单选题 {{B}}Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four
choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your
answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.{{/B}}
During the Olympic Games, people from
all over the world come together in peace and friendship. The first Olympic
Games that we have {{U}}(21) {{/U}} of were in Greece in 776 B.C. The
games lasted one day. The only {{U}}(22) {{/U}} in the first thirteen
Olympic Games was a race. Men ran the length of the stadium. In 1896 the games
were {{U}}(23) {{/U}} again in Athens, Greece. The Greeks {{U}}(24)
{{/U}} a new stadium for the competition. 311 {{U}}(25) {{/U}} from
thirteen countries {{U}}(26) {{/U}} in many events. The {{U}}(27)
{{/U}} became national heroes. After 1896, the games were held every four
years during the summer in different cities around the {{U}}(28) {{/U}}.
In 1908, in London, England, the first gold {{U}}(29) {{/U}} were given
to winning athletes. The Olympic Winter Games {{U}}(30) {{/U}} in 1924
in Chamonix, France. Athletes competed in {{U}}(31) {{/U}} events such
as skiing, ice skating and ice hockey. Today the Winter Games take place
{{U}}(32) {{/U}} four years. Until recently, Olympic competitors could
not be {{U}}(33) {{/U}} athletes. All of the athletes in the Olympic
Games were amateurs. Today, {{U}}(34) {{/U}}, many of the Olympic
athletes are professionals who play their sports {{U}}(35) {{/U}} money
during the year. Some people disagree with this
idea.