In 2016，athletes from around the world will compete (競(jìng)爭(zhēng)) for gold medals in the Summer Olympics.Even though the games are seven years away，Brazil’s residents (居民) already feel like winners.

The nation was recently named to host this important sporting event.It will be the first Olympics held in South America.

The games will take place in Rio de Janeiro.The city beat out three other sites，Madrid，Tokyo and Chicago，to host the event.When the International Olympic Committee chose Rio de Janeiro，cheering people flooded the city’s streets.“This is huge for Rio and for the whole country，” says resident Sueli Ferreira.

The Olympics are expected to attract tens of thousands of people.Brazilian officials have already started to prepare for the crowds.“We know what we need to do，” explains Brazil’s president，Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.“The words from now on are work，work and work.”

Officials want to fix up local sports centers before Rio de Janeiro steps into the spotlight.They also want to reduce the amount of crime (犯罪)．

They hope hosting the games will improve life in Brazil.About 30 percent of people there live in poverty，or poor conditions.Tourism during the Olympics is expected to create more than 2 million jobs.

“It’s going to be good for the economy (經(jīng)濟(jì))，good for the people，” Ferreira says.“This gives us hope that things will be better here.”

54．According to the passage，the 2016 Olympics will be held in________.

A．Europe                                            B．Asia

C．North America                                  D．South America

55．The feeling of Brazilians can be described as________.

A．proud                                              B．surprised

C．worried                                           D．nervous

56．The underlined word “flooded” in Para.3 means________.

A．crossed                                           B．filled 

C．visited                                             D．cleaned

57．We can learn from the last two paragraphs that________.

A．Brazilians’life will be better because of the Olympics

B．not all Brazilians are interested in the Olympics

C．most Brazilians are now living in poor conditions

D．Brazilians worry about losing jobs during the Olympics

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】　本文是一則新聞。2016年夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)將在巴西的里約熱內(nèi)盧舉辦。

54．D　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段以及第二段It will be the first Olympics held in South America可知，2016年夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)將在南美舉辦。主辦城市是巴西的里約熱內(nèi)盧。

55．A　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段Brazil’s residents already feel like winners可推斷巴西人民為申奧成功而感到自豪。第三段的cheering people也是提示。

56．B　詞義猜測(cè)題。里約熱內(nèi)盧申奧成功了，人們涌向街頭，歡慶勝利。flood這里是“充滿(mǎn)”的意思，相當(dāng)于fill。

57．A　推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段They hope hosting the games will improve life in Brazil可知，人們的生活會(huì)因奧運(yùn)會(huì)的舉辦而得到改善。

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