单选题 About 50 years ago the idea of disabled people doing sports was never heard of. But when the annual games for the disabled were started at Stroke Mandeville, England in 1948 by Sir Ludwig Guttmann, the situation began to change. Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi Germany, had been asked by the British government to set up an injuries centre at Stroke Mandeville Hospital near London. His ideas about treating injuries included sports for the disabled.
In the first games just two teams of injured soldiers took part. The next year, 1949, five teams took part. From those beginnings things developed fast. Teams now come from abroad to Stroke Mandeville every year. In 1960 the first Olympics for the Disabled were held in Rome. Now, every four years the Olympic Games for the Disabled are held, if possible, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games, although they are organized separately. In other years Games for the Disabled are still held at Stroke Mandeville. In the 1984 wheelchair Olympic Games, 1,604 wheelchair athletes from about 40 countries took part. Unfortunately, they were held at Stroke Mandeville and not in Los Angeles, along with the other Olympics.
The Games have been a great success in promoting international friendship and understanding, and in proving that being disabled does not mean you can"t enjoy sports. One small source of disappointment for those who organize and take part in the games, however, has been the unwilling- ness of the International Olympic Committee to include the disabled events at the Olympic Games for the able bodies. Perhaps a few more years are still needed to convince those fortunate enough not to be disabled that their disabled fellow athletes should not be excluded.

单选题 The first games for the disabled were held ______ after Sir Ludwing Guttmann arrived in England.

A、 50 years
B、 21 years
C、 9 years
D、 4 years

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 这道题的答案在第一段的第二、三句话。考生不要被文中多个年代所迷惑，只要直接在第二段找到第一次残疾人运动会的年代与Sir Ludwig Guttmann到英国的年代就可以了。

单选题 Besides Stroke Mandeville, surely the games for the disabled were once held in

A、 New York.
B、 London.
C、 Rome.
D、 Los Angeles.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 这道题的答案在第二段的第五句话“In 1960 the first Olympics for the Disabled were held in Rome.”很明显是选C。

单选题 In paragraph 2, the underlined word "athletes" means

A、 people who support the games.
B、 people who watch the games.
C、 people who organize the games.
D、 people who compete in the games.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 这道题中，即便考生不知道“athlete”一词是指“运动员”，也可以从上下文中推断出来。根据本词所在句子中的“from about 40 countries took part”及常识可知，参加运动会竞赛的人应为运动员。

单选题 Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A、 Sir Ludwig Guttmann is an early organizer of the games for the disabled.
B、 Sir Ludwig Guttmann is an injured soldier.
C、 Sir Ludwig Guttmann is from Germany.
D、 Sir Ludwig Guttmann is welcomed by the British.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 这道题要求考生在通读全文的基础上对四个选项进行判断。A、C两个选项原文中有，考生可以通过英国政府请Sir Ludwing Guttmann建立伤救中心而判断出D是正确的。选项B是文中没有的，所以是考生要选的一项。

单选题 From the passage we may conclude that the writer is

A、 one of the organizers of the games for the disabled.
B、 a disabled who once took part in the games.
C、 against holding the games for the disabled.
D、 in favor of holding the game for the disabled.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 这道题要求考生在通读全文的基础上进行判断。A、B两项是文中从未提到的，我们从第三段中“One small source of disappointment for...”这句话来看作者的语气和态度，也可以判断出C、D两项中，D项是正确的。