III. Cloze (30%)
During the Olympic Games，people from all over the world come together in peace and friendship．The first Olympic Games that we have  l  of were in Greece in 776 B．C．The games lasted one day．The only  2  in the first thirteen Olympic Games was a race．Men ran the length of the stadium．In l 896 the games were  3  again in Athens，Greece．The Greeks   4  a new stadium for the competition．311  5  from thirteen countries  6  in many events．The  7  became national heroes．After l896，the games were held every four years during the summer in different cities around the  8  ．In l908，in London，England，the first gold   9   were given to winning athletes．The Olympic Winter Games   10   in l924 in Chamonix，France．Athletes competed in  11   events such as skiing，ice skating and ice hockey．Today the Winter Games take place   l2   four years．Until recently，Olympic competitors could not be   l3  athletes．All of the athletes in the Olympic Games were amateurs．Today， 14  ，many of the Olympic athletes are professionals who play their sports  15  money during the year．Some people disagree with this idea．
1．A．books           B．history       C．records       D．publications
2．A．event           B．activities      C．sport         D．play
3．A．held            B．took         C．set           D．planed
4．A．made           B．built         C．did           D．started
5．A．people          B．persons       C．teams        D．athletes
6．A．fought          B．against        C．1asted        D．competed
7．A．failures         B．winners        C．athletes      D．players
8．A．country          B．universe      C．world      D．area
9．A．medals          B．price         C．money       D．title
10．A．held           B．began         C．took        D．joined
11．A．summer        B．spring         C．winter      D．fall
12．A．any            B．other         C．between     D．every
13．A．professional     B．amateur       C．special      D．ordinary
14．A．whereas         B．however      C．whoever    D．whenever
15．A．for             B．by           C．with        D．out of

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