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1. When the Beijing Olympics begin this August, the world will be watching. The games have become
a huge international event. People will come from around the world to watch 10,500 athletes from 205
countries and districts compete (竞争) to take home the gold.
2. The first recorded Olympics, in 776 B.C., were an important religious (宗教的) festival. Olympic
sports have changed a lot in the last few thousand years. The ancient games began with just one 192-meter
race. In later years, the games grew to include a total of six sports. Most of the ancient Olympic sports
tested skills soldiers needed.
3. Even the modern Olympics were once far smaller than they are today. The first of the modern games,
in 1896, only had 241 athletes from 14 countries. Moreover (此外), the early modern Olympics were not
an independent (独立的) event. Until l 908 the Olympics were part of the world's fair!
4. At the first modern Olympics, there were 43 events from ten sports. Many of the sports from the
early modern games are no longer part of the Olympics, such as golf and tug of war (拔河). There has
always been a lot of disagreement over changing Olympic sports.
5. The number of Olympic sports has constantly increased throughout history. At the Beijing games,
athletes will compete in 302 events from 28 sports. Despite (尽管) all the changes over the years, some
ancient sports are still part of the modern games. These include running,boxing and wrestling.
1. How many countries and districts will take part in the Beijing Olympics?
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2. What did the ancient Olympics begin with?
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3. What do Paragraph 3 and 4 mainly tell us about?
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4. At least how many gold medals will the athletes compete for in the coming Olympics?
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5. What ancient sports are still parts of the modern games?
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