Question

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. internationalThe 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.​

Answer 1

Ответ: A-6, B-2, C-3, D-5, E-1

Объяснение:

A - international

B - closing

C - winter

D - ice hockey

E - both

Answer 2

Matching the Missing Words to the Gaps:

1. both 2. closing 3. Winter 4. symbol 5. ice hockey 6. international

Explanation:

The text is describing the growth and development of the Olympic Games as an international sporting event. Let's match the missing words to the gaps:

1. The Olympics truly took off as an international sporting event after 1924, when the VIII Games were held in Paris.2. 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 closing ceremony. 3. The Winter Olympics debuted that year, including such events as figure skating, ice hockey, bobsledding, and the biathlon. 4. 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 both ancient and modern Olympic traditions, the shotput competition that year was held at the site of the classical Games in Olympia. 5. The missing word here is symbol. The text does not provide any specific context for this word, but it is likely referring to the Olympic Games as a symbol of international unity and competition.

Therefore, the correct matching of the missing words to the gaps is as follows:

1. both 2. closing 3. Winter 4. symbol 5. ice hockey 6. international