to try their best to compete under any condition?
  3. 3.

    The following things will be likely to happen in the hot weather EXCEPT _______.

    1. A.
      dehydration?
    2. B.
      being sleepy?
    3. C.
      that the blood in the body can become less and less?
    4. D.
      that the body's ability to cool down is weakened

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     Athens will welcome the 2004 Olympic Games with open arms. Not only will the Games be returning
to their birthplace, but they'll also be entering a new period of Olympic history.
     The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been looking for ways to make the world's largest
sporting event a bit smaller and easier for cities to host. Mexico is the only Latin American nation to have
hosted the Olympics. And the games have never been held in Africa.
     It costs well over $4 billion to host the Olympic Games. And this is stopping many poorer countries
from trying to win the bid. Cities in Africa and Latin America, with great social and money problems,
cannot even begin to make the bid.
     So, the IOC has suggested 117 ways to make the Games smaller and easier for cities across the world. These ideas are to be put into practice soon---maybe in time for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The IOC
wants to save up to $400 million.
     The suggestions include limiting the number of sports to 28 and the number of athletes to 10,500.
     "Imagine a bus with 28 seats and some sports need to get off to give their places to other sports,"
said an IOC official. Sports that might not appear in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games included baseball,
softball and the modern pentathlon(五項(xiàng)全能)(shooting, fencing, horse, jumping, swimming and running).
     "We think that the Olympic Games have to be made smaller, and the less costly so that they can be
organized by all continents and subcontinents(次大陸)," said IOC president Jacques Rogge." Our
dream is that a continent such as Africa will be able to organize the Olympic Games."
1. What's the main idea of the passage?  
A. The Olympic Games have to be made smaller and less costly  
B. The Olympic Games have to increase the number of sports.  
C. The Olympic games have to increase the number of athletes.  
D. The Olympic Games have to enlarge their global attraction.
2. From the passage, we can know that the Olympics have been held in four continents EXCEPT   ____________.  
A. Asia    
B. America    
C. Europe    
D. Africa
3. The events which are most probably limited include ______ according to the passage.  
A. basketball, baseball and football  
B. baseball, softball and volleyball  
C. softball, baseball and the modern pentathlon  
D. softball, fencing and pentathlon
4. The purpose of writing the article is to ______.  
A. think highly of the Athens Olympic Games  
B. make many poorer countries be able to organize the Olympics.  
C. increase the events of the Athens Olympic Games  
D. make Athens enter a new period of Olympic history

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