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选择性必修二Unit2 Reading同步检测(1)
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1 Every four years,thousands of
(high)trained athletes gather together in the spirit of
friendship,
(solid)and fair play,ready
(test)their abilities against each other
in the hope of
(recognize)as the best of the best.
2 It was a Frenchman,Pierre de Coubertin,brought the Olympics back to life
3
(motivate)by the original Olympic motto "Faster.Higher,Stronger".many
well-known athletes.both male and female.have devoted
(they)to
(achieve)
sporting excellence and
(push)the boundaries of human achievement.
4 He came to public attention during the 1960 Rome Olympics,
he won the light
heavyweight gold medal for the USA.
(demonstrate)great talent and personality in the
process.
5 By the time he died in2016,Ali
(be )recognized as one of the
(great)boxers
of all time.
6 The 2008 Beijing Olympics called on the whole world
(join)in the Olympic spirit and
(build)a better future for humanity with the slogan"One world,one dream."
7 Since 1984 the upward trend for Chinese sport
(be)unstoppable.
8 At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games,Liu Xiang became the first Asian
(win the gold
medal in the
(man)110-metre hurdles
Coubertin believed."With the Olympic Games,each generation celebrates its advent.its
joy of living,its faith
the future.its
(ambitious)and its will to ascend."
二阅读理解
Officials from the Japanese Olympic Committee say they are sparing no effort to(不遗余))
to prepare and announce the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021 is going green.The 5.000
medals Japan has made are more special than most.
One new focus of the Tokyo Olympics is to be“sustainable(可持续的)”-to avoid using
too many natural resources,so that the games are easy on the environment.As part of this goal.
the organizers decided to make all of the Olympic medals out of metal recycled from old
electronics.
Almost all electronics are made with small amounts of "precious metals",like gold and
silver.But collecting enough of these metals to make 5,000 medals was a huge challenge.That's
because th