Question

Over the last 90 years, the Olympic flame(火焰) has been carried by thousands of people, mostly on foot. On April 21, at the Temple of Hera in southern Greece, the Olympic flame was lit again. This marked the official countdown(倒计时) to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in August.

This year for the Rio Olympics, there will be about 12,000 torchbearers(火炬手). The special thing is, for the first time in history, Syrian refugee(难民) Ibrahim AI-Hussein was a torchbearer while passing the torch in Greece. It wanted to show a message: sports can make the world better. There were also some Chinese faces that you may know, for example, Chinese actor Yang Yang, who passed the Olympic flame in Greece.

And after a week in Greece, the flame went to the International Olympic Committee Headquarters in Switzerland, and it later travelled to Brazil by plane on May 3. There, the flame will begin a tour, visiting 329 cities and towns of the world’s fifth largest country.

Answer the following questions with No More Than Eight Words.

1.When was the Reo Olympic flame lit? __________________________________

2.How many torchbearers pass the torch for the Rio Olympics?_____________________

3.Why was Ibrahim AI-Hussein chosen to pass the torch? __________________________

4.How did the flame travel from Switzerland to Brazil? ___________________________

5.Where does the actor Yang Yang come from? ________________________________

Answer

1.On April 21(st).

2.About 12,000 (torchbearers).

3.To show sports can make the world better./ Because sports can make the world better.

4.By plane.

5.China./ He comes from China.

【解析】

试题分析：短文简单地介绍了里约奥运圣火传递的一些情况。共有来自世界各地的12000多名火炬手参与传递奥运圣火，其中还有难民代表，旨在向世人传递一种信息：体育可以让世界更美好。

1.问题：里约奥运圣火是何时点燃的？根据短文中的句子“On April 21, at the Temple of Hera in southern Greece, the Olympic flame was lit again. This marked the official countdown(倒计时) to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in August.”可知，里约奥运圣火是在4月21日点燃的，答案为On April 21(st).

2.问题：多少火炬手传递里约奥运会火炬？根据短文中的句子“This year for the Rio Olympics, there will be about 12,000 torchbearers(火炬手).”可知，火炬手将达到12000名。答案为About 12,000 (torchbearers).

3.问题：为什么选择易卜拉欣传递火炬？根据短文中的句子“It wanted to show a message: sports can make the world better.”可知，它再向世人传递一种信息：体育可以让世界更美好。答案为To show sports can make the world better./ Because sports can make the world better.

4.问题：火焰是怎么样从瑞士传到巴西的？根据短文中的句子“And after a week in Greece, the flame went to the International Olympic Committee Headquarters in Switzerland, and it later traveled to Brazil by plane on May 3.”可知，答案为By plane.

5.问题：演员杨洋是从哪里来的? 根据短文中的句子“for example, Chinese actor Yang Yang, who passed the Olympic flame in Greece.”可知，杨洋来自中国。答案为China./ He comes from China.

考点：阅读表达。