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2014届高考英语一轮复习　　It has been 100 years since the first modern summer Olympic Games were held. Do you know the dates and the places of all the summer Olympic Games, and also the total of gold medals the first three teams gained in each game? Date Place Totals of Gold medals 1st 2nd 3rd 1 1896 Athens USA 11 Greece 10 Germany 7 2 1900 Paris France 27 USA 19 Britain 17 3 1904 St. Louis, USA USA 70 Cuba 5 Germany 4 1908 London Britain 56 USA 23 Sweden 7 5 1912 Stockholm Sweden 24 USA 23 Britain 10 6 1916 Berlin Not held because of World War I 7 1920 Antwerp, Belgium USA 41 Sweden 19 Britain 15 8 1924 Paris USA 45 Finland 14 France 13 9 1928 Amsterdam USA 22 Germany 10 Finland 8 10 1932 Los Angeles USA 41 Italy 12 France 10 11 1936 Berlin Germany 33 USA 24 Hungary 10 12 1940 Helsinki Not held because of World War II 13 1944 London Not held because of World War II 14 1948 London USA 38 Sweden 16 France 10 15 1952 Helsinki USA 40 USSR 22 Hungary 10 16 1956 Melbourne USSR 37 USA 32 Australia 13 17 1960 Rome USSR 43 USA 34 Italy 13 18 1964 Tokyo USA 36 USSR 30 Japan 16 19 1968 Mexico City USA 45 USSR 30 Japan 11 20 1972 Munich, W. G. USSR 50 USA 33 GDR 20 21 1976 Montreal USSR 49 GDR 40 USA 34 22 1980 Moscow USSR 80 GDR 47 Bulgaria 8 23 1984 Los Angeles USA 83 Romania 20 W. G. 17 24 1988 Seoul, S. Korea USSR 55 GDR 37 USA 36 25 1992 Barcelona CIS 45 USA 37 Germany 33 Note: CIS = Commonwealth Independent States；GDR = E. Germany 1. By the year 1992, the modern summer Olympic Games had been held _______ times in U. S. A. A. four 　　　　　B. two 　　　　　C. one 　　　　D. Three 2. How many gold medals had E. Germany won in the Summer Olympic Games? 　　A. 124 　　　　　B. 144 　　　　　C. 198 　　　　　D. 200 3. From the date(资料) we can arrive at a conclusion that _______. A. every country should hold the Olympic Games in turn 　　B. any Olympic Games should not be called off for any reason C. no p