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第一篇 The Greatest Show on Earth
The Olympic Games are the gteatest festival of sport in the world.Every hundred or more countries send their best sportsmen to compete for the highest honors in sport. As many as6 ,000 people take part in over 20 sports．For the winilers，there are gold medals and glory. But there is honor ,too，for al1 who compete，win or lose．That is in the spirit of the Olympics-to take part is what matters．
The Olympic Gallies a1ways 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 im Greece that the Olympics began.The team of the country where the Games are beding held-the host country-marches im last.
The runner with the Olympic torch（火柜）then enters the stadium and lighes 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 sport-riding,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 go1f，which are no longer held in the Olympics . Women's swimming events were introduced in 1912，But it was not until 1928 that there were any track and field events for they compete in all but half a dozen of the spcrts．In horse riding, shooting，and boat racing,they may compete in the same events as the men．
31 Why is there honor for the losers as well as for the winners?
A Because what really matters is to take part in the Olympic Games.
B Because failure is the mother of success．
C Because losers need encouragement.
D Because losets and winner should be equally treated.
32 Which of the following is along-established practce in the opening ceremony?
A Runners enter the stadium with torches．
B Each team puts on a wonderfu1 display．
C Sportsmen and sportswomen wear magnificent clothes.
D The Gteek team marches in first．
33 Who takes the Olympic oath?
A A sportsman from the host country.
B A judge from a foreign country．
C An officer from the host country．
D A Greek sportsman.
34 What are the most imponant events in the Olympic Games?
A The horse-riding events．
B The track and field events.
C The swimming events．
D The boat-racing events．
35 When did women start taking part in the Olympic Games?
A Inl912．
B In 1928．
C In 1900．
D In 1924．
第二篇 Supermarket
Most supermarkets need a very large floor area，sometimes at least ten times as big as that of an ordinary shop.There are usually two doors,one as an entrance and the other as an exit.The rest of the side facing the street is largely of plate glass,with goods or advertising material displayed.The other three walls are normally decorated in light colours,giving an impression of cleanliness(清洁)and brightness.Most supermarkets are on one floor only, goods being dstored in rooms at the back or upstairs.
At right-angles to the window stretch long structures about six feet high with a number of shelves on each side.Similar shelf units or frozen food containers extend round the walls.Broad aisles(通道)between the shelf units and ample(足够的)space between them and the window and also the far wall allow room for the circulation of many people. Individual commodities(商品)，in tins,bags,boxes or other containers,are stacked(堆放)in groups on the shelves,and each group is labeled with a price ticket.Metal baskets near the dentrance are taken by the shoppers who collect in them the goods they select from the shelves.
Between the shelf units and the window in one half of the shops are a number of small cornters about three feet high.Beside each sits a cashier(现金出纳员),who operates a machine for totaling the cost of each customer's purchases.The customer places the basket at one end of the counter so that it can be emptied by the cashier who records the price of the commodities one by one,before putting each on a moving section of the counter top,The goods are collected and packed into the customer's bag by another assistant at the end of the counter.The cashier finally hands a printed slip recording all prices to the customer, who pays the total,collects the bag and leaves.
