The United States and China plan to (47) an
ambitious series of sports exchanges aimed at helping both countries in advance
of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The program will include major
sporting events that the two nations will (48) in alternating
years, as well as exchanges in coaching and sports science. There will also be
marketing and sports management (49) that the Americans would
hold in China to help maximize China’s (50) for the games and
sports in general. U.S. Olympic Committee President Sandra
Baldwin completed discussions on the arrangements this week while (51)
the ongoing World University Games in Beijing. She called them very
successful and was also (52) with the organization at the
student games, which are viewed as a rehearsal for the 2008 Olympics.
USOC Spokesman Mike Moran told VOA Sports how the sports exchanges are
expected to work. "The (53) would be three or four sports
each year," he explained. "It would be alternating countries and would be sports
in some (54) where we’re very strong and the Chinese are
developing, or where the Chinese are very strong and we are developing. Several
sports would be showcased over the five or six-year period (55)
up to the 2008 Olympic games." Moran added that the
sports exchanges will (56) begin next year, some time after
the end of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. A) opportunities
I) cases B) impressed
J) places C) attending
K) leading D) undertake
L) shocked E) responsibility
M) host F) likely
N) surely G) seminars
O) custom H)
format