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1、1一、阅读理解AThe Greatest Show on EarthThe Olympic Games are the greatest festival of sport in the world. Every hundred or more countries send their best sportsmen to compete for the highest honors in sport. As many as 6,000 people take part in over 20 sportsFor the winners，there are gold medals and glor
2、y. But there is honor ,too，for al1 who compete，win or loseThat is in the spirit of the Olympics-to take part is what mattersThe Olympic Games a1ways start in a bright color and actionThe teams of all the nations parade in the opening ceremony and march round the track . The custom is for the Greek t
3、eam to march in first. For it was in Greece that the Olympics began. The team of the country where the Games are being held-the host country-marches in last.The runner with the Olympic torch（火炬）then enters the stadium and lights the flame. A sportsman from the host country takes the Olympic oath(宣誓)
4、on behalf of all the competitors. The judges and officials also take an oath. After the sportsmen march out of the stadium, the host country puts on a wonderful display.The competitions begin the next day. There are usually more than twenty sports in the Games. The rule is that there must be at leas
5、t fifteen. The main events are in track and field, but it is a few days before these sports start. Each day the competitors take part in a different sport-riding, shooting, swimming, and cross-country running. Points are gained for each event. Medals are awarded for the individual winners and for na
6、tional teams.More and more women are taking part in the gamesThey first competed in 1900, in tennis and go1f，which are no longer held in the Olympics. Womens swimming events were introduced in 1912，But it was not until 1928 that there were any track and field events for they compete in all but half
7、a dozen of the sportsIn horse riding, shooting，and boat racing, they may compete in the same events as the men1. Why is there honor for the losers as well as for the winners?A. Because what really matters is to take part in the Olympic Games.B. Because failure is the mother of success C. Because los
8、ers need encouragement.D. Because losers and winner should be equally treated.2. Which of the following is a long-established practice in the opening ceremony?A. Runners enter the stadium with torches B. Each team puts on a wonderfu1 displayC. Sportsmen and sportswomen wear magnificent clothes. D. T
9、he Greek team marches in first3. Who takes the Olympic oath?2A. A sportsman from the host country. B. A judge from a foreign countryC. An officer from the host country. D. A Greek sportsman.4. What are the most important events in the Olympic Games?A. The horse-riding events. B. The track and field
10、events.C. The swimming events. D. The boat-racing events.5. When did women start taking part in the Olympic Games?A. Inl912 B. In 1928 C. In 1900 D. In 1924BThe Story of Diego Maradona(马拉多纳)The story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinian(阿根廷)football player, is the story of rise and fall of a poor man
11、who became a world star, but paid the price of fame(名誉).He is now at the end of a career(职业生涯 )which saw him as the bright star of World Cup Football. In the 1990s,this career has come into the poor performance on the field, drug-taking, speaking ill of football officials, being forbidden and finall
12、y facing court(法庭)action in which he has had the defend charges(指控)of shooting at several reporters.Maradona was born in the poor area of Furito in Buenos Aires. Early in his life, he was able to realize a dream of most poor boys, the dream that is the way out of poverty-trap is through success in s
13、port. Sport in the world around is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background(背景)is.Diego Maradona was one of eight children. The games of football played in the dirty street outside his small white storeyed home in Furito were to provide(提供)him with a passport(护照)out of the sma
14、ll home. Today, poorly dressed boys still run and kick balls around the street from which a hero traveled to become one of the worlds great football artists.Football expert(专家)Francis Corneo found Diegos gift. He says that the young played “a natural” and there was nothing he could teach him. He had
15、 never seen anyone played like him in his thirty years life.6.In the second paragraph of this passage, what does the underlined word “poverty-trap” mean?A. The position in society. B. Extremely poor condition in ones life.C. Poor living conditions which are hard to escape from. D. Becoming wealthy i
16、n the future.7. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Maradonas performance is not as good as before on the field.B. He will be brought in an action against his bad deed.C. He showed no respect for some football officials.D. Francis Corneo found a gift and gave it to Maradona.8. Sport is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background is. The sentence tells us_.A. everybody enjoys spor
