Unit 2 The Olympic Games Period 2 Reading课后阅读训练.阅读理解AThe Olympic Games are the greatest festival of sport in the world. Every four years, a hundred or more countries send their best sportsmen to compete for the highest honours in sports. As many as 6,000 people take part in over 20 sports. For the winners, there are gold medals and glory. But there is honour, too, for all who compete, win or lose. That is in the spirit of the Olympicsto take part is what matters.The Olympic Games always start in a bright color and action. The teams of all the nations parade in the opening ceremony and march round the track. The custom is for the Greek team to march in first. For it was in Greece that the Olympics began. The team of the country where the Games are being heldthe host country marches in last.The runner with the Olympic torch then enters the stadium and lights the flame. A sportsman from the host country takes the Olympic oath(宣誓)on behalf of all the competitors. The judges and officials also take an oath. After the sportsmen march out of the stadium, the host country puts on a wonderful display.The competitions begin the next day. There are usually more than twenty sports in the Games. The rule is that there must be at least fifteen. The main events are in track and field, but it is a few days before these sports start. Each day the competitors take part in a different sportriding, shooting, swimming, and cross-country running. Points are gained for each event. Medals are awarded for the individual winners and for national teams.More and more women are taking part in the Games. They first competed in 1900,in tennis and golf.【语篇概述】本文主要讲夏季奥运会的情况,包括运动员、裁判、开幕式、各大项目等。1.Why is there honour for the losers as well as for the winners?A. Because failure is the mother of success.B. Because losers need encouragement, too.C. Because losers and winners should be equally treated.D. Because what really matters is to take part in the Olympic Games.【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段的“That is in the spirit of the Olympicsto take part is what matters.”可知,答案选D。2. Who takes the Olympic oath?A. A judge from the host country.B. An official from the host country.C. A Greek sportsman.D. A sportsman from the host country.【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段的“A sportsman from the host country takes the Olympic oath on behalf of all the competitors.”可知答案选D。3. What are the most important events in the Olympic Games?A. Track and field events.B. The riding events.C. The swimming events.D. The boat-racing events.【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第四段的“The main events are in track and field, but it is a few days before these sports start.”可知答案选A。4.When did women start taking part in the Olympic Games?A. In 1912. B. In 1900.C. In 1928.D. In 1924.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据最后一段可知答案选B。BKabul(AFP)Argentine football star Messi has sent not one, but two football shirts to the five-year-old Afghan boy who became an Internet star last month when he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with “Messi” written on it in marker pen.Murtaza travelled with his family from eastern Ghazni province to Kabul to receive the gifts sent by Messi through UNICEF, where he is an ambassador. “Murtaza couldnt stop smiling. He kept repeating: I love Messi,” UNICEF Afghanistan spokesman Denise Shepherd-Johnson told AFP.Messi autographed the shirts, writing “With much love” in Spanish on them, and added a football to him, UNICEF said. Purchasing a Messi shirt was out of the question of his family, which is one of the poorest families living in volatile Ghazni, near Kabul.His elder brother Homayoun,15,made the blue-and-white-striped plastic shirt with Messis name written in black marker, and posted the photos of Murtaza wearing it on Facebook in mid-January. The image moved the football fans around the world, and earned Murtaza the sobriquet(绰号)“little Messi” on social media.The Afghan Football Federation had said Messi was in contact with them to arrange a meeting with Murtaza as soon as possible, with the Spanish embassy in Kabul telling AFP it would do whatever possible to facilitate. But a source close to Messis entourage(随从人员)said earlier this month they could neither confirm nor deny the speculation(猜测)regarding a possible meeting.【语篇概述】1个多月之前,5岁的阿富汗小男孩穆尔塔扎在网络上走红:他身穿用塑料袋自制的梅西球衣,感动了各地球迷。近日,他的梦想成真,获赠梅西亲笔签名球衣。5.According to the passage, why did the five-year-old Afghan boy become an Internet star last month?A. Because Argentine football star Messi has sent not one, but two football shirts to him.B. Because he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with “Messi” written on it in marker pen.C. Because Messi autographed the shirts, writing “With much love” in Spanish on them, and added a football to him.D. Because the Afghan Football Federation had said Messi was in contact with them to arrange a meeting with Murtaza as soon as possible.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据全文第一段Argentine football star Messi has sent not one, but two football shirts to th