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Read the text and choose the correct answer. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. In the opening ceremony, King Georgios I and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed 280 participants from 12 nations (all male), who would compete in 43 events, including track and field, gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, cycling, tennis, weightlifting, shooting, fencing. All subsequent Olympiads have been numbered even when no Games take place (as in 1916, during World War I, and in 1940 and 1944, during World War II). The official symbol of the modern Games is five interlocking colored rings, representing the continents of North and South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia. The Olympic flag, featuring this symbol on a white background, flew for the first time at the Antwerp Games in 1920. Five rings represent oceans.

Read the text and choose the correct answer. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. In the opening ceremony, King Georgios I and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed 280 participants from 12 nations (all male), who would compete in 43 events, including track and field, gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, cycling, tennis, weightlifting, shooting, fencing. All subsequent Olympiads have been numbered even when no Games take place (as in 1916, during World War I, and in 1940 and 1944, during World War II). The official symbol of the modern Games is five interlocking colored rings, representing the continents of North and South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia. The Olympic flag, featuring this symbol on a white background, flew for the first time at the Antwerp Games in 1920. The Olympic Games have not been held twice.

Read the text and choose the correct answer. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. In the opening ceremony, King Georgios I and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed 280 participants from 12 nations (all male), who would compete in 43 events, including track and field, gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, cycling, tennis, weightlifting, shooting, fencing. All subsequent Olympiads have been numbered even when no Games take place (as in 1916, during World War I, and in 1940 and 1944, during World War II). The official symbol of the modern Games is five interlocking colored rings, representing the continents of North and South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia. The Olympic flag, featuring this symbol on a white background, flew for the first time at the Antwerp Games in 1920. The first Olympic Games took place in Antwerp.

Read the text and choose the correct answer. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. In the opening ceremony, King Georgios I and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed 280 participants from 12 nations (all male), who would compete in 43 events, including track and field, gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, cycling, tennis, weightlifting, shooting, fencing. All subsequent Olympiads have been numbered even when no Games take place (as in 1916, during World War I, and in 1940 and 1944, during World War II). The official symbol of the modern Games is five interlocking colored rings, representing the continents of North and South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia. The Olympic flag, featuring this symbol on a white background, flew for the first time at the Antwerp Games in 1920. The official symbol of the ancient Olympic games is five intertwined colored rings.

Read the text and choose the correct answer. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. In the opening ceremony, King Georgios I and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed 280 participants from 12 nations (all male), who would compete in 43 events, including track and field, gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, cycling, tennis, weightlifting, shooting, fencing. All subsequent Olympiads have been numbered even when no Games take place (as in 1916, during World War I, and in 1940 and 1944, during World War II). The official symbol of the modern Games is five interlocking colored rings, representing the continents of North and South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia. The Olympic flag, featuring this symbol on a white background, flew for the first time at the Antwerp Games in 1920. The first modern Olympic Games had 60,000 participants.

Read the text and match the missing words 1-6 to the gaps A-E. There is one extra word you do not need. 1. both 2. closing 3. Winter 4. symbol 5. ice hockey 6. international The Olympics truly took off as an (A) _________ sporting event after 1924, when the VIII Games were held in Paris. Some 3,000 athletes (with more than 100 women among them) from 44 nations competed that year, and for the first time, the Games featured a (B) _________ ceremony. The (C) __________ Olympics debuted that year, including such events as figure skating, (D) ___________, bobsledding, and the biathlon. Eighty years later, when the 2004 Summer Olympics returned to Athens for the first time in more than a century, nearly 11,000 athletes from a record 201 countries competed. In a gesture that joined (E) _______________ ancient and modern Olympic traditions, the shotput competition that year was held at the site of the classical Games in Olympia.

Look, read and choose. Which medals were awarded more among the winning countries in 1948?

Look, read and answer. In what order did the participating countries go at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics?

Arrange the lines in the right order so that you get a dialogue. A: As I understand, Olympic sports make a long list. Among the most known kinds of Olympic sports, both in summer and wintertime, I would like to mention first of all such major kinds of sports like athletics, basketball, cycling, football, gymnastics, and others. B: A: Certainly. But not all of them are Olympic games. Some of the sports take place in the open and some inside the premises. So it is in the wintertime, it’s the winter Olympics. B: A: That’s it! So hockey, bobsleigh, ice dancing, skiing of all kinds, and the like are all winter sports. B: A: They were started in 1896 when they were held in Athens in Greece. B: A: Yes, they are. B: A: They begin when the Olympic flame is lit with a torch. The torch is carried by runners. B: A: Yes, it is. The event is seen as a time when people from all over the world come together to compete in a friendly way. B: A: It certainly is. And I am looking forward to it. B: A: They get gold, silver, and bronze medals. B: A: Not only for them but also for the country the winner is from.

Match the idioms with their meanings.