2017年6月英语四级阅读选词填空练习及答案(六)
The first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens(雅典) in 1896 and onlytwelve nations participated. Besides the host nation participants were tourists
who __1__to be in Greece at the time. Though the whole affair was __2__ and the
standard was not high, the old principle of amateur sport was kept up. Since
then the games had been held every four years except during the __3__ of the two
World War. This was__4__ a departure from the old Olympic spirit when wars had
to stop and make 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 involved as countries vie each other for(为......而互相竞争) the
__7__ to hold the games because of the political prestige and commercial profit
to be __8__ out of them. In the 11th games held in Berlin in 1936, Hitler who
had newly come to __9__ in Germany tried to use the occasion for his Nazi
propaganda. For the first time the Olympic flame was brought all the way from
Olympia to the games site in relays, a marathon journey now often taking months
to __10__.
honour
accomplish
had
moral
arrive
occured
end
power
happened
definitely
Physical
informal
interruption
especially
irregular
参考答案：
1.选I
2.选L
3.选M
4.选J
5.选K
6.选D
7.选A
8.选C
9.选H
10.选B
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