Question

People need to relax and enjoy themse1ves．One way they can have a good time is to watch a baseball game or another sports event．Even thousands of years ago，groups of people gathered to watch skilled athletes（运动员）．

　　Over 2000 years ago in Greece，certain days in the year were festival days．These were holidays when people stopped work and enjoyed themselves．They liked to watch athletes take part in  races and other games of skill．

　　The most important festival was held every four years at the town of Olympia．It was held in honor of the Greek  god Zeus（Zus）．For five days，athletes from all parts of the  Greek  world took part in the Olympic Games．At the Olympic Games，people could watch them box，run，jump and so on．There was a relay race between two teams of men in which a lighted torch（火矩）was passed from runner to runner．The Olympic Games were thought to be so important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop fighting．People were allowed to travel to the games safely．Thousands of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from her colonies（殖民地）in Africa，Asia and Italy．They met as friends to cheer their favorite athletes and to enjoy themselves．

　1.What happened in Greece over 2000 years ago？

A．People stopped work and enjoyed themselves．

B．The cities there were often against one another．

C．People watched baseball games．

D．People didn’t go to any games at all．

　2.What were those countries in Africa？

A．Friends．	B．Enemies．
C．Colonies．	D．Other cities．

　3.What did people do at the games？

A．They fought．	B．They just talked to friends．
C．They cheered for good athletes．	D．They tried to find friends．

　4.Greek cities then were fighting so they_____．

A．were weak	B．were strong
C．couldn’t go to other cities freely	D．could see each other

　5.The best title for the story is“_____”．

A．Greece at War	B．Together for the Games
C．Stop Fighting	D．Sport

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题解析：

1.细节题，由第二段Over 2000 years ago in Greece，certain days in the year were festival days．These were holidays when people stopped work and enjoyed themselves可知选A

2.细节题，由最后一段的倒数第三行Thousands of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from her colonies（殖民地）in Africa，可知选C

3.推理题，由最后一段最后一句They met as friends to cheer their favorite athletes and to enjoy themselves．可知选C

4.推理题，由最后一段倒数第四行People were allowed to travel to the games safely．可知选C

5.推理题，由本文的主要意思“因游戏各个国家聚集在一起”可知选B

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