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Olympic Games: A Historical Overview

The original Olympic Games began around 800 BC in Ancient Greece and continued until being abolished by the Roman Emperor Theodosius in AD 393. The first modern Olympics took place in Athens in 1896 and since then, more than a dozen countries have hosted the Summer Olympics, including Athens, Paris, London, Berlin and Los Angeles, which have each hosted twice. Australia became the first country outside of Europe and America to host the Olympics in 1956, while Mexico was the first Latin American country to host in 1968. Many of the world's greatest athletes have taken part in the Olympic Games, but no one has equaled the achievements of Finnish athlete Paavo Nurmi, who between 1920 and 1928 won nine gold and three silver medals. The

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Olympic Games: A Historical Overview

The original Olympic Games began around 800 BC in Ancient Greece and continued until being abolished by the Roman Emperor Theodosius in AD 393. The first modern Olympics took place in Athens in 1896 and since then, more than a dozen countries have hosted the Summer Olympics, including Athens, Paris, London, Berlin and Los Angeles, which have each hosted twice. Australia became the first country outside of Europe and America to host the Olympics in 1956, while Mexico was the first Latin American country to host in 1968. Many of the world's greatest athletes have taken part in the Olympic Games, but no one has equaled the achievements of Finnish athlete Paavo Nurmi, who between 1920 and 1928 won nine gold and three silver medals. The

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  • The Olympic Games Exercise: Contains an exercise requiring completion of sentences about the Olympic Games using the correct verb form.

Complete the passage below.

using the correct form of the verb in brackets (present perfect or


simple past)

The Olympic Games

The original Olympic Games (1.begin) ___________________ around 800 BC in Ancient Greece, and (2.
continue) ___________________until they (3be) ___________________abolished by the Roman Emperor
Theodosius in AD 393. The first modern Olympics (4.take place) ___________________in Athens in 1896,
and since then, more than a dozen different countries (5.stage) ___________________the Summer
Olympics. The cities of Athens, Paris, London, Berlin and Los Angeles (6.stage) ___________________the
Olympics twice.
In 1956, Australia (7. become) ___________________the first country outside Europe and
America to stage the Olympics, while Mexico (8.be) ___________________the first Latin American
country to stage the Olympics, in 1968.
Many of the greatest athletes in the world (9. take part) ___________________in the Olympic Games,
but no one (10. equal) ___________________the achievements of the great Finnish athlete, Paavo Nurmi,
who between 1920 and 1928 (11.win) ___________________nine gold and three silver medals.
The Olympic Games (12.see) ___________________many tragedies and triumphs. For example, in the
marathon of 1908, the little Italian, Dorando Pietri (13collapse) ___________________five times in the
last part of the race, but (14.come) ___________________first - only to be disqualified because
spectators (15. help) ___________________him over the finishing line. And in 1936, the famous black
American
athlete Jesse Owens (16. break) ___________________six world records in a single day!
From the first modern Olympics in Athens, when only fourteen countries (17participate)
_______________, the Olympics (18grow) ___________________to include over 140 countries. Gold, silver
and bronze medals (19go) ___________________to over 8,000 men and women.

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