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Although the Olympic Charter, the official constitution of the Olympic movement, proclaims that the Olympics are contests among
Although the Olympic Charter, the official constitution of the Olympic movement, proclaims that the Olympics are contests among
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2017-01-16
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Although the Olympic Charter, the official constitution of the Olympic movement, proclaims that the Olympics are contests among individuals and not among nations, the IOC assigns to the various NOCs the task of selecting national Olympic teams. In most cases the NOCs do this by holding Olympic trials or by choosing athletes on the basis of their previous performances. From the start of the modern Olympic Games, male amateur athletes of every race, religion, and nationality have been qualified to participate. Although Coubertin, the establisher of the modern Olympic Games, opposed the participation of women in the Olympics and no women competed in 1896, a few female were allowed to participate in the 1900 Games. Female swimmers and divers were admitted to the 1912 Games, and female gymnasts and track-and-field athletes first competed at the 1928 Games. Currently women account for approximately half of the members of teams, except in teams from Islamic nations, where the level of female participation is generally lower.
Coubertin and the IOC intended from the start for the Olympics to be open only to amateurs. Amateurism was determined by adherence (遵守) to the amateur rule which was originally devised in the 19th century to prevent working-class athletes from participating in sports such as rowing and tennis. Because the amateur rule prevented athletes from earning any pay from activities in any way related to sports, working-class athletes could not afford both to make a living and train for competition. Olympic rules about amateurism, however, have caused many controversies over the years. Such questions as whether an amateur could be paid for travel expenses, be compensated for time lost at work, or be employed to teach sports have been raised, but they have not always been satisfactorily resolved by the IOC, leading to confusion about the definition of professionalism in different sports. By 1983 a majority of IOC members acknowledged that most Olympic athletes compete professionally in the sense that sports are their main activity. The IOC then asked each International Sports Federation (ISF) to determine qualification in its own sport, and over the next decade nearly all the ISFs gave up the distinction between amateurs and professionals.
The passage discusses most clearly _______.
选项
A、the various events of the Olympic Games
B、the leadership of the IOC in the Olympics
C、the importance of Coubertin in the Olympics
D、the development of competitors’ qualification
答案
D
解析
本题实质是问全文讨论的主要内容。抓住第1段中的关键词如selecting,teams,choosing athletes,male amateur athletes,qualified,female athletes等,以及第2段中的关键词如amateurism,amateurs,professionals等就知道全文主要介绍奥运会运动员参赛资格方面的信息,故D为答案。
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