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 As early as 1894 the newly formed International Olympic Committee (IOC) considered ice skating as a possibility for the first modern Olympic Games which would be held in 1896.

  In 1911，a member of the IOC suggested that winter sports should be staged as part of the 1912 Olympics in Helsinki. Some opposed the idea. At last the IOC decided to hold Winter Olympic Games in 1916. However World War I broke out in 1914. After 1920，the national governing bodies for winter sports in several countries began talking about the possibility of a sepa?rate Winter Olympics.

  The town of Chamonix in the French Alps planned to hold a winter sports festival in 1924 ;at the same time Paris was to host the Olympics. The Marquis de Plignac a member of the IO   C.suggested that the festival be for?mally recognized as the Winter Olympic Games. The IOC didn't go that far but did agree that Chamonix could call its festival an "Olympic winter carnival".

  The festival drew 258 athletes from 16 countries to compete in bobsledding(雪構车比赛) ，figure skating hockey Nordic skiing and speed skating. Charles Jewtraw from the United States won the first gold medal in the 500-metre speed skating but the festival's hero was Claus Thunberg from Finland. He won five medals three of which were gold in speed skating.

  Weather has often been a major story at the Winter Olympics and so it was at Chamonix. The festival opened with rain and unseasonably warm tem?perature turned snow and ice to mud. Then temperature dropped as far as 25 below zero and the mud became ice.

  Despite the weather more than 10， 000 people showed up. At its yearly meeting in 1925 the IOC recognized the Chamonix festival as the first Winter Olympics and decided that the Winter Games would be held every four years just like the Summer Olympics.

1.Why were the first Winter Olympic Games not held in 1916?

   A.Because the IOC didn't agree to it.

   B.Because it was still under discussion.

   C.Because some people opposed the idea.

   D.Because World War I broke out in 1914.

2.How many years earlier were the first modern Olympic Games held than the first Winter Olympic Games?

   A. 16.    B. 24.

   C. 28.    D. 29.

3.We can know from the passage that .

   A.the weather destroyed the first Winter Olympics

   B.people from 16 countries watched the first Winter Olympics

   C.Charles Jewtraw won the most medals in the first Winter Olympics

   D.Finland got at least 3 gold medals in speed skating in the first Winter Olympics

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

   A.The Winter Olympics were held every two years in the beginning.

   B.The 1924 Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics were held in the same city.

   C.The Winter Olympics depend much more on the weather than the Sum?mer Olympics.

   D.The IOC agreed to recognize the Chamonix festival as the first Winter Olympics in 1924.

5.What's the best title for the passage?

   A.The development of the Olympics

   B.The importance of weather* in the Olympics

   C.The story of the first Winter Olympic Games

   D.How the Winter Olympics came into being

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文简单介绍了冬季奥运会的由来。

1D细节理解题。根据第二段可知是第一次世界大战打断了冬季奥运会的进程。

2 C推理判断题。根据第一段可知第一届现代奧运会是在1896年举行的;根据第三段和最后一段可知第一届冬季奧运会是在1924年举行的，通过计算可知C正确。

3.D推理判断题。根据第四段的最后两句可知芬兰的Claus Thunberg在速滑中得到了 3枚金牌。

4.C推理判断题。根据第五段的首句可知C正确。

5.D主旨大意题。阅读全文可知本文讲述的是冬季奥运会的由来 故选D。