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How did the Olympic Games start? In ancient Greece athletic festivals were v

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问题     How did the Olympic Games start? In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong【C1】______. Originally the Festival was held in honour of Zeus, the supreme god in Greek Mythology. Eventually the Olympian athletic festival had lost its【C2】______and became an international event. No one knows exactly【C3】______the Olympic Games go, but some scholars recorded date from 776 B.C.
    According to some scholars, at first the only Olympic event was【C4】______, called a stadium and that was the only event until 724 B.C. After that, other【C5】______were added and sixteen years later in【C6】______the pentathlon was added and wrestling became part of the games. This pentathlon was a five-event match which【C7】______running, wrestling, leaping, throwing the discus, and hurling the javelin.
    The games were held【C8】______and after an uninterrupted history of 1170 years, the games【C9】______in A.D. 394, the Christian era, because of their pagan origin.
    It was over【C10】______before there was another such international athletics gathering. In 1896, the first of the modern【C11】______opened in Athens, Greece.
     Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries【C12】______. The host country provides vast facilities such as stadiums and【C13】______. Many more sports are represented, including the very celebrated event:【C14】______.
     The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch,【C15】______on Mount Olympus by the sun’s rays. The torch is carried by【C16】______to the stadium. The Olympic flame symbolizes the【C17】______of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns throughout the Games until【C18】______. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is【C19】______: the five interlocking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents【C20】______. [br] 【C10】
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答案 1500 years
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