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　　北京新航道学校致力于雅思培训为大家提供权威参考资料。暑假已经结束了，赶在这个时间参加雅思的考生朋友们也完成了自己的学习计划，总结这个暑期的阅读试题，我们为大家进行了整理，希望对那些正在准备考试同学有所帮助。雅思阅读对于国内考生来说难度较大，除了专业水平之外，还极度考验着同学的耐心和细心。下面就给大家一些资料，希望对于同学的英语成绩有所帮助。

　　本期为大家整理的阅读试题比较多，一部分练习的题目会跟在下面一篇文章中，请同学们知悉。

　　SECTION 3 Questions 8-18

　　Read the passage below and answer questions 8-18.

　　The 17th Winter Games, held in Norway in 1994, are part of an Olympic tradition which goes back almost 3,000 years. For more than 1,000 years the ancient Games were held, every four years, on hallowed ground near Mount Olympus, where the Greek gods were said to live.

　　The ' Olympics' brought together men from war-torn tribes and states in Greece and its colonies, A sacred truce was declared to allow men to travel to the games in safety. Women could not take part and were forbidden, on pain of death, even to attend the Games.

　　The ancient Olympics were abolished by the Roman Emperor Theodosius in 393 AD, after Greece had lost its independence. But the idea never died and the Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and educator and scholar, founded the modern Olympics. His aim was to bring together, once every four years, athletes from all countries on the friendly fields of amateur sport. No account was to be taken of national rivalries, nor politics, race, religion, wealth or social status. The first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896, and four years later, in Paris, women began to take part. Although the winter Olympics did not begin until 1924, figure skating was part of the 1908 London summer Olympics, both skating and ice hockey were included in the Antwerp Games in 1920. But generally winter sports were felt to be too specialized. Only cold-weather countries had much experience of activities such as skiing-a means of transport overland across ice and snow during long winters .The Scandinavians, for whom skiing is a part of everyday life, had objected to a winter games. They feared it would threaten their own Nordic games, which had been held every four years since 1901. But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed to stage an International Sports Week in Chamonix, France ,in 1924. It was a success and the Scandinavians won 28 of the 43 medals, including nine golds. They dropped their objections and the event was retrospectively named the First Olympic Winter Games.

　　Apart from the Second World War period the Winter Olympics were held every four years, a few months before the summer Olympics. But in 1986 the IOC changed the schedule so that the summer and winter games would be held in different years. Thus, for the only time in history, the Lillehammer (Norway) Games took place just two years after the previous Winter Olympics which were held in Albertville, France.

　　Since the Winter Games began, 55 out of 56 gold medals in the men's nordic skiing events have been won by competitors from Scandinavia or the former Soviet Union. For teams from warm weather countries, cross-country skiing can pose problems, At the Calgary Games in 1988, one competitor in the 50-kilometre even was so slow that race officials feared he was lost and sent out a search party. Roberto Alvarez of Mexico had never skied more than 20 kilometres before and finished 61st and last 52 minutes behind the 60th place.

　　Questions 8-11

　　Complete the table below. Write a date for each answer.

　　Write your answers in boxes 8-11 on your answer sheet,

　　DATE EVENT

　　...(8)... Ancient Olympics came to an end

　　...(9)... First women's events

　　Example ...1901... First Nordic Games

　　...(10)... First winter team game included in Olympics

　　...(11)... First Winter Olympic Games

　　Questions 12-18

　　Look at the following statement. In boxes 12-18 on your answer sheet write

　　TRUE if the statement is true

　　FALSE if the statement is false

　　NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage

　　12. The spectators, as well as the participants , of the ancient Olympics were all male.

　　13. Only amateur athletes are allowed to compete in the modern Olympics.

　　14. The modern Olympics have always demonstrated the political neutrality intended by their founder

　　15. The Antwerp Games proved that winter sports were too specialized.

　　16. Cross-country skiing events are a specialty of cold-weather countries.

　　17. Only Scandinavians have won gold medals in men's winter Olympics nordic skiing events.

　　18. One Winter Olympics has succeeded another every four years since 1924 with a break only for the Second World War.

　　经过老师课堂经验发现，雅思阅读对考生来说就是不能合理分配阅读题干的时间和答题时间，这还需要同学在平日里多加练习，以便应试速度，老师提醒大家，成绩绝非一朝一夕之事，勤奋练习才能收益。最后祝你考试顺利。

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