1 . The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published to mark the great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25, 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.

During the 4th Winter Olympic Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of the sportswear. It was the first time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics.

In the 1950’s, the stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host countries(东道国)as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark those games.

China also published four stamps in February 1980, when the Chinese sports men began to take part in the White Olympics. Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meet. Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen.

1. The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics ____________.

A．are the same thing	B．are different games
C．are not held in winter	D．are held in summer

2. The world made it a rule to publish stamps to mark the great world games ____________

A．after the year 1936	B．after the 3rd White Olympics
C．before the 3rd White Olympics	D．before the year 1932

3. The Winter Olympics is held once ____________.

A．every two years	B．every three years
C．every four years	D．every five years

4. Which of the following is TRUE ? ____________

A．Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.

B．Only the non-host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.

C．All the countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.

D．Japan can’t publish stamps to mark those Games.

2 . When was the first Olympics held?

A．In 1806.

B．In 1896.

C．In 1869.

3 . 阅读下面短文.在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

One news story about the modern Olympics is about men     1     (pretend) to be women to enter the women’s events, People are arguing about how fair     2     is to test woman athletes to make sure they are not men. One side argues that men are     3     (strong), so they will win any women’s event. They say that women should be tested to make sure they are not men. The other side argues that this is     4     (fair)to women. They say skill is more important than strength. But has this ever really happened?     5     answer is yes, several times! The most famous case is that of Dora in the 1936 Olympic Games.

The Olympics     6     (hold) in Berlin, Germany, three years after the Nazis came     7     power. The Nazis wanted to win lots of events, but they had wrong ideas about race. They did not want black or Jewish people in the German team. But many of their best athletes were Jewish. The Nazis did not let these athletes compete. But that meant they might lose events! One event     8     the Nazis thought they might lose was the women’s high Jump. So the Nazis sent a male athlete, Hermann Ratjen,     9       (compete) under the name of “Dora”. Did he win? No. “Dora” came fourth. The     10     (win) was a young Jewish woman from Hungary. She jumped 1.60 metres. “Dora” only jumped 1.58 metres. So men do not always win.