1、Unit 2 The Olympic Games阅读理解APeople need to relax and enjoy themselves. One way they can have a good time is to watch a baseball game or another sports event. Even thousands of years ago, groups of people gathered to watch skilled athletes (运动员)Over 2,000 years ago in Greece, certain days in the yea
2、r were festival days. These were holidays when people stopped work and enjoyed themselves. They liked to watch athletes take part in races and other games of skill.The most important festival was held every four years at the town of Olympia. It was held in honour of the Greek god Zeus. For five days
3、, athletes from all parts of the Greek world took part in the Olympic Games. At the Olympic Games, people could watch them box, run, jump and so on. There was a relay race between two teams of men in which a lighted torch (火炬) was passed from runner to runner. The Olympic Games were thought to be so
4、 important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop fighting. People were allowed to travel to the games freely. Thousands of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from its colonies (殖民地) in Africa, Asia and Italy. They met as friends to cheer their favourite athletes an
5、d to enjoy themselves.本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了2 000多年前在古希腊的奥林匹亚镇为纪念希腊主神每四年举行一次的奥运会的相关知识。1What happened in Greece over 2,000 years ago?APeople stopped work and enjoyed themselves.BThe cities there were often against one another.CPeople watched baseball games.DPeople didnt go to any games at all.答案：B解析：细节理解题。
6、由文章最后一段中的 The Olympic Games were thought to be so important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop fighting. 可知，两千多年前，希腊的这些城市互相交战，故B项正确。2What did people do at the games?AThey fought.BThey just talked to friends.CThey cheered for good athletes.DThey tried to find friends.答案：C解析：细节
7、理解题。由文章最后一段最后一句 They met as friends to cheer their favourite athletes and to enjoy themselves. 可知C项正确。3Greek cities then were fighting so they _.Awere weakBwere strongCcouldnt go to other cities freelyDcould see each other答案：C解析：推理判断题。由文章最后一段的 People were allowed to travel to the games freely. 可知，人们
8、在运动会期间被允许自由活动。由此可推知，人们在交战的城市之间是不能自由走动的，故C项正确。4The best title for the story is “_”AGreece at War BTogether for the GamesCStop Fighting DSport答案：B解析：标题归纳题。通读全文可知，文章讲述不同城市的人们因为比赛而走到一起，成为朋友，为运动员喝彩，故B项正确。BAs early as 1894, the newlyformed International Olympic Committee (IOC) considered ice skating as a
9、possibility for the first modern Olympic Games which would be held in 1896.In 1911, a member of the IOC suggested that winter sports should be staged as part of the 1912 Olympics in Helsinki. Some opposed the idea. At last, the IOC decided to hold Winter Olympic Games in 1916. However, World War bro
10、ke out in 1914. After 1920, the national governing bodies for winter sports in several countries began talking about the possibility of a separate Winter Olympics.The town of Chamonix, in the French Alps, planned to hold a winter sports festival in 1924, at the same time Paris was to host the Olympi
11、cs. The Marquis de Polignac, a member of the IOC, suggested that the festival be formally recognized as the Winter Olympic Games. The IOC didnt go that far，but did agree that Chamonix could call its festival an “Olympic Winter Carnival”The festival drew 258 athletes from 16 countries to compete in b
12、obsledding (雪橇车比赛), figure skating, hockey, Nordic skiing and speed skating. Charles Jewtraw from the United States won the first gold medal, in the 500meter speed skating, but the festivals hero was Claus Thunberg from Finland. He won five medals, three of which were gold, in speed skating.Weather
13、has often been a major story at the Winter Olympics, and so it was at Chamonix. The festival opened with rain and unseasonably warm temperature that turned snow and ice to mud. Then temperature dropped as far as 25 below zero and the mud became ice.Despite the weather, more than 10,000 people showed
14、 up. At its yearly meeting in 1925, the IOC recognized the Chamonix festival as the first Winter Olympics and decided that the Winter Games would be held every four years, just like the Summer Olympics.本文简单介绍了冬季奥运会的由来。5Why was the first Winter Olympic Games not held in 1916?ABecause the IOC didnt ag
15、ree to it.BBecause it was still under discussion.CBecause some people opposed the idea.DBecause World War broke out in 1914.答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“However, World War broke out in 1914.”可知是第一次世界大战打断了冬奥会的进程。6How many years earlier was the first modern Olympic Games held than the first Winter Olympic Gam
16、es?A16. B24. C28. D29.答案：C解析：推理判断题。根据第一段的“for the first modern Olympic Games which would be held in 1896”可知第一届现代奥运会是1896年召开；根据第三段和最后一段可知第一届冬奥会是1924年召开。通过计算可知C正确。7We can know from the passage that _.Athe weather destroyed the first Winter OlympicsBpeople from 16 countries watched the first Winter Oly
17、mpicsCCharles Jewtraw won the most medals in the first Winter OlympicsDFinland got at least 3 gold medals in speed skating in the first Winter Olympics答案：D解析：推理判断题。根据第四段的“.Claus Thunberg from Finland. He won five medals, three of which were gold, in speed skating.”可知芬兰的Claus Thunberg在速滑中得到了3枚金牌，由此可推断芬兰至少在速滑中得到了3枚金牌。8Whats the best title for the passage?AThe Development of the OlympicsBThe Importance of Weather in the OlympicsCThe Story of the First Winter Olympic GamesDHow Did the Winter Olympics Come into Being?答案：D解析：标题归纳题。阅读全文可知本文讲述的是冬季奥运会发展形成的整个过程，所以D正确。
