In ancient Greece, athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival, ____1____ every four years in ____2____ of Zeus, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event, and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been given up, ____3____. No one knows exactly how far ____4____ the Olympic Games go, but some official records ____5____ from 776 BC.
After an ____6____ history of almost 1,200 years, the Games were put an end ____7____ in AD 394, the Christian era. It was over 1,500 years ____8____ there was ____9____ such international athletics gathering. The Greek institution was restored in 1896 and the first small meeting ____10____ place in Athens. After the 1908 London Olympics, success was re-established and nations sent their best representatives. In ____11____of peace, the Games have taken place ____12____ since at four-yearly ____13____. In Munich in 1972, competitors from more than 120 countries were watched by ____14____ crowds.
Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries ____15____ turn. The host country ____16____ vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living quarters, but ____17____ countries pay their own athletes’ expenses. Athletic contests are still the main feature, but now many more sports are represented. The marathon races, started in 1896, are now a popular event.
The Olympics start ____18____the arrival in the stadium of a torch, ____19____ on Mount Olympus by the sun’s rays. It is carried by a ____20____ of runners to the stadium.
【(江苏专版)2011高考英语一轮复习巩固提升:Unit 2《Sporting events》(详细解析)(牛津译林版·模块4)】相关文章:
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