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1 The Olympic Games are the most important international athletic competition in the world. What do you know about the Olympics? Reconstruct the questions. Then match them with the answers given after the questions.
1. Olympic, are, the, Games, Why, called, they?
2. Summer, long, do, How, Games, last, the?
3. Winter, There, aren't, Games, are, there, too?
4. What, the, represent, do, flag, on, the, circles, Olympic, five?
5. tradition, When, begin, did, the, Olympic, the, flame, of?
6. What, at, happens, the, Ceremony, Opening?
7. made, the, Are, really, gold, medals, silver, of, bronze, and?
8. Olympic, What's, of, motto, the, movement, the?
a. Sixteen days.
b. There was always a flame at the ancient Games. It was used in the modern Olympic Games in 1928 (in Amsterdam). It is lit at Olympia from the rays of the sun. Then it's carried to the Games by thousands of runners. It burns in the stadium from start to finish at every Olympics.
c. Because they were first held at a place called Olympia in Ancient Greece. There have been two Olympic eras — ancient and modern. The modern era began in 1896 when a French man called Baron Pierre de Coubertin.revived the Games.
d. Citius, altius, fortius which is Latin for Faster, higher, stronger.
e. They stand for five colours. Each circle is in different colour: blue, black, red, yellow and green (all against a white background). Every national flag in the world contains one or more of these five colours.
f. Silver and bronze medals are, but gold medals aren't. They are made of silver covered with gold.
g. There's a huge display of song, dance and music by people from the host country.
h. Yes, there are. The first Winter Olympic Games took place in 1924.
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