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The first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens(雅典)in 1896 and only twelve nations participated. Besides the host nationman participants were tourists who I)happened to be in Greece at the time. Though the whole affair was L)informalstandard was not high, the old principle of amateur sport was kept up.Since then the games had been held every four years except during the M)interruption of the two World War. This wasJ)definitely a departure from the old Olympic spirit when wars had to stoPand make way for the games.The games have grown enormously in scale and K)physical performances have now reached unprecedented heights. Unfortunatelythe same cannot be said about their Dmoral stantard. Instead of Olympia, the modern games are now held in different cities allover the world. Inevitably politics and commercialism get involved as countries vie each other for(为......而互相竞争)the A)honour to hold the games because of the political prestige and commercial profit to be C)had out of them.(这是一个复合句。主句中get involved即为are involved,意为“被卷入进来”,as引导原因状语从句,从句中的动词不定式短语to hold the games修饰第7题应填的名词,而本句中又包含一个由because of引导的原因状语,动词不定式to be...out of them修饰politicalprestige and commercial profit.)In the 11th games held in Berlin in 1936, Hitler who had newly come to H)power in Germanytried to use the occasion for his Nazi propaganda. For the first time the Olympic flame was brought all the way from Olympia tothe games site in relays, a marathon journey now often taking months to B)accomplish. (本文最后一句是一个复杂的简单句。现在分词短语taking months to...修饰a marathon journey。)
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