Question

 The 1896 Olympics were the first Olympic Games since ancient times. They were held in Athens, Greece in April 1896.①At that time, it was the largest international sporting event ever held. Fourteen countries, including the United States, took part in it.

The 1896 Olympic events included athletics, which was similar to track and field events, cycling, fencing and wrestling, swimming, weightlifting, tennis and gymnastics. Winners of the events won medals, although first place medals were silver and second place medals were copper (銅的）.Today, first place medals are gold, second place medals are silver and third place are bronze. Winners also receive an olive branch and a diploma (證書）.

Only male athletes were allowed to take part in the 1896 Olympics. Women were first allowed to take part in the second Olympic Games in 1900 in Paris, France.

②The, Princeton. US, from, team, was, made, university, up, of, mostly, and, students. Harvard. The US team won 11 first place medals, the most among all countries. Greece won the most medals overall.

The 1896 Olympics were very popular. Over 80,000 people attended the opening ceremony.

1.將文中劃線的句子①譯成漢語。

2.將文中②處劃線的詞組成一個合乎上下文語境的句子。

3.    What were first place medals made of in the 1896 Olympic Games?

4.    What was the difference between the first Olympics and the second Olympics?

5.    What country won the most first place medals in the 1896 Olympics?

Answer 1

1.在當時，那是史上舉行過的最大的國際體角賽事。

2. The US team was made up mostly of university students from Harvard and Princeton.

3. They were made of silver.

4. Only male athletes were allowed to take part in the first Olympics.

5. The US.