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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
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2015-12-31
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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 ancient Greece, the Olympic Games______.
选项
A、were merely national athletic festivals
B、were in the nature of a national event with a strong religious colour
C、had rules which put foreign participants in a disadvantageous position
D、were primarily national events with few foreign participants
答案
B
解析
本题是一道具体细节题。问古代奥运会如何。利用查阅式阅读法,我们可以在文章的第一段第一句话中找到相关信息。这句话指出,古希腊体育节是非常重要并具有浓厚宗教色彩的节日。而文章第一段的第二句话指出,奥运会是为纪念奥林匹斯众神之王宙斯的,每四年举行一次。最后它失去了地方特色,起初成为全国的盛事,而后在取消禁止外国参赛者参加的规定后便成为国际运动会。而选项B“本是全国性的运动会并具有强烈的宗教色彩”与文章内容相符,因此正确答案为B。
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