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1、简短问答单项训练SHORTANSWERQUESTIONSDirections:Inthispartthereisashortpassagewithsomequestionsorincompletestatements.Readthepassagecarefully.Thenanswerthequestionsorcompletethestatementsinfewestpossiblewords.Youranswermaybeaword,aphrase,orashortsentence.Fewestpossiblewords.
2、Youranswermaybeaword,aphrase,orashortsentence.Writeyouranswersinthespacesprovidedontherightofthepage.（1）Sportsisoneoftheworld’slargestindustries,andmostathletesareprofessionalswhoarepaidfortheirefforts.Becauseanathletesucceedsbyachievementonly—notbyeconomicbackgroun
3、dorfamilyconnections—sportscanbeafastroutetowealth,andmanyathletesplayonlyformoneythanforlove.Thishasnotalwaysbeentrue.IntheancientOlympicsthewinnergotonlyawreathofoliveleaves(橄榄叶花环).Eventhoughthewinnersbecamenationalheroes,thegamesremainedamateurforcenturies.Athl
4、eteswonfame,butnomoney.Astimepassed,however,thecontestsbecameincreasinglylessamateurandcitiesbegantohireathletestorepresentthem.BythefourthcenturyA.D.,theOlympicswereruined,andtheyweresoonended.In1896,theOlympicgameswererevived(使再度兴起)withthesamegoalofpureamateurco
5、mpetition.Therulesbarathleteswhohaveeverreceiveda$50prizeoranathleticscholarsorwhohavespentfourweeksinatrainingcamp.Atleastonecompetitorinthe1896gamesmetthesequalifications.HewasSpiridonLoues,awatercarrierwhowonthemarathonrace,Afterrace,arichAthenianofferedhimanythi
6、nghewanted.Atrueamateur,Louesacceptedonlyacartandahorse.Thenhegaveuprunningforever.ButLoueswasanexceptionandnow,astheChairmanoftheGermanOlympicCommitteesaid,“Nobodypaysanyattentiontotheserules.”Manycountriespaytheirathletestotrainyear-round,andOlympicathletesareeage
7、rtoselltheirnamestocompaniesthatmakeeverythingfromskiequipmenttofastfood.Eventhegamesthemselveshavebecomeahugebusiness.CountriesfighttoholdtheOlympicsnotonlyforhonor,butformoney.The1972gamesinMunichcosttheGermans545milliondollars,butbysellingmedalsymbols,TVrights,
8、food,drink,hotelrooms,andsouvenirs(纪念品),theymanagedtomakeaprofit.Appropriately,thesymbolofvictoryintheOlympicgamesisnolongerasimpleolivewr
