unit2theolympicgames试题

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but he decided not to. He wanted to arrive on time the next morning. At about 11:00 ., another ship, the Stockholm, suddenly hit the Andrea Doria. It made a huge hole in the Italian ship. Some people were badly hurt. Others fell into the sea. But one girl was saved by the Stockholm. Linda Man was fourteen. She lived in Spain with her mother and her little sister. She was going to visit her father in New York. She was excited about seeing her father. Linda had loved the trip. She wanted to have dinner with the captain on the last night at sea. The captain did not sit at his table that night, though. He was busy guiding the ship through the fog. Linda did not get to talk to him. When Linda went to bed, everything seemed fine. Her mother turned off the lights. Linda talked to her little sister. She thought about seeing her father the next morning. What happened next was a terrible surprise. Linda woke up not knowing where she was. She was not in her bed. When she called to her family, no one answered. Both her knees were broken. Linda had been saved by an amazing accident. When the Stockholm made a hole in the side of the Andrea Doria, it lifted Linda out of her bed. She landed on the deck (甲板 ) of the Stockholm instead of falling into the ocean. A sailor heard her cries and found her. Right now, the girl is in the hospital. She is expected to get better. Her father is at her side, glad that his little girl was saved. The Andrea Doria lies under the waves at the bottom of the sea. 60. Why didn’t Captain Piero Calamai reduce the speed? A. He didn’t want to be late. B. He went crazy because of the bad weather. C. He thought the fog was not serious. D. He had rich experience. 61. Linda didn’t have dinner with the captain because _____. A. she fot it B. she was sick in bed C. he was busy with his work D. he hadn’t been told about it 62. When the accident happened, _____. A. Linda was asleep B. the day was about to break C. few people were killed D. the Andrea Doria hit a hole in the Stockholm 63. What can we learn from the text? A. Linda hated the trip very much. B. Linda was saved by the Stockholm. C. Linda lived with her father in Spain. D. The Andrea Doria wasn’t badly damaged. C ★★ The 1904 Olympic Games hosted in St. Louis, caused the first Olympic scandal (丑闻 ). During the marathon, American Fred Lorz decided he would not run the entire race. Instead, he had a friend pick him up in a car and drop him off just before the finish line. When the truth was discovered, he was banned (禁止 ) from the Olympic Games for life. The winning gold medal was instead given to Thomas Hicks, also of the United States. He was one of just 14 marathon runners who crossed the finish line. From the beginning the 1904 Olympics were faced with many of the same problems of the 1900 Paris Games. Because the events were again held as part of the World’s Fair, the event anizers were unable to develop an identity for the 1904 Games. Add to that the same fivemonth long petition and the increased cost of traveling to the United States for the petition and the Olympic Games became unimportant. In fact, with just 12 countries sending athletes, fewer countries took part in the 1904 Olympic Games than the 1896 Olympic Games. In all, 651 athletes peted in 19 sports and 91 events. More than 550 of those athletes were from the United States and Canada. American Ray Ewry again won all three of the events he entered: standing high jump, standing triple jump (立定三级跳远 ) and standing long jump. Gee Eyser, a gymnast (体操运动员 ) from the United States, won six medals. Gold, silver and bronze medals were handed out for the first time at the 1904 Olympic Games. 64. What happened at the 1904 Olympic Games for the first time?。