阅读下面短文.掌握其大意.然后从各小题所给的三个选项中.选出一个最佳答案.并将其字母标号填

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的三个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将其字母标号填入题前括号内。      The ancient Olympic Games were religious (宗教的) activities.   1   held the first Olympic Games in the sixth
century B.C. At that time , men could be   2   the races. Women had no   3   to take part in the Olympic Games
  4   1912. The modern Olympics started in Athens in 1896. Since then we hold the Olympic Games every four
years.
     The IOC (国际奥委会)   5   athletes. So they all have the same chance   6  . Winning at the Olympics is a
great honor. Those   7   win at the Olympics are the best in the world. Faster, higher,   8  is the slogan (口号)
of the Olympics. China has won many gold medals   9   Xu Haifeng got China's first Olympic medal. Many
excellent players such as Liu Guoliang and Guo Jingjing have   10   good examples to us. When Liu Xiang passed
the finishing line, all the Chinese people jumped up and down,   11  . Everyone in China felt   12   and proud.
     As we know, China   13   the host country to hold the 29th Olympic Games in the year 2008. The Five
Friendlies (福娃) have been chosen as the official Mascots (吉祥物) of the Olympics.   14   athletes will e to
Beijing to pete (竞争) for medals. We hope our country can hold the Olympics   15  . We also hope all the
athletes can work hard and set more world records. (     ) 1. A. England         
(     ) 2. A. on              
(     ) 3. A. right           
(     ) 4. A. in              
(     ) 5. A. makes rules for 
(     ) 6. A. to win          
(     ) 7. A. which           
(     ) 8. A. stronger        
(     ) 9. A. after           
(     ) 10. A. given           
(     ) 11. A. cheered         
(     ) 12. A. excited         
(     ) 13. A. has been        
(     ) 14. A. A thousand of   
(     ) 15. A. successfully      B. Australia     
B. in            
B. idea          
B. since         
B. gets on with        
B. win           
B. who           
B. richer        
B .before        
B. copied        
B. cheering      
B. exciting      
B. is            
B. Thousands of  
B. easily       C. Greece           
C. of               
C. time             
C. until.           
C. takes care of        
C. winning          
C. whose            
C. better           
C. since            
C. followed         
C. cheers           
C. surpised         
C. will be          
C. Thousand of      
C. hardly