首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival h
In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival h
admin
2012-07-17
22
问题
In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honour of Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished, international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 B. C.
The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of events is uncertain, but events included boy’s gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, horse racing and field events, though there were fewer sports involved than in the modern Olympic Games.
On the last day of the Games, all the winners were honored by having a ring of holy olive leaves placed on their heads. So great was the honour that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory. Although Olympic winners received no prize money, they were, in fact, richly rewarded by their state authorities. How their results compared with modern standards, we unfortunately have no means of telling.
After an uninterrupted history of almost 1 200 years, the Games were suspended by the Romans in 394 A. D. They continued for such a long time because people believed in the philosophy behind the Olympics: the idea that a healthy body produced a healthy mind, and that the spirit of competition in sports and games was preferable to the competition that caused wars. It was over 1 500 years before another such international athletic gathering took place in Athens in 1896.
Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes’ expenses.
The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun’s rays. It is carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns throughout the games until the closing ceremony. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is a modern conception, the five interlocking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents participating in the Games.
In the early days of ancient Olympic Games______.
选项
A、only male Greek athletes were allowed to participate in the games
B、all Greeks, irrespective of sex, religion or social status, were allowed to take part
C、all Greeks, with the exception of women, were allowed to compete in the Games
D、all male Greeks were qualified to compete in the Games
答案
A
解析
本题是一道推断题,问古代奥运会的参赛者如何。文章第二段第二句中说到,结过婚的妇女甚至不允许作为观众;以及第三句中:奴隶、妇女和蒙受耻辱的人都不允许参加比赛。由此可以推断出,在古代奥运会,只有希腊男运动员才允许参加运动会。因此本题的正确答案为A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/6bXO777K
0
在职攻硕英语联考
相关试题推荐
I’venever______thetheorythatpeoplearemoreimportantthananimals.
TheJapanesedesireformarriagehadbeenverystrong.Inthefifth""worldyouthattitudesurvey""【C1】______bytheManagementa
TheJapanesedesireformarriagehadbeenverystrong.Inthefifth""worldyouthattitudesurvey""【C1】______bytheManagementa
TheJapanesedesireformarriagehadbeenverystrong.Inthefifth""worldyouthattitudesurvey""【C1】______bytheManagementa
TheJapanesedesireformarriagehadbeenverystrong.Inthefifth""worldyouthattitudesurvey""【C1】______bytheManagementa
当前,世情、国情、党情继续发生着深刻变化,我们面临的发展机遇和风险挑战前所未有。全党一定要牢记人民的信任和重托,更加奋发有为、兢兢业业地工作,继续推动科学发展、促进社会和谐,继续改善人民生活、增进人民福祉,完成时代赋予的光荣而艰巨的任务。
Everynightshelistenedtoherfathergoingaroundthehouse,lockingthedoorsandwindows.Shelistened;thebackdoorclosed
考试在学习过程中发挥另外一个重要作用一一考试证明学习者在一种语言中是否熟练。通过语言考试远不止是激励了自己在语言方面的自尊。如果你想到英语国家去念大学,或者想找一份需要英语技能的工作,通过语言考试就至关重要。
随机试题
2019年1月1日正式实施的《个人所得税专项附加扣除暂行办法》将子女教育、继续教育、大病医疗、住房贷款利息或者住房租金、赡养老人等支出,在个人所得税应缴纳税额中专项扣除。这一做法()。
在中小学教育教学中,使用最为广泛的教育科学研究方法是()。
嗜酸性粒细胞在速发型超敏反应中的作用是
正常生理条件下,乳牙在口腔内存在时间最长者可达
A.烧伤总面积在10%(儿童5%)以下的II度烧伤者B.烧伤总面积在11%~30%(儿童6%~15%)之间的II度烧伤者,或10%(儿童5%)以下的III度烧伤者C.烧伤总面积在31%~50%或III度烧伤在11%~20%(小儿总面积在
柔性短管长度宜为( )mm,安装时松紧应适宜、无明显扭曲,且不宜作为找正,找平的异性连接管。非金属柔性短管位置应远离热源设备。
基金管理公司是证券投资基金会计核算的责任主体,对所管理的基金应当以每支基金为会计核算主体,独立建账、独立核算,保证不同基金在()方面相互独立。
在考生文件夹下完成下列操作。(1)创建一个名为tablethree的自由表,其结构如下。姓名C(6)最高金额N(6,2)最低金额N(6,2)平均金额N(6,2)(2)设计一个用于查询统计的表单formtwo,其界面如下图所示。
SQL语句中修改表结构的命令是( )。
Whenwethinkabouthappiness,weusuallythinkofsomethingextraordinary,apeakofgreatdelight--andthosepeaksseemtoget
最新回复
(
0
)