2024年《开放英语 3》形成性考核册及参照答案

2024年《开放英语

3》形成性考核册及参照答案作业1第一部分:

交际用语(每题2分,

共10分)一、阅读下面旳小对话，从A,B,C,D四个选项中选出一种能填入空白处旳最佳选项。MayI

help

you,

madam?

D.Sorry,

I

have

no

ideaYes,

I

know

what

to

buyYou’

d

better

give

me

a

handYes,

I

‘

d

like

2

kilos

of

orangesMayI

know

your

address?

A.Sure.

Here

you

are.I

have

no

ideaIt’

s

far

from

hereSorry,

I’

ve

forgottenWell,

Mary,

how

are

you?

C.I’

m

goodI’

m

pleasedI’

m

fineI’

m

niceI

don’

t

like

the

sports

programs

on

Sundays.

B.So

do

INeither

do

ISo

am

ID.

Neither

am

IWill

you

go

on

a

picnic

with

us

tomorrow?

B.Yes,

but

I’ll

have

English

classes.Sorry,

I

have

an

appointment

with

Dr.

Brown.I’m

afraid

I

have

no

idea.Neither

am

I第二部分：英语知识运用（40分）二、选择填空阅读下面旳句子和对话，从A, B,D四个选项中选出一种能填入空白处旳最佳选项。（每题2分，共20分）C,Ithappened

a

winter

night.

DA.

at B.

in C.

by D.

on7

I

knowitisn’timportant

but

Ican’thelp

about

it.

BA.

but

to

think B.

thinking C.

to D.

thinkThat’s

all

settled.

It

talked

about.

DA.

shouldn’t B.

mustn’t

be C.

can’t D.

needn’t

beHerparents

diedwhen

shewas

veryyoung,so

she

was

byher

aunt.

AA.

brought

up B.

brought

out C.grown

up D.

grown10.

he

said

is

quite

right.

BA.

That B.What C.

How D.

Why11.

Don’t

worry.

Thereis

room

for

all

your

books

here.

CA.

more B.

much C.enough D.

some12.

What’s

happened

to

Tom?

D

to

hospital.A.

He’s

taken B.He’llbe

taken C.He’lltake D.

He’s

been

taken13.

I

don’tsuppose

hewill

attendthe

meeting,

?

BA.won’the B.willhe C.

do

I14.

fine

weather

it

is!

AA.

What B.

Whata C.

HowD.

don’t

ID.

How

a15

Not

onlyI

butalso

Jane

and

Mary

tiredof

having

one

examination

afteranother.

BA.

is B.

are C.

am D.

be三、完型填空阅读下面旳短文，从短文后所给旳A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入对应空白处旳最佳选项，并在答题纸上写出所选旳字母符号。（每题2分，共20分）略CBBDA BACAC第三部分：阅读理解（30分）四、阅读下列短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一种对旳答案，并在答题纸上写出所选旳字母符号。（每题2分，共20分）短文理解1An

Ex

traordinary

Changeor

DirectionMollyWilson

had

been

a

dancer

and

a

mother

for

manyyears

when

she

decided

to

sail

round

the

world

to

raise

moneyfor

charity.As

a

child

she

had

trained

as

a

ballet

dancer,

but

at

15

she

had

grown

too

tall

for

classical

ballet,

so

she

became

a

member

of

a

pop

dance

team.She

got

married,

and

after

she

had

children

she

retired

from

show

business

to

bring

them

up.

Theygrew

up,

and

when

theywere

18

theyleft

home.She

says,

“When

I

decided

to

do

the

round-

the

–

world

race,

myhusband

thought

I

was

bored

because

thechildrenhadlefthome.HewasalsoworriedbecauseIhadneversailedbefore.Iwasnotbored,butIhadmet

some

people

who

told

me

about

the

race.

Theyhad

taken

part

in

it,

but

theyhad

onlydone

one

section,

say,

from

New

Zealand

to

Australia.

I

wanted

to

do

the

wholeten-month

journey.”BeforeMollyleftshedidalotoftraining,butithadn’tpreparedherfortheworstweatherwhichtheyexperienced.Shetellsonestory.“Onenighttheseawasveryroughanditwasverycold.Ihadgonedownstairs

when

a

huge

wave

smashed

into

the

boat

and

injured

two

men

on

the

deck.

One

of

the

men

couldn’t

movebecause

he

hadbrokenhisleg.

Theywere

takentohospitalbyhelicopter.Thatwas

the

worsttime.”Bythe

end

of

Octoberlastyear,she

hadraisedmore

than

50,000

poundsforcharity.She

says,

“

Sometimes

I

ask

myself,

what

did

I

do?

How

did

I

doit?But

then

Ithink,it’sthe

same

as

being

adancer.

Before

Ileftonthetrip,Ihadtrained

hard.Ihad

got

veryfitand

hadprepared

myselfcompletely.Thenon

the

trip

I

was

simply

a

good

team

member.”26.Whatdoestheword“extraordinary”

meaninthetitle?

B

veryordinaryveryunusual

and

surprisingnot

specialextreme27.

The

sentence

“

my

husband

thought

I

was

bored

“

in

Para.

4

meant

that

my

husband

thought

I

felt

A

.dissatisfied

because

I

had

nothingbetter

to

do

at

homeannoyed

because

I

had

to

wait

long

for

mychildren

to

come

back

homehappybecause

I

coulddo

something

Iwasinterestedininsteadoftaking

care

ofchildrensad

because

all

the

children

leftme

when

theygrow

up28.

Theword

“section”

inPara.4most

probablymeans

here

C

group

of

peoplepart

of

the

trainingpart

of

the

route

of

sailpart

of

the

job29.

Which

of

the

following

is

nearest

(

closest)

in

meaning

to

“rough”

in

the

sentence

“One

night

the

sea

was

very

rough”

inPara.5?

C

not

exactdifficultnot

smooth

because

of

huge

wavespleasant30.

Thelastparagraph

suggeststhat

A

.A.

the

qualitiesshe

neededfor

thetrip

were

the

same

as

thosefor

a

dancermanyyears

of

dancing

had

alreadyprepared

her

for

the

sail

completely,

so

she

needn’t

do

anything

before

thejourneyshe

should

be

kind

to

other

team

members

during

the

tripshe

should

not

forget

dancing

during

the

trip短文理解

2Inthelast500years,nothingaboutpeople—nottheirclothes,ideas,orlanguages–haschangedasmuchas

whattheyeat.TheoriginalchocolatedrinkwasmadefromtheseedsofthecocoatreebySouthAmerican

Indians.

The

Spanish

introduced

it

to

the

rest

of

the

world

during

the

1500’s.

And

although

it

was

very

expensive,

itquicklybecamefashionable.InLondonshopswherechocolatedrinkswereservedbecameimportantmeeting

places.

Some

still

exist

today.ThepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld.Around1600,theSpanishbroughtitfromPerutoEurope,whereitsoon

waswidelygrown.IrelandbecamesodependentonitthatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedwhenthecropfailed

during

the

“Potato

Famine”

of1845-6,

and

thousands

more

were

forced

to

emigrate

to

America.There

are

manyother

foods

that

have

traveled

from

South

America

to

the

Old

World.

But

some

others

went

inthe

opposite

direction.

Brazil

is

now

the

World’s

largest

grower

of

coffee,

and

coffee

is

an

important

crop

inColombiaandotherSouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia.ItisfirstmadeintoadrinkbyArabs

during

the1400’s.AccordingtoanArabiclegend,coffeewasdiscoveredwhenagoatherdnamedKaldinoticedthathisgoatswereattractedtotheredberriesonacoffeebush.Hetriedoneandexperiencedthe“wide-awake”feelingthat

one-third

of

the

world’s

population

now

starts

the

daywith.31.

Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowing

haschangedthemost

inthelast500years?

A

A.

Food C.

Potato B.

Chocolate D.

Coffee32.“Some”in“Somestill

existtoday”refersto

C

.A.somecocoatrees C.

some

shops B.

some

chocolate

drinks D.

some

South

American

Indians33.

ThousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedduringthe“PotatoFamine”because

C

.theywere

so

dependent

on

the

potato

that

theyrefused

to

eat

anything

else.theywere

forced

to

emigrate

to

Americathe

weatherconditionsinIrelandwerenotsuitable

forgrowingthepotatoD.

the

potato

harvest

was

bad34.Coffeeoriginally

camefrom

D

.A.Brazil B.

Colombia C.

Ethiopia D.

Arabia35.

The

Arabiclegendisusedto

provethat

D

.coffee

was

first

discovered

by

Kaldicoffee

was

first

discovered

by

Kaldi’s

goatscoffee

was

first

discovered

in

South

American

countriescoffee

drinks

were

first

made

by

Arabs五、阅读下列短文，并根据短文内容判断其后旳句子是对旳（T），错误（F），还是文字中没有波及有关信息（NG）。（每题2分，共10分）短文理解3Lily

is70

years

old

and

she

takes

care

of

her91-year-old

mother.

Shetold

us

about

caringforher

mother.I

wake

upearlyevery

day,it’s

usuallyabout

6.30

am,

and

waituntil

IhearTilly,mymum,movingabout.ThenImakeheracupoftea.Atabouthalfpastsevenshegetsupandwehave

breakfasttogether.Wenormallyjusthavetoast,butonSundayswealwayshavebaconandeggs.Afterbreakfast

she

reads

the

newspaper,

then

she

sits

by

the

window

and

waves

to

the

neighbours

as

they

walk

by.Shehardlyevergoesoutbutsheisveryproudofherpersonalappearance,soshegoestothehairdresseronce

a

month.She

doesn’t

liker

being

left

on

her

own

for

very

long,

so

I

always

arrange

for

a

neighbour

to

come

and

sit

withher

when

I

go

out.

Now

and

again,

my

friend

and

neighbour,

Joan,

comes

to

spend

the

day

with

her,

and

I

can

go

and

have

lunch

with

another

friend,

May,

who

lives

in

town.Ihaveabrother,Syd.Hecomestostaytwoorthreetimesayear.Heisverygoodandkeepsintouch,buthe

lives300milesaway.Onceayear,hecollectsmumandtakeshertostaywithhiminLondonforaweek.She

doesn’t

really

like

going

because

it’s

a

long

journey,

but

I

need

therest.Sally,

the

nurse,

comes

to

see

mum

regularly.My

next-door

neighbour,

Jack,

often

calls

in.

In

the

evening

we

usually

watch

TV

and

we

sometimes

play

cards.

Mum

is

fantastic

for

her

age.

But

I

can

never

decide

to

goanywhere

spontaneously.

I

always

have

to

plan

it,

so

I

feel

a

bit

trapped.

But

what

is

the

alternative?

An

oldpeople’

home?

I

couldn’t

do

that

to

my

mother?Lilywakes

before

her

mother.

(

T

)Joan

sometimes

spends

the

day

with

Lily’s

mother.

(

T

)Tillyis

satisfied

with

her

hairdresser.(

NG

)Lily’s

brother

comes

tovisiteverythree

weeks.

(

F

)Lilyand

her

mother

playcards

more

than

theywatch

TV.

(

F

)六、作文：Changes

in

lifeIwasborninasmallvillage.Inthepastmyhometownwaspoor,andthepeoplethereledahardlifeandthe

livingconditionwasverybad.Takemyfamilyforanexample,weusedtoliveinacrampedandgloomyroom,

andsometimesonlyhavepreservedpicklestoeat.Butinrecentyears,therehavebeenmanychangesinmylife,

andthelivingconditionisbetteroffthaneverbefore.Myfamilymovedtoabigandbrightflat,wherewecanget

around

freely.

And

there

are

so

many

kinds

of

foods

we

can

enjoy.

We

have

not

only

telephone\cellphone\internet\color

TV

sets,

but

also

fridges,

computers,

and

so

on,

witch

bring

us

moreconvenient.If

you

come

to

myhometown,

you

will

also

find

the

big

changes:

the

new

roads,

houses,

schools,

hospitalshave

beenbuilt.

It’smore

and

morebeautifuland

modernized.作业2第一部分:

交际用语

(每题2分,共10分)一、阅读下面旳小对话，从A,B,

C,D四个选项中选出一种能填入空白处旳最佳选项。Nice

weather,

isn’t

it?

C

.I’m

not

sureYour

know

it

wellYes,

it

isYes,

it

isn’tWhat

about

going

for

a

walk?

A

.Whynot?

A

good

ideaThat’s

all

rightSo,

do

IWalking

is

good

to

youWould

you

mind

ifI

open

the

windowfor

abetter

view?

D

.That’s

fine,

thank

youYes,

pleaseTake

a

seatOf

course

notExcuse

me,

how

can

I

get

to

the

nearest

supermarket?

D

.It’s

not

very

far

from

hereThe

supermarket

is

verylargeThe

goods

there

are

veryexpensiveSorry,

sir.

I’m

a

stranger

here

myselfWhat’s

the

problem,

Harry?

D

.No

problemNo

trouble

at

allThank

you

for

asking

me

about

itI

can’t

remember

where

I

left

myglasses第二部分：英语知识运用（40分）二、选择填空阅读下面旳句子和对话，从A, B,D四个选项中选出一种能填入空白处旳最佳选项。（每题2分，共20分）C,Which

do

you

like

better,

real

movies

D

cartoons?A.

and,than B.or,than C.and,and D.

or,

toWhatafoolIhavebeen!

Why

B

I

think

of

that

before?A.

don’t B.didn’t C.

not D.

doTimeismoney!Weshould

B

our

time.A.

befit

for B.

makegood

useof C.

playapartof D.

take

the

place

ofYoumustexplain

C

how

theysucceeded

the

experiment.A.

ofus,

for B.

at

us,at C.tous,in D.

for

us,

to10.

Of

allthestorieshere,Ilike

thisone

C

.

It’s

not

interesting

at

all.A.

most B.

best C.

worst D.

least11.Wemustmakea

differencebetween

A

language

and

language.A.spoken,written B.

speaking,written C.speaking,writing D.

speak,

write12.

I

thinkallthese

are

mainpoints

B

much

attention.A.

being

worthyof B.

worthyof C.which

worth D.

which

worthyof13.

They

B

the

train

until

it

disappeared

in

the

distance.A.saw B.

watched C.

noticed D.

observed14.

Can

I

get

you

a

cup

of

tea?

A

.A.that’sverynice

of

you B.

withpleasure C.

you

can,

please D.

thank

you

for

the

tea15.

Maryforgot

B

a

letter

to

her

mother,

so

she

wrote

to

her

just

now.A.writing B.

to

write C.

having

wrote D.

to

have

written三、完型填空阅读下面旳短文，从短文后所给旳A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入对应空白处旳最佳选项，并在答题纸上写出所选旳字母符号。（每题2分，共20分）A

studyhas

shownthat

fitness

is

the

key_16

C

longlife,

irrespectiveofbodyshape

17

A

evensmokinghabits.Researchersdiscoveredthatpeoplewhoexerciselivelongerthan_18_D

,eveniftheyare

overweight

and

smoke.Thestudyfoundthat

19

D

fitofthe6,000middle-agedmeninthestudywerefivetimesmorelikelyto

diewithinsixyearsofthestartoftheresearchthanthefittest.Thiswastrue20_B

themenhadheartproblems,

smokedorwereoverweight.Scientistsconcludedthatitwasbetter_21

B

andactivethanskinnyand

sedentary.DrKencooper,afitnessexpert,said,“Youarebetteroffsmokingapacketofcigarettesadayand

exercisingregularlythan22

A

anon-smokerandsedentary.”

Althoughheadds,“Butdon’tmisunderstand

me.Iamnotendorsing_23

C

,Iamtryingtotellyouhowdangerousitistobesedentary.”

TheBritishGovernmentisputtingpressure_24

A

manufacturerstoreducehighlevelsofsugarinfoodandtorestrict

thehard-sellofjunkfoodtochildreninordertoimprovethenation’shealth.Butthenewstudysuggeststhe

Government

should

encourage

more

people

_25_C

.16.

A.

forB.

ofC.

toD.

inA.

or B.

and C.

butA.

those

who

does

notA.

thelittle B.

lessD.

eitherB.

these

who

do

notC.lease D.

the

leastC.

these

that

do

notD.

those

who

do

notA.

that B.

whether

or

not C.

ifor

not D.

whenA.

beingfat B.

to

befat C.

to

do D.

doingA.being B.be C.

to

be D.

isA.

smoke B.

to

smoke C.

smoking D.

smokedA.on B.in C.

to D.

forA.exercise B.

exercising C.

to

exerciseD.

exercised第三部分：阅读理解（30分）四、阅读下列短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一种对旳答案，并在答题纸上写出所选旳字母符号。（每题2分，共20分）短文理解1PAT

the

DogDid

you

know

there

are

some

very

special

dogs

doing

good

work

in

our

hospital

wards?

These

are

PAT

(

PetsAs

Therapy)

dogs.

Doctors

and

nurses

are

recognizing

the

benefits

of

pets

more

and

more

–

particularly

for

children,

people

with

mental

illnesses

and

elderly

people

who

are

separated

from

their

own

pets

or

have

had

to

give

up

their

pets.Strokingandplayingwithapetisacalmingexperienceandsomethingtolookforwardto.Onehospital

reportedthatamanwithamentalillness,whohadn’tspokenforyears,firststrokedandplayedwithavisiting

dog

and

then

started

talking

toit.Today,around4,500dogsand50catsandtheirvolunteerownersareatworkintheUKbringingcomfortand

pleasure

to

over

100,000

people

in

hospital.There

are

many

other

“working

dogs”.

There

are

guard

dogs,

police

dogs,

hunting

dogs

and

dogs

for

the

blind.Disabledpeoplebenefitgreatly.TakethecaseofAlanSmythe,whohastovisithospitaleverymonth.Some

things

are

difficult

for

him

because

he

is

in

a

wheelchair.

But

his

life

has

altered

dramatically

since

he

got

a

god,

Tess,fromthecharity“DogsfortheDisabled”.“Shehelpsmetogetdressed,andshebringsmemysocksand

shoes.

She

fetches

the

newspaper

from

the

shop,

and

she

passes

me

the

phone

when

it

rings.

I

feel

so

much

better

too.

It’s

like

having

a

really

good

friend.

She

comes

with

me

to

hospital.

Once,

she

saved

my

life.

I

am

a

diabetic

and

one

day

my

bloodsugarleveldropped,andwhenIwasgoingintoacomashewentnextdoorandshealertedmyneighbour.

He

gave

me

an

insulin

injection.”26.

Which

of

the

following

statementisTRUE

according

to

the

passage?

B

All

the

dogs

are

allowedinto

the

hospitalsto

visitthe

patients.Only

somespecialdogs

can

help

thepatientsfeelbetter.Doctors

and

nurses

doubt

if

pets

can

bring

comfort

to

the

patients.Doctors

and

nurses

are

aware

petswill

bring

benefitsto

allthe

patients.27.Petsareparticularly

beneficialtothe

followingEXCEPT

C

.childrenpeople

with

mental

illnessthe

elderly

people

who

live

alonethe

elderlypeople

who

have

tolive

apartfromtheir

pets28.

ThefirstsentenceofPara.2

suggests

D

.touching

andplaying

with

a

pet

makes

people

nervous

andanxiouspets

can

make

people

becomequiet

and

attentivepeoplefeel

uncomfortable

when

theytouch

and

playwith

apetpeoplefeelrelaxedand

hopefulwhen

theytouchand

playwith

apet29.

The

dog

helpsAlan

do

thefollowing

EXCEPT

D

.She

helps

her

get

dressedShe

accompanies

her

to

the

hospitalShe

gets

the

newspaper

for

herShe

picks

up

the

phone

for

her30.

The

sentence

“whenI

was

goingto

a

comma”

meansthat

C

.when

I

got

hungrywhen

I

felt

asleepwhen

I

became

unconsciouswhen

I

fell

down

on

the

floor短文理解

2A

funnythinghappened

onthewayto

thecommunicationrevolution:

westoppedtalkingto

eachother.Iwaswalkingintheparkwithafriendrecently,andhismobilephonerang,interruptingourconversation.

There

we

were,

walking

and

talking

on

a

beautiful

sunnydayand

–

poof!

I

was

cut

off

as

if

I

had

become

absent

from

the

conversation.The

part

was

filled

with

people

talking

on

their

cell

phones.

Theywere

passing

people

without

looking

at

them,sayinghello,noticingtheirbabiesorstoppingtopattheirdogs.Itseemsthatthelimitlesselectronicvoiceis

preferred

to

human

contact.The

telephone

used

to

connect

you

to

the

absent.

Now

it

makes

people

feel

absent.

RecentlyI

was

in

a

car

with

threefriends.Thedriverhushedtherestofusbecausehecouldnothearthepersonontheotherendofhiscell

phone.Therewewere,fourfriendsdrivingdownthehighway,unabletotalktoeachotherbecauseofthesmall

thing

designed

to

make

communication

easier.Whyis

it

that

the

more

connected

we

get,

the

more

disconnected

I

feel?

Everyadvance

in

communicationstechnologyisasetbacktotheclosenessofhumaninteraction.Withe-mailandinstantmessageovertheInternet,

we

can

now

communicate

without

seeing

or

talking

to

one

another.

With

voice

mail,

you

can

make

entire

conversations

without

ever

reaching

anyone.

If

mymom

has

a

question,

I

just

leave

the

answer

on

her

machine.

As

almost

every

contact

between

human

beings

gets

automatic,

the

emotional

distance

index

goes

up.Pumpinggasatthestation?Whysaygood-morningtotheassistantwhenyoucanswipeyourcreditcardatthe

pumpandsaveyourselfthebotherofhumancontact?Makingadepositatthebank?Whytalktotheclerkwho

lives

in

the

neighborhood

when

you

can

put

your

card

into

the

ATM?Moreandmore,Ifindmyselfhidingbehinde-mailtodoajobmeantforconversationorbeingrelievedthat

voicemailpickedupbecauseIdidn’treallyhavetimetotalk.Thetechnologydevotedtohelpingmekeepin

touch

is

making

me

lonelier.Iownamobilephone,anATMcard,avoice-mailtelephone,andane-mailaccount.Givingthemupisn’ta

choice.Theyaregreatforwhattheyareintendedtodo.It’stheirunintendedresultsthatmakemeupset.What

good

isall

thisgee-whiz

technologyif

thereis

no

one

in

the

room

to

hear

you

crying

out

“Gee

whiz”?31.Theauthor’sexperienceofwalking

inaparkwitha

friend

recentlymadehimfeel

A

.A.

unhappy B.

funny C.

sunny D.

wonderful32.Accordingtotheauthor,human

contactinaparkmeans

D

.looking

at

each

other

and

saying

hello

when

passingnoticing

their

babies

and

stopping

to

pat

their

dogstalking

on

the

mobile

phone

andgetting

connected

with

the

other

peopleboth

A

and

B33.Accordingtotheauthor,themoreconnectedwegetincommunicationstechnology,the

C

we

are.A.

more

automatic B.easier C.

more

disconnected D.

closer34.Whataretheexamplestheauthorgivestoexplainhisideathateveryadvanceincommunicationstechnology

is

asetbackto

thecloseness

ofhuman

interaction?

D

Withe-mailandinstantmessageovertheInternet,wecannowcommunicatewithoutseeingortalkingtoone

another.With

voice

mail,you

can

makeentireconversationswithoutever

reachinganyone.C.

If

hismom

has

aquestion,

he

justleaves

the

answer

on

her

machine.D.

All

of

the

above35.

Whatisthe

unintendedresultof

communicationtechnology,

according

tothe

author?

B

It

makes

communication

easierand

conversationpossible

everywhere/Itactually

creates

a

distancebetweenpeopleinsteadof

bringingthemtogether.Itmakeseverycontactbetweenhuman

beingsautomatic

andmakespeoplefeel

connected.Itmakes

humancontactslimitlesswithelectronicvoices

everywhere.五、阅读下列短文，并根据短文内容判断其后旳句子是对旳（T），错误（F），还是文字中没有波及有关信息（NG）。（每题2分，共10分）短文理解3The

ancient

Olympic

Games

were

part

of

a

religious

festival

in

honour

of

the

Greek

god

Zeus,

the

father

of

all

Greekgodsandgoddesses.ThefestivalandgameswereheldinOlympia,areligioussanctuary.Theathletes

came

to

Olympia

fromallparts

of

the

Greek

world,

from

asfaras

Spain

in

the

west

and

Turkey

in

the

east.TheancientOlympicGamesbeganintheyear766BCwhenKoroibos,acookfromthecityofElis,wona

200-metre-long

race.

They

took

place

fora

period

of

617

yearsuntil

the

last

games

were

held

in

AD

393.Intheancientgames,athletesreceivedprizesworthlargeamountsofmoney.Infacttheword“athlete”isan

ancientGreekword,meaning“onewhocompetesforaprize”.Althoughwomendidnotcompeteinthegames,

therewasaseparatefestivalheldatthesametimeinhonourofHera,wifeofZeus.Atthisfestivalunmarried

girls

competed

in

foot

races.The

marathon

was

not

an

event

of

the

ancient

Olympic

Games.

The

marathon

is

a

modern

event

that

was

first

introduced

in

the

Olympic

Games

in

1896.

It

was

named

after

a

village

called

Marathon

where

the

Persians

weredefeated

by

a

small

Greek

army.

The

news

of

the

victory

was

brought

to

Athens

by

soldier,

who

ran

the

26

miles

fromthevillageofMarathontothecapital.26mileswasthereforeadoptedasthedistanceofthemodern

marathon

race.The

Olympic

flag

was

introduced

in

1908

and

carries

the

symbol

of

five

linked

rings.

Which

represent

the

five

continents

---

Africa,America,

Asia,

Australasiaand

Europe.

TheOlympic

flame

wasfirst

carried

in

the

1932Olympic

Games

in

Los

Angeles.

There

was

no

torch

relayin

the

ancient

Olympic

Games.

The

first

torch

relayinthe

modern

Olympic

Games

was

staged

in

Berlin

in

1936.The

ancientGreeks

held

the

fir