Sports are full of wonderful moments, but perhaps 1 is as exciting as the finish

Sports are full of wonderful moments, but perhaps 1 is as exciting as the finish of the marathon. It is the longest, hardest 2 of all. The name “marathon” comes from a village in 3 . A famous battle was 4 there in the year 490 BC. When the Greeks had beaten the Persians, a soldier 5 all the way 6 Marathon to Athens, more than 40 kilometres to 7 people the good 8 . When the modern Olympic Games 9 in 1896, the organizers knew this 10 . The marathon has been a race 11 that time.

In the ancient world the Olympic Games were held 12 four years of 1,000 years. They were an important part of life. In the 13 Games we try to copy their 14 . The finest sportsmen in the world are collected in one place 15 at least the finest “amateurs (业余爱好者)” are. An amateur is someone who does not earn 16 money from sport. It is often difficult to say who is an amateur and who is not. It is 17 that Olympic athletes do not earn large amounts of money like professional (职业的) sportsmen. But Olympic athletes are often students or teachers of a 18 . They have to 19 a lot of time training. Their governments pay for their training, travel and pocket money, 20 they want them to win. Some people think this changes the Olympics. They feel that the Games are now a political marathon.

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A．somethingB．everythingC．anythingD．nothing

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A．runB．raceC．gameD．match

3．

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A．GreeceB．EnglandC．AmericaD．France

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A．broken outB．foughtC．happenedD．taken place

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A．wentB．droveC．ranD．walked

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A．inB．ofC．withD．from

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A．tellB．sayC．talkD．show

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A．storyB．filmC．resultD．news

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A．heldB．happenedC．hadD．started

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A．newsB．soldierC．storyD．race

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A．atB．fromC．afterD．since

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A．inB．eachC．everyD．after

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A．modernB．excitingC．interestingD．important

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A．plansB．diariesC．ideasD．programs

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A．andB．butC．whereD．or

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A．someB．anyC．a littleD．much

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A．trueB．falseC．a lieD．interesting

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A．countryB．lessonC．gameD．sport

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A．useB．takeC．spendD．cost

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A．asB．becauseC．sinceD．if

试题答案

答案：D;B;A;B;C;D;A;D;B;C;D;C;A;C;D;B;A;A;C;B

解析：

1．由but可知没有什么（nothing)能与马拉松相比． 2．marathon是一种race（竞赛）． 3．由下面的示例…when the Greeks…可知，A正确． 4．A、C、D均为不及物动词，因此无被动语态． 5．ran才可以体现下文的tell people the good news这一特点． 6．固定搭配from…to…从……到……． 7．他们击败了Persians，因此对他们来说是good news． 8．tell告诉（信息）；say说（后有说话的内容）；talk谈话，故D正确． 9．如选A则用被动语态，故happen正确． 10．所有举办奥运会的人都知道这个故事（story）． 11．自从（since)那个时候，马拉松就成了奥运会的一项比赛． 12．every每……，隔……． 13．由本句的时态可知为modern Games． 14．应为idea，奥运会的观念． 15．选择关系，or正确． 16．这句阐述了非职业运动员的概念，即不从任何运动项目中获得经济利益的人是非职业运动员． 17．奥运会运动员不能像一些职业运动员一样挣大钱，这是一个事实（true）． 18．奥运会选手代表的是某一个国家． 19．B、D均有“花费”之意，但其主语是物，只有C主语是人． 20．此处为因果关系．