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[单项选择] No sporting event takes hold of the world’S attention and imagination like the Olympic Games The football world Cup fascinates fans in Europe and South America；baseball’s World Series is required viewing in North America；and the world table Tennis Championships attracts the most interest in Asia．
But the Olympics belong to the whole world．Now after travelling to 17 countries over 108 years the summer Games are returning to Athens the place where the first modern Olympics was held．
Participation in the Games is looked on not only as an achievement，but also as an honour, The 16 days between August 13 and 29 will see a record 202 countries compete，up from Sydney’s 199. Afghanistan is back，having been banned from Sydney because the Taliban government didn’t let women do sports．There is also a place for newcomers East Timer and Kiribati
A total of 10．500 athletes will compete in 28 sports，watched by 5 3 million ticket—paying viewers as well as a television audience of
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
[简答题]China has the greatest population in the world and a large pool of research workers, yet it has not produced a single Nobel prize winner so far. What has caused this situation in your opinion
[单项选择]Most people in the world watched the 29th Olympic Games which were televised ______ from the stadiums in Beijing.
A. alive B. live C. living D. lively
[单项选择]Canada is one Of the world's greatest （ ） producers.
A. coal
B. timber
C. fur
D. wool
[单项选择]Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior. Viewed biologically, the modem foot-bailer is in reality a member of a hunting group. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey (猎物) into a goalmouth. If his aim is accurate and he scores a goal, he enjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing his prey.
To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look back at our forefathers. They spent over a million years evolving as cooperative hunters. Their very survival depended on success in the hunting-field. Under this pressure their whole way of life, even their bodies, became greatly changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey-killers. They cooperated as skillful male-group attackers.
Then about ten thousand years ago, after this immensely long period of hunting their food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life, was put to a new use—that of
A. are forms of biological development
B. have actually developed from hunting
C. are essential forms of taming the prey
D. have changed the ways of hunting
[单项选择]The Olympic Games are held.
A. each time in a different city
B. mostly in Europe
C. in different cities of Greece
D. in the capitals of different countries
[单项选择]The International Olympic Committee rejects the accusations that Beijing's budget- cutting move might （ ） its preparation for the games.
A. degrade
B. deliberate
C. deploy
D. defend
[单项选择]When was the first Olympic Games held
A. In 1896.
B. In 1776.
C. In 1689.
D. In 1916.
