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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。When the modern Olympic Games 1 (start) in 1896 in Athens, Greece, there was no such thing as the Winter Olympics. 2 (player) completed only in the Summer Games. However, there were the Nordic Games. There was a(n) 3 (compete) of winter sports that took place every few years starting in 1901. But the Nordic Games were only to athletes 4 Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
The winter sports were popular, so in 1924 an International Winter Sports Week 5 (hold) in Chamonix, France. About 250 athletes from 16 countries competed in nine sports and there were 11 female athletes, 6 competed in figure skating.
Still, the Winter Olympics were under way, adding more sports to the games and 7 (especial) more sports for women. Women got the chance 8 (take) part in skiing, ice hockey(冰球) 9 other sports. Now the Games have such 10 (interest) events as snowboarding and skeleton(俯式冰橇).