This has not always been true. In the ancient Olympics the winner got only a wreath of olive leaves (橄榄叶花环). Even though the winners became national heroes, the games remained amateur for centuries. Athletes won fame, but no money. As time passed, however, the contests became increasingly less amateur and cities began to hire athletes to represent them. By the fourth century A.D., the Olympics were ruined, and they were soon ended.
In 1896, the Olympic games were revived (使再度兴起)with the same goal of pure amateur competition. The rules bar athletes who have ever received a $50 prize or an athletic scholars or who have spent four weeks in a training camp. At least one competitor in the 1896 games me these qualifications. He was Spiridon Loues, a water carrier who won the marathon race. After the race, a rich Athenian offered him anything he wanted. A true amateur, Loues accepted only a cart and a horse. Then he gave up running forever. But Loues was an exception and now, as the Chairman of the German Olympic Committee said, “Nobody pays any attention to these rules.” Many countries pay their athletes to train year-round, and Olympic athletes are eager to sell their names to companies that make everything from ski equipment to fast food.
Even the games themselves have become a huge business. Countries fight to hold the Olympics not only for honor, but for money. The 1972 games in Munich cost the Germans 545 million dollars, but by selling medal symbols, TV rights, food, drink ,hotel rooms, and souvenirs (纪念品), they managed to make a profit. Appropriately, the symbol of victory in the Olympic games is no longer a simple olive wreath—it is a gold medal.
S1. To many people, sports today is nothing S1.________
but S1 .
S2. What do most athletes of today go after? S2.________
S2 .
S3. What reward could an ancient Greek athlete S3.________
expect? S3 .
S4. By the fourth century A.D., Olympic contests S4.________
became increasingly more S4 .
thus ruining the Olympics.
S5.When the Olympic games were revived in S5.________
1896, athletes who had received special
training in camps would be S5 .
S6. What did Spiridon Loues do after he accepted S6.________
the Athenian’s gift? S6 .
S7. According to the author, some athletes are S7.________
Even willing to advertise for businesses
Which sell things like S7 .
S8. The 1972 Munich games managed to make S8.(1)________
a big profit mainly by S8(1) services (2)________
and selling S8(2) .
Part Ⅴ Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic The Day My Classmate Fell Ill (or Got Injured). You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
1.简单叙述一下这位同学生病（或受
责任编辑:joyyy
