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In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong reli
In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong reli
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In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religions associations. The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honor of Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event and then, after the roles against foreign competitors had been abolished, international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 B.C..
The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, (but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator). Slaves, women and dishonored persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of events is uncertain, but events included boy’s gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, horse racing and field events, though there were fewer sports involved than in the modem Olympic Games.
On the last day of the Games, all the winners were honored by having a ring of holy olive leaves placed on their heads. So great was the honor that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory. Although Olympic winners received no prize money, they were, in fact, richly rewarded by their state authorities.
After an uninterrupted history of almost 1 200 years, the Games were suspended by the Romans in 394 A.D.. They continued for such a long time because people believed in the philosophy behind the Olympics; the idea that a healthy body produced a healthy mind, and that the spirit of competition in sports and games was preferable to the competition that caused wars. It was over 1 500 years before another such international athletic gathering took place in Athens in 1896.
Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries in mm. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes’ expenses.
The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of the torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun’s rays. It is carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns throughout the Games until the closing ceremony. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is a modern conception; the five continents participating in the Games. [br] How were athletes of ancient Olympic Games rewarded by the event?
选项
A、Some of them were honored by having a ring of holy olive leaves.
B、Most of them, in fact, were richly rewarded with prize money by their countries.
C、The winner of foot race was honored by having holy olive leaves instead of prize money.
D、The winner of foot race was the most honorable one, for his name would be remembered for at least a year.
答案
D
解析
文章第三段提到“On the last day of the Games,all the winners were honored by having a ring of holy olive leaves placed on their heads So great was the honor that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory.”意为“比赛的最后一天,所有获胜的运动员都将头戴神圣的橄榄叶花环作为荣誉的象征,获得最高荣誉的是在赛跑中获胜的运动员,大会将以他的名字命名这一年。”A项说,一些运动员获得圣洁的橄榄叶花环,未指明是比赛中的获胜者。B项说,一些运动员将得到本国的金钱作为奖励与题意不符。C项和D项都是叙述在赛跑中获胜的运动员的奖励问题,根据句义,D项是正确的说法。
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