单选题 Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more.

Olympic Torch

The Olympic Torch Relay begins with the torch lighting in Olympia, Greece.

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【答案解析】[听力原文] Olympic Torch The Olympic Torch Relay begins with the torch lighting in Olympia, Greece. / The torch is generally carried from one country to another on a plane. / Once it arrives in the host city, it usually spends one day being carried from torchbearer to torchbearer on foot. / At the end of the relay, the last torchbearer enters the Olympic stadium in the host city / and runs around the stadium track once, / then lights the biggest torch in the stadium, / signaling the official start of the Olympic Games.