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上海新世纪高二英语第四单元重点归纳及课后练习 Unit4 Sports around the world Part1新题型 The Olympics are the ____ ( important) international competition in terms ___ scale, skills, and number of athletes. The games are divided ____ two parts---the Summer Games and the Winter Games. The two parts ____ (hold) in such a way that there are two years in between but four years before one is repeated. The Olympics were first celebrated in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and were held every four years ____393 AD. Then, they were brought to an end ____ the Roman emperor. It was not until the 1890s that the world saw the modern summer games. In 1896 the first modern Summer Olympics were held in Greece ____ that was where the tradition started. After that the Olympics would move to ____ different city every four years. In 1924, the Winter Olympics were added to the schedule. The Games were to take place in a separate, colder place. The event was cancelled during World War Ⅰ and World War Ⅱ for reasons known to all. (B) Examples of modern Summer Olympic events are track and field events, ball games, diving, gymnastics, swimming. Typical Winter Olympic events are skating and skiing. The Olympic records are the world ___. An Olympic gold medal carries as much weight as, or even more than any other gold medal won at other international competitions. The skills and determination demonstrated at the Olympics have come to stand for the peak of human physical strength and will power. It was not until the late twentieth century ____ Chinese athletes began to amaze the world with their excellent performance at the Olympics. Coming out number one many times in the Olympic events, Chinese athletes ____ (bring) home one gold medal after another in swimming, diving, gymnastics, weight lifting, and ___ number of ball games. At the turn of the twenty-first century, the world witnesses Beijing being selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the host city for the 2008 Olympics. This has added a brilliant to