20．In ancient Greece，there were four major athletic meetings and the Olympian meeting played the most important part in the lives of the people．As time passed，the Olympian meeting gradually lost its local character and became first a national event and then international．No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go but some official records date from 776 BC．
The Games took place every four years on the plain by Mount Olympus．Thousands of people came from all parts of the Greek world to watch the games．The winner of the foot race had the great honour of giving his name to the year of his history．
After a long history of almost 1，200 years，the Games were stopped for religious（宗教的） reasons．It was then decided in 1896 to start the Olympic Games again．The meeting was held in Athens and 311 athletes from 13 countries took part in it but the idea of such an international meeting attracted the world's attention．After the 1908 London Olympics，many nations sent their best athletes．Although the Games have been time and again threatened by some unfavourable political events，the Games have taken place every four years．
Nowadays，the Games are held in different countries in turn．As the biggest international gathering of any kind in the world，athletes from different countries play games together and this provides them with good chances to learn to live together．The friendly feelings in the Olympic Village make people think of the world as one big family．The Olympic Games was hosted in Beijing in 2008，it is believed that the Games was a wonder of the world．
9．The first old Olympic Games took placeC．
A．a(chǎn) thousand years ago
B．in the seventh century AD
C．before 700 BC
D．in modern times
10．The continuity of the Olympic Games was once broken because ofA．
A．religious reasons B．wars C．political events D．Both A and B．
11．The Olympic Games meeting finally formedC．
A．a(chǎn) local event
B．a(chǎn) national event
C．a(chǎn)n international event
D．a(chǎn)n official event
12．The friendly feelings between two countries are strengthened becauseB．
A．a(chǎn)thletes come from different countries
B．they enable people to know each other better
C．a(chǎn)thletes live in the Olympic village
D．they live in one big family．
分析 本文主要講述了在古希臘奧運會在人們生活中的重要性，但由于其運動性，慢慢的它變成了一項世界性的體育賽事，許多國家都踴躍參與其中．
解答 9．C 細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go but some official records date from 776 BC．沒有人知道確切的第一屆奧運會的舉行時間，當(dāng)有官方記載可追溯到公元776年，結(jié)合選項，故選C
10．A 細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容the Games were stopped for religious（宗教的） reasons 由此可知，因為宗教原因，奧運會曾一度終止，故選A
11．C 細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Nowadays，the Games are held in different countries in turn．As the biggest international gathering of any kind in the world…現(xiàn)在奧運會輪流在不同的國家舉辦，作為一個國際性的賽事…再結(jié)合選項，故C為正確答案．
12．B 細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容The friendly feelings in the Olympic Village make people think of the world as one big family參賽人員住在奧運村，那種友好的感覺使得人們都具有同一種感受：即世界是一個大家庭，而且他們也有了彼此加強了解的機會．結(jié)合選項，故選B
點評 本文是新聞報道類閱讀理解．做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)
