40 years ago the idea of disabled people doing sport was never heard of. But when the yearly games for the disabled were started at Stoke Mandeville, England in 1948 by Sir Ludwig Guttmann, the situation began to change.
Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi Germany, had been asked by the British government to set up an injuries center at Stoke Mandeville Hospital near London, His ideas about treating injuries included sport for the disabled.
In the first games just two teams of injured soldiers took part .The next year, 1949, five teams took part. From those beginnings, things have developed fast. Teams now come from abroad to Stoke Mandeville every year. In 1990 the first Olympics for the disabled were held in Rome, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games. Now, every four years the Olympic Games for the disabled are held, if possible, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games, although they are organized separately. In other years games for the disabled are still held at Stoke Mandeville, In the 1984 Wheelchair Olympic Games, 1,064 wheelchair athletes form about 40 countries took part. Unfortunately, they were held at Stoke Mandeville and not in Los Angeles, along with the other Olympics.
The games have been a great success in helping the progress of international friendship and understanding, and in proving that being disabled does not mean you can’t enjoy sport. One small source of disappointment for those who organize and take part in the games, however, has been the unwillingness of the International Olympic Committee to include disabled events at the Olympic Games for the able-bodied. Perhaps a few more years are still needed to persuade those fortunate enough not to be disabled that their disabled fellow athletes should be included.
小題1:The first games for the disabled were held ___ after Sir Ludwig Guttmann arrived in England.
A.40 yearsB.21 yearsC.10 yearsD.9 years
小題2:Besides Stoke Mandeville, surely the games for the disabled were once held in_____.
A.New YorkB.LondonC.RomeD.Los Angeles
小題3:What do we know about Sir Ludwig Guttmann from the passage?
A.He is an early organizer of the games for the able-bodied
B. He is welcomed by the British government
C.He is an injured soldier.
D.He is from England.
小題4:From the passage, we may know that the writer is_____.
A.in favor of holding the games for the disabled
B.a(chǎn)gainst holding the games for the disabled
C.a(chǎn) disabled person who once took part in the games
D.one of the organizers of the games for the disabled

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A
文章介紹了殘疾人運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)的發(fā)展歷程。
小題1:D 計(jì)算題。根據(jù)第一段可知第一次殘疾人運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)是1948年舉辦的,根據(jù)第2段可知他是1939年來(lái)到英國(guó)的,那了他來(lái)到英國(guó)9年以后,故D正確。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段4,5行In 1990 the first Olympics for the disabled were held in Rome, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games.可知C正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據(jù)第二段Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi Germany, had been asked by the British government to set up an injuries center可知他是一個(gè)德國(guó)人,被驅(qū)趕到英國(guó),收到英國(guó)政府的委派,建設(shè)殘疾人中心,故B正確。
小題4:A 推理題。通讀全文可知作者對(duì)于殘疾人運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)是持支持的態(tài)度的,認(rèn)為這樣做有很多的好處如第四段The games have been a great success in helping the progress of international friendship and understanding,以及可以提高全世界對(duì)殘疾人的了解等,故A正確。
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