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At the first Olympics, men took part in foot races during celebrations to honor the Greek god, Zeus. More races and sports were added later.
Greece held these Olympic Games every four years for the next one thousand years. The ancient Romans banned them in the fourth century.
The modern Olympic Games began more than one hundred years ago. Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France proposed a world celebration of sports like the ancient games of Greece.
The first modern Olympics were held in Athens in eighteen ninety-six. Athletes from eight countries competed in ten sports. The purpose was to help athletes develop strength and values through competition. It also provided a way for athletes of all nations to become friends.
The Olympic symbol of five linked rings represents this friendship. Baron de Coubertin designed it in nineteen thirteen. The rings represent the linking through sports of the major populated areas of the world-Europe, Asi
A. Women were not allowed to participate.
B. There were two parts for the first Olympics-long distance running and foot races.
C. It was held to honor Greek god, Zeus.
D. Later, more races and sports were added to the Olympics.
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At the first Olympics, men took part in foot races during celebrations to honor the Greek god, Zeus. More races and sports were added later.
Greece held these Olympic Games every four years for the next one thousand years. The ancient Romans banned them in the fourth century.
The modern Olympic Games began more than one hundred years ago. Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France proposed a world celebration of sports like the ancient games of Greece.
The first modern Olympics were held in Athens in eighteen ninety-six. Athletes from eight countries competed in ten sports. The purpose was to help athletes develop strength and values through competition. It also provided a way for athletes of all nations to become friends.
The Olympic symbol of five linked rings represents this friendship. Baron de Coubertin designed it in nineteen thirteen. The rings represent the linking through sports of the major populated areas of the world-Europe, Asi
A. Sydney.
B. Beijing.
C. Athens.
D. New Zealand.
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W: Those packages took forever to arrive.
M: But they did arrive, didn’t they
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Men and women who only do office work are called "white-collar workers". Secretaries and receptionists, typists, bank tellers and computer operators work for many different kind of companies. There are big banks that do business all over the world and small banks that serve a single neighborhood or a small town. Big insurance and industrial companies may employ thousands of people who work in tall office buildings, while around the corner an employment agency or a manufacturer’s representative may have a staff of only half a dozen service agents.
Some office workers dream of working their way up to the top from clerk to president of the corporation. If this is to be done, the way lies through middle management positions. Middle management includes junior executives, who will perform specialized jobs, recommend action to top management, and/or see that the company’s policies are implemented, especially those that involve financial matte
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How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and objects, so that they could communicate with each other; we also know that they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.
The power of words, then, lies in their associations—the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by our own experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the happy and sad events of out past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words wh
A. The invention of words.
B. The power of words.
C. Literary styles
D. Human communication.
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A fellow took a job painting yellow line down the middle of a highway. On his first day he painted ten miles, and his boss said," You did well. Keep it up and you’ll get a raise."
The next day the man painted five miles, and the boss said, "Well ,five miles isn’t as good as ten, but keep up the good work."
The following day he painted only one mile. The boss called him in and said," first you did ten miles, then you did five miles, then you did one mile. You’re not doing the work well, so I have to fire you."
As the man walked away from the office, he complained," But it’s not my fault. Each day I kept getting farther away from the paint can."
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