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  3. In order to host the Olympics, a city must submit a proposal to the IOC. After all proposals have been submitted, the IOC votes.

In order to host the Olympics, a city must submit a proposal to the IOC. After all proposals have been submitted, the IOC votes.

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问题     In order to host the Olympics, a city must submit a proposal to the IOC. After all proposals have been submitted, the IOC votes. If no city is successful in gaining a majority in the first vote, the city with the fewest votes is eliminated, and voting continues with successive rounds until a majority winner is determined. Typically the Games are awarded several years in advance, allowing the winning city time to prepare for the Games.
    In selecting the site of the Olympic Games, the IOC considers a number of factors, chief among them which city has, or promises to build, the best facilities, and which organizing committee seems most likely to stage the Games effectively. The IOC also considers which parts of the world have not yet hosted the Games. For instance, Tokyo, the host of the 1964 Summer Games, and Mexico City, the host of the 1968 Summer Games, were chosen in part to popularize the Olympic movement in Asia and in Latin America. Because of the growing importance of television worldwide, the IOC in recent years has also taken into account the host city’s time zone. Whenever the Games take place in the United States or Canada, for example, American television networks are willing to pay significantly higher amounts for television rights because they can broadcast popular events live in prime viewing hours.
    Once the Games have been awarded, it is the responsibility of the local organizing committee—not the IOC or the NOC of the host city’s country—to finance them. This is often done with a portion of the Olympic television revenues and with corporate sponsorships, ticket sales, and other smaller revenue sources, such as commemorative postage stamps or proceeds from a national lottery. In many cases there is also direct government support.
    Although many cities have achieved a financial profit by hosting the Games, the Olympics can be financially risky. When the proceeds from the Games were less than expected, the city was left with large debts.
During voting, the city ______ will win host of Olympics.
选项 A、getting most votes in the first vote
B、getting more than half votes
C、being supported by a major city
D、going around successfully
答案B
解析 事实细节题。也可归类为词义推断题。根据第1段第3句，只要弄清楚majority的准确意思，即可做出正确选择。本题最具干扰的是选项A，其中的most(最多的)与majority(大多数)意思很相近，majority通常是指超过半数以上的多数，而获得most votes的国家也不一定等于获得超过半数以上的选票．因此选项A是不对的。
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