《2025年通城学典课时作业本九年级英语上册译林版江苏专版》

五、(2024·扬州市江都区期中)阅读理解。

Why purple? Different colours bring different feelings to people. Purple makes people feel excited and helps reduce stress at the same time. This colour can help runners do their best and achieve good results. What's more, purple can make the audience pay more attention to runners. It can also remind people of lavender(薰衣草) in Provence of France.
Some facts about the Olympics:
* The Olympics started in Greece over 2,000 years ago.
* The colours of the Olympic rings are blue, green, yellow, black and red.
* The modern Olympics started in 1896 with 13 countries attending.
* From 1912 to 1948, artists like musicians and writers also took part in the Olympics.
1. What colour did Olympic Games Paris 2024 choose for the service areas?
A. Grey.
B. Green.
C. Darker purple.
D. Lighter purple.
2. Why did Olympic Games Paris 2024 choose the purple track?
A. Because it could help the audience do their best.
B. Because it could make people feel stressed.
C. Because it could make runners pay more attention to the audience.
D. Because it could make people think of lavender in Provence of France.
3. Which of the following can we learn from the material?
A. When the modern Olympics began.
B. Why the first Olympics took place.
C. How many countries held the modern Olympics.
D. How people chose the colours of the Olympic rings.

答案： 1~3. CDA