The first ancient Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BC. Coroebus won the only event at the Olympics. This made him the first Olympic champion in history. Then the Olympic Games developed and continued to be held every four years. In 393 AD, the Roman Emperor Theodosius I, a Christian, put a stop to the Games.
In 1892, a young Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin suggested starting the Olympic Games again but failed. Two years later, Coubertin organized a meeting with 79 people representing nine countries. At this meeting he got what he wanted. All the delegates at the meeting voted for the Olympic Games. They also decided to have Coubertin found an international committee (委員會(huì)) to organize the Games. This committee became the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Demetrious Vikelas from Greece was chosen to be its first president. Athens was chosen for the revival (復(fù)興) of the Olympic Games and the planning began.
The first modern Olympic Games opened in the first week of April, 1896. Since the Greek government didn’t have enough money to build a stadium, a wealthy Greek man, Georgios Averoff, donated over $100,000 to repair the Panathenaic Stadium built in 330 BC.Since the Games were not well publicized (宣傳) internationally, athletes were not nationally chosen but rather came by themselves. Some athletes were tourists who happened to be in the area during the Games.
【小題1】What can we know about the first Olympic Games?

A．There was only one event in it.
B．It opened in the first week of April 1896.
C．Coroebus was the first man to take part in it.
D．It was stopped by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
【小題2】Coubertin made his dream come true in ________.
A．776 B．1892 C．1894 D．1896
【小題3】Which of the following is the right order according to the passage?
a. Coubertin first brought forward his idea to start the Olympic Games.
b. Demetrious from Greece was selected as the first president of IOC.
c. Coroebus became the first Olympic champion.
d. Georgios donated money to repair the Panathenaic Stadium.
A. acdb       B. cabd       C. bdac  D. dcba
【小題4】The best title for the passage would be ________.
A．The History of the Olympics
B．How Coubertin Set up IOC
C．The First Modern Olympic Games
D．Great Changes in Olympic Games


【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：本文主要講了奧運(yùn)會(huì)的歷史。作者對(duì)于奧運(yùn)會(huì)的產(chǎn)生、中斷及發(fā)展進(jìn)行了詳細(xì)的介紹。
【小題1】推斷題。根據(jù)Coroebus won the only event at the Olympics. This made him the first Olympic champion in history.可以推斷出第一屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)只有一個(gè)比賽項(xiàng)目，故選A。
【小題2】 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)In 1892, a young Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin suggested starting the Olympic Games again but failed. Two years later, Coubertin organized a meeting with 79 people representing nine countries.可知Coubertin在1894年實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢(mèng)想，故選C。
【小題3】排序題。根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容，事情發(fā)生的先后順序是，Coroebus成為第一位奧運(yùn)冠軍；Coubertin首先提出舉辦奧運(yùn)會(huì)的想法；來(lái)自于希臘的Demetrious被選為第一位國(guó)際奧委會(huì)的主席；Georgios捐錢(qián)修建了雅典運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)，故選B。
【小題4】概括題。整篇文章都在講奧運(yùn)會(huì)的歷史，故選A。
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