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     Sport is full of wonderful moments, but perhaps nothing is as exciting as the finish of the marathon. It is the

longest, hardest race of all. The name "marathon" comes from a village in Greece. A famous battle was fought

there in the year 490 B.C. When the Greeks had beaten the Persians, a soldier ran all the way from Marathon to

Athens-more than 40 kilometers-to tell people the good news. When the modern Olympic Games were stared in

1896, the organisers (组织者) knew this story. The marathon has been a race since then.

     In the ancient world the Olympics were held every 4 years. They were an important part of

life. In the modern Games we try to copy their ideas. The finest sportsmen in the world are collected in one

place-or at least, the finest "amateure" are. An amateur is someone who does not earn any money from sport. It

is often difficult to say who is an amateur and who is not. It is true that Olympic athletes (运动员) do not earn

large amounts of money like professional sportsmen. But Olympic athletes are often students or teachers for a

sport. They have to spend a lot of time training. Their governments pay for their training, travel and "pocket

money", because they want them to win. Some people think that this changes the Olympics. They feel that the

Games are now a political marathon.

1. The word "marathon" was first used for a _____. [ ]

A. battle

B. story

C. place

D. race

2. The marathon race was run in 1896 because ______. [ ]

A. there was such a race at the ancient Olympic Games.

B. the distance was once run by a famous Greek soldier.

C. the Olympic games were held at Marathon in 1896.

D. the longest race has always been called a "marathon".

3. Modern Olympic Games are held _______ years. [ ]

A. every

B. every 4

C. 3

D. every 3

4. An amateur is someone who earns _______ money from sports. [ ]

A. a lot of

B. little

C. no

D. some

5. Olympics are becoming a political marathon because _____. [ ]

A. the governments pay the players to win

B. players spend a lot of time training

C. players get pocket money

D. the governments train the players

Deflation is an economic theory relating changes in the price levels to changes in the quantity of money. In its developed (1) , it constitutes an analysis of the (2) underlying inflation and deflation. As (3) by the English philosopher John Locke in the 17th century, the Scottish (4) David Hume in the 18th century, and (5) , it was a weapon (6) the mercantilists, who were thought to equate wealth with money. If the (7) of money by a nation merely raised (8) , argued the quantity theorists, then a "favourable" balance of trade, (9) desired by mercantilists, would increase the supply of money but would not in-crease (10) . In the 19th century the quantity theory (11) to the ascendancy of free trade over protectionism. In the 19th and 20th centuries it played a part in the (12) of business cycles and in the theory of foreign (13) rates.

The (14) theory came under attack during the 1930s, (15) monetary expansion seemed ineffective in combating deflation. Economists argued that the levels of investment and government spending were more important than the money supply in determining economic activity.

The tide of opinion (16) again in the 1960s, when experience (17) post-World WarⅡ inflation and new empirical (18) of money and prices— (19) A Monetary History of the United States (1963) by Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz—restored much of the quantity theory’ s lost prestige. One implication of this theory is that the size of the stock of money must be considered when shaping governmental policies (20) to control prices and maintain full employment.

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