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【題目】Pierre de Coubertin was born on January 1，1863，in Paris, France. As a child of a noble family, he received a good education and developed a strong interest in literature and history. He refused the military career planned for him by his family, as well as giving up a political career in order to serve his people better.

Coubertin was a very active sportsman and practiced the sports of boxing, fencing (擊劍)，horse-riding and rowing. He believed that sport was the tool for moral energy and he defended his idea with rare tenacity (堅初).

His study of history made him wish the Olympics could still be held. He thought it was the ideal that everyone should try to reach. He was sure that bringing athletes together would make friendly relations between the countries. It was this idea that led him to announce at the age of 31 that he wanted to revive the Olympics.

He made this announcement in a meeting at the Union of French Societies of Athletic Sports, for which he was Secretary General (秘書長). No one really believed him and his statement was greeted with little passion. Coubertin, however, was not discouraged and on 23 June, 1894 he founded the International Olympic Committee(IOC)in a ceremony held at the University of Sorbonne in Paris. Demetrius from Greece became the first president of the IOC.

Two years later, in 1896, the first Olympic Games of the modern era was held in Athens. On that occasion Coubertin was elected the second president of the IOC and he remained president until 1925. Due to the 1st World War, Coubertin requested permission to establish the headquarters of the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland, which was a neutral (中立的)country, Coubertin withdrew from the IOC in 1925 to devote himself to his pedagogical (教育學(xué)的)work, which he called his "unfinished symphony(交響樂)".

Coubertin suddenly died of a heart attack on September 2，1937, in a park in Geneva, and thus his "symphony" remained unfinished. The city of Lausanne had decided to award him honorary citizenship (榮譽(yù)市 民)of the city, but he died just before the ceremony.

In accordance with Coubertin's last wish he was buried in Lausanne, although his heart was buried separately in a monument near the ruins of ancient Olympia.

【1】 Pierre de Coubertin was not interested in ________ .

A. literature

B. history

C. military

D. sports

【2】 Coubertin wanted to revive the Olympic Games because ________ .

A. he thought bringing athletes together would make friendly relationships between the countries

B. he knew he would be the 2nd president of the IOC

C. he loved history and sports so much

D. he thought everyone should try to reach the ideal that the Olympics could still be held

【3】 "unfinished symphony(交響樂)" refers to ________ .

A. the work Coubertin did for the IOC

B. the pedagogical work

C. the ceremony of awarding Coubertin honorary citizenship

D. the fact that Coubertin's heart attack never got well

【4】 What can we learn from the passage?

A. Coubertin was awarded honorarycitizenship by the city of Lausanne before he died.

B. Coubertin worked as the president of the IOC for less than 20 years.

C. Coubertin devoted all his life to the sports career.

D. Coubertin's heart was buried in Greece.

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 C

【2】 A

【3】 A

【4】 D

【解析】【1】 顧拜旦生于貴族家庭，從小就對文學(xué)和歷史產(chǎn)生了濃厚的興趣("developed a strong interest in literature and history")， 他還是非常法躍的運(yùn)動員,從事諸如拳擊、擊劍等運(yùn)動(第二段第一句)，但他拒絕了家庭給他安排好的軍旅生涯(“refused the military career”)。

【2】 第三段提到了顧拜旦想復(fù)興奧運(yùn)會的原因("He was sure that bringing athletes together would make friendly relations between the countries. ")。

【3】 "unfinished symphony"與所在句子中的 which 互指，which 是非限制性定語從句的引導(dǎo)詞,這里指代前面整個主句，主句講的是顧拜旦退出國際奧運(yùn)委員會從事教育學(xué)工作一事；而從整篇短文來看，鑒于顧拜旦對體育事業(yè)的熱衷，這里又是特指他退出國際類運(yùn)委負(fù)會后不能再為奧運(yùn)會做事而留下的遺憾。

【4】 顧拜旦是在洛桑決定授予他榮譽(yù)市民之后逝世的，那時授予儀式并沒舉行；他一生除了從事與體育有關(guān)的工作外，還從事了教育學(xué)的工作；他在1896～1925年間擔(dān)任奧委會主席，在職時間不到三十年。他的心臟埋藏在希臘古代奧林匹亞的遺址附近。