2016年12月英语六级阅读练习题及答案(三十二)
The first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens(雅典)in 1896and only twelvenations participated. Besides the host nationman participants were tourists who
__1__ to be in Greece atthe time. Though the whole affair was __2__ and the
standardwas not high, the old principle of amateur sport was kept up.Since then
the games had been held every four yearsexcept during the __3__ of the two World
War. This was __4__ adeparture from the old Olympic spirit when wars had to
stoPandmake way for the games.The games have grown enormously in scale and
__5__performances have now reached unprecedented heights.Unfortunately the same
cannot be said about their __6__ standard.Instead of Olympia, the modern games
are now held in differentcities all over the world. Inevitably politics and
commercialismget involvedas countries vie each other for(为 ...... 而互相竞争) the
__7__ to hold the games because of the politicalprestige and commercial profit
to be __8__ out of them. Inthe 11 th games held in Berlin in 1936, Hitler who
had newlycome to __9__ in Germany tried to use the occasion for hisNazi
propaganda. For the first time the Olympic flame wasbrought all the way from
Olympia to the games site in relays,a marathon journey now often taking months
to __10__.
A) honour
B) accomplish
C) had
D) moral
E) arrive
F) occured
G) end
H) power
I) happened
J) definitely
K) Physical
L) informal
M) interruption
N) especially
O) irregular
参考答案：
1.I
2.L
3.M
4.J
5.K
6.D
7.A
8.C
9.H
10.B
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