Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following
passage. The Olympic games (often referred to simply as The
Olympics or The Games) is an international multi-sport event subdivided into
summer and winter sporting events. The (47) Olympic Games
began in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and was celebrated until AD 393. There are
many myths and (48) of the origin of the ancient Olympic
Games. The most popular one describes that Hercules was the creator of the
Olympic Games, and built the Olympic stadium and surrounding buildings to
(49) his father Zeus. The date of the Olympic Games’
beginning based on the count years in Olympiads is reconstructed as 776 BC,
although scholars’ opinions differ between dates as early as 884 BC and as late
as 704 BC. From then on, the games became much more important throughout ancient
Greece, (50) their peak in the sixth and seventh century
BC. Interest in (51) the Olympic Games was
first shown by the Greek poet and news paper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his
poem "Dialogue of the Dead" in 1833. The international Olympic committee was
founded in 1894 with the (52) of a French nobleman, Pierre
Fredy, Baron de Coubertin. The first of the IOC’s Olympic Games were the 1896
Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece. Participants in the Olympic Games have
increased to include (53) from nearly all nations worldwide.
With the (54) of satellite ’communications and global
telecast of the events, the Olympics are (55) gaining
supporters. The most recent Summer Olympic in 2008 in Beijing (56)
302 events in 28 sports. A) comprised
B) memory C) modern
D) renew E) consist F)
initiative G) deterioration H) improvement
I) consistently J) original K) reviving
L) legends M) reaching
N) athletes O) commemorate