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U2-Reading
1、 短语
1.in the spirit of __________ 本着团结的精神
2.different ______ origins 不同种族
3.______ efforts 共同的努力
4.push the ___________ of human achievement突破人类成就的极限
5.____________ great talent and personality展现过人的天赋与优秀的品性
6.shortly ___________ 不久之后
7.________ to do sth 接着做某事
8.light the Olympic ______ 点燃奥运圣火
9.the __________ good performance 一直很好的表现
10.build a better future for __________为人类建设更美好的未来
11.______ first 排名第一
12.the upward ______ 上升趋势
13._______ workers 同事
14.mixed swimming _______ 混合游泳接力赛
15.__________________ 正式邀请某人做某事;请求某人做某事
16.________________________ 致力于做某事
17.____________________ 使……恢复生机
18._______________ 被认为是……
19._______ 灭绝;结束;消失
20.give birth to _______________
21.in the hope of _______________
22.live side by side in peace ______________
23.every four years ______________
24.lead to _______________
2、 文章语法填空
The Olympic Games
Every four years, thousands of highly trained and talented athletes gather together in the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play, ready (1)__________(test) their abilities against each other in the hope of (2)__________(recognize) as the best of the best. This is the Olympics — an extraordinary sporting event that was first celebrated about 3,000 years ago.
[Subheading 1] History of the Olympic Games
The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BCE. During the early Games, only Greek men (3)__________(allow) to participate. They competed in such events (4)__________ boxing, running and the long jump. The ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia in Greece every four years for almost 12 centuries, until they eventually died out around the year 393.
More than 1,500 years later, however, the Games (5)__________(rise) again. The modern Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens. It was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, (6)__________ brought the Olympics back to life. His dream was that the Olympics would help people of different racial origins and from different cultures(7)__________(live) side by side in peace. For over a century, people from diverse backgrounds (8)__________ (make) joint efforts to help realize Coubertin’s dream.
[Subheading 2] Well-known Olympians / Olympic athletes
Motivated by the Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger”, many well-known athletes, both male and female, have devoted themselves to achieving sporting excellence (9)__________ pushing the boundaries of human achievement. One such Olympian was the boxer Cassius Clay. He came to public attention during the 1960 Rome Olympics, (10)__________ he won the light heavyweight gold medal for the USA, (11)__________(demonstrate) great talent and personality in the process. Afterwards, this young man proceeded (12)__________(become) the world heavyweight champion in 1964, (13)__________ later changed his name to the one we all know — Muhammad Ali. He returned to the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games (14)__________(light) the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony. By the time he died in 2016, Ali (15)__________(recognize) as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
(16)__________ sportsperson that should be applauded is Jessica Ennis-Hill. Her story is a remarkable example of (17)__________ hard work and devotion can lead to sporting excellence. A former track and field athlete from the UK, she won an Olympic gold medal in her home country in 2012. As if that were not enough, she returned to the Olympics and won a silver medal in 2016, just two years after giving birth to her first child. In an interview she revealed that the secret of her consistent good performance was the training (18)__________ she never missed.
[Subheading 3] China and the Olympics / China’s contribution to the Olympics
The 2008 Beijing Olympics called on the whole world (19)__________(join) in the Olympic spirit and build a better future for humanity with the slogan “One World, One Dream”. In addition to (20)__________(host) the Olympics for the first time, China also ranked first in the medal table. This success is (21)__________(true) remarkable if you consider that just 24 years before, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Xu Haifeng won our country’s first-ever gold medal. Since then the upward trend for Chinese sport has been (22)__________(stoppable). At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Liu Xiang became the first Asian (23)__________ (win) the gold medal in the men’s 110-metre hurdles, while at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the Chinese women’s volleyball team won a hard-fought victory in the final. Another (24)__________(history) moment for China came when Beijing successfully hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics after winning the election in 2015.
The Olympic Games bring joy and excitement (25)__________ people across the world. As Coubertin believed, “With the Olympic Games, each generation celebrates its advent, its joy of living, its faith in the future, its ambition (26)__________ its will to ascend.”
答案
1、 短语
1. solidarity 2racial 3.joint 4.boundaries 5.demonstrate 6.afterwards 7.proceed 8.flame 9.consistent 10.humanity 11.rank 12.trend 13.fellow 14.relays 15.call on sb. to do sth. 16.devote oneself to doing sth. 17.bring sth. back to life 18.be recognized as 19.die out 20.生育 21.抱着……的希望 22.和平共处 24.每四年 25.导致
2、 语法填空
to test, being recognized, were allowed, as, rose, who, live, have made, and, when, demonstrating, to become, and, to light, had been recognized, Another, how, that, to join, hosting, truly, unstoppable, to win, historic, to, and
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