(浙江专用)2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 2 The Olympic Games P

[句式分析] 此句为主从复合句。tofindoutaboutthepresent-dayOlympicGames为不定式短语作目的

状语，because引导原因状语从句，该从句中又含有that引导的宾语从句。

[自主翻译] 我来到你们这个时代，想了解有关现代奥运会的情况，因为我知道2004年奥运会是在我的祖国举行的。

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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InancientGreece

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therewerefourmajorathleticmeetingsandtheOlympianmeetingplayedthemostimportantpartinthelivesofthepeople.Astimepassed

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theOlympianmeetinggraduallylostitslocalcharacterandbecamefirstanationaleventandtheninternational.NooneknowsexactlyhowfarbacktheOlympicGamesgobutsomeofficialrecordsdatefrom776BC.

TheGamestookplaceeveryfouryearsontheplainbyMountOlympus.ThousandsofpeoplecamefromallpartsoftheGreekworldtowatchthegames.Thewinnerofthefootracehadthegreathonourofgivinghisnametotheyearofhishistory.

Afteralonghistoryofalmost1,200years，theGameswerestoppedforreligious(宗教的) reasons.Itwasthendecidedin1896tostarttheOlympicGamesagain.ThemeetingwasheldinAthensand311athletesfrom13countriestookpartinitbuttheideaofsuchaninternationalmeetingattractedtheworld’sattention.Afterthe1908LondonOlympics

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manynationssenttheirbestathletestotheOlympics.AlthoughtheGameshavebeentimeandagainthreatenedbysomeunfavourablepoliticaleventstheGameshavetakenplaceeveryfouryears.

Nowadays

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theGamesareheldindifferentcountriesinturn.Asthebiggestinternationalgatheringofanykindintheworld

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athletesfromdifferentcountriesplaygamestogetherandthisprovidesthemwithgoodchancestolearntolivetogether.ThefriendlyfeelingsintheOlympicVillagemakepeoplethinkoftheworldasonebigfamily.TheOlympicGameswerehostedinBeijingin2008anditisbelievedthattheGamesareawonderoftheworld.

语篇解读 本文属于说明文，介绍了奥运会的历史以及奥运会促进了人们之间的相互了解。 ，

1．ThefirstancientOlympicGamestookplace. A．athousandyearsago B．intheseventhcenturyAD C．before700BC D．inmoderntimes 答案 C 解

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“NooneknowsexactlyhowfarbacktheOlympicGamesgobutsomeofficialrecordsdatefrom776BC.”可知，第一届古代奥运会应该是在公元前700年前举行的。故C项正确。

2．Thecontinuity(连续性) oftheOlympicGameswasoncebrokenbecauseof. A．religiousreasons C．politicalevents 答案 A

解析 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“Afteralonghistoryofalmost1,200years，theGameswerestoppedforreligious(宗教的) reasons.”可知，奥运会曾经因为宗教的原因停办过。故A项正确。

3．TheOlympicGamesmeetingfinallyformed. A．alocalevent

C．aninternationalevent 答案 C 解析

细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“Astimepassed，

B．anationalevent D．anofficialevent B．wars D．BothAandB

theOlympianmeetinggraduallylostitslocalcharacterandbecamefirstanationaleventandtheninternational.”可知，奥运会最后成了一项国际盛会。故C项正确。 4．Thefriendlyfeelingsbetweentwocountriesarestrengthenedbecause. A．athletescomefromdifferentcountries B．theyenablepeopletoknoweachotherbetter C．athletesliveintheOlympicvillage D．theyliveinonebigfamily 答案 B 解析

推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第二、三句

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“Asthebiggestinternationalgatheringofanykindintheworld

athletesfromdifferentcountriesplaygamestogetherandthisprovidesthemwithgoodchancestolearntolivetogether.ThefriendlyfeelingsintheOlympicVillagemakepeoplethinkoftheworldasonebigfamily.”可知，奥运会让各国人们有了相互了解的机会。这加强了国与国之间的友好关系。故B项正确。

B

TheWinterOlympicsarealsocalledtheWhiteOlympics.Atthistime

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manycolorfulstampsarepublishedtomarkthegreatGames.ThefirststampmarkingtheopeningcameoutonJanuary25,1932intheUnitedStatesforthe3rdWhiteOlympics.FromthenonpublishingstampsduringtheWhiteOlympicsbecamearule.

Duringthe4thWinterOlympicGames

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agroupofstampswerepublishedinGermanyinNovember1935.ThefiveringsofOlympicswereprintedonthefrontofthesportswear.ItwasthefirsttimethatthesymbolhadappearedonthestampsoftheWhiteOlympics.

Inthe1950’s，thestampsofthiskindbecamemorecolorful.WhentheWhiteOlympicscame，thehostcountries(

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aswellasthenon-hostcountriespublishedstampstomarkthoseGames.

ChinaalsopublishedfourstampsinFebruary1980

whentheChinesesportsmenbegantomarchintotheareaoftheWhiteOlympics.

JapanistheonlyAsiancountrythathaseverheldtheWhiteOlympics.Altogether14,500millionstampsweresoldtoraisemoneyforthissportsmeet.

Differentkindsofsportswereprintedonthesesmallstamps.Peoplecanenjoythebeautyofthewonderfulmovementsofsomeathletes.

语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了为纪念冬季奥运会不同国家发行了不同的邮票。 5．TheWhiteOlympicsandtheWinterOlympics. A．areofthesamekindofGames B．aredifferentkindsofGames C．arebothheldinsummer D．arenotbothheldinsummer 答案 A

解析 细节理解题。由文章第一句可知答案为A。

6．Fromthepassageweknowthatthesymboloffiveringscameintobeing. A．inNovember1935 B．inthe1950’s

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C．firstinGermany

D．beforetheNovemberof1935 答案 D

解析 推理判断题。由第二段可知，1935年11月，五环标志第一次被印刷在冬季奥运会的邮票上，因此可推知，五环标志一定是出现在1935年11月之前。 7．TheJapanesesoldout14,500millionstampsinordertoraisemoneyfor. A．anAsianGames C．payingitsdebts 答案 D

解析 细节理解题。由第五段可知，日本出售邮票是为冬季奥运会集资，故选D。 8.SofartheWinterOlympicshavenotbeenheldin. A．theUS C．China 答案 C

解析 推理判断题。由第五段可知，日本是迄今为止唯一一个举办过冬季奥运会的亚洲国家，由此可推知中国还没有举办过冬季奥运会，故选C。

C

Itisknownthatplayingtennismakesusfit

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B．Germany D．Japan B．itsownpeople D．aworldwideGames

helpsusfightstressandgivesusafeelingofsatisfaction.Weplaytennisbecauseit’sfun，andbecauseourbrainstellustodothat

！

Scientistshavefoundthatplayingtennishelpsourmindscopewithfutureconflictsandunexpectedsituations

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aswellasdevelopoursocialskills.That’swhybothkidsandyoungadultsarefondoftennissomuch.

However

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nobodyreallyknowshowfarbacktennisgoes.SomeevidencesuggestsancientEgyptorGreece，butstrongerfactspointtothe12thcenturyFrance.WhenFrenchmonks(wereplayingthegameofjeudepaume(plamgame)

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overaropeoragainstthewalls

theywouldshoutouteverytimeoneofthemservedtheball.

Bythe13thcenturythegamehadbecomeverypopularamongtheFrench

whobuiltlotsofindoorcourtsthroughoutthecountry.Whenthegamewasplayedindoors

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jeudepaumelookedalotlikepresent-daysquash(壁球)

butplayerswerefacingeachotherandnotstandingsidebyside.ItbecamesofamousthatthekingandeventhePopetriedtobanit

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buttheydidn’tsucceed.FromFrance

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