Section2 Cloze

    Olympic Games are held every four years at a different site, in which atheletes_21_different nations compete against each other in a _22_ of sports. There are two types of Olympics, the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics.

    In order to _23_ the Olympics, a city must submit a proposal to the International Olympic Committee(IOC). After all proposals have been _24_, the IOC votes. If one city is successful in gaining a majority in the first vote, the city with the fewest votes is eliminated, and voting continues with _25_ rounds, until a majority winner is determined. Typically the Games are awarded several years in advance,_26_the winning city time to prepare for the Games. In selecting the _27_of the Olympic Games, the IOC considers a number of factors, chief among them which city has, or promises to build, the best facilities, and which organizing committee seems most likely to_28_ the Games effectively.

    The IOC also _29_which parts of the world have not yet hosted the Games. _30_, Tokyo, Japan, the host of the 1964 Summer Games, and Mexico city, Mexico, the host of the 1968 Summer Games, were chosen _31_ to popularize the Olympic movement in Asia and in Latin America.

     _32_the growing importance of television worldwide, the IOC in recent years has also taken into _33_the host city's time zone.  _34_the Games take place in the United States or Canada, for example, American television networks are willing to pay   _35_higher amounts for television rights because they can broadcast popular events _36_, in prime viewing hours.

     _37_the Games have been awarded. It is the responsibility of the local organizing committee to finance them. This is often done with a portion of the Olympic television_38_and with corperate sponsorships, ticket sales, and other smaller revenue sources. In many _39_there is also direct gobernment support.

    Although many cities have achieved a financial profit by hosting the Games, the Olympics can be financially _40_.When the revenues from the Games were less that expected, the city was left with large debts.

21 A in    B for    C of     D from

22.A lot    B number    C variety     D series

23.A host    B take    C run     D organize

24.A supported    B submitted    C substituted     D subordinated

25.A suggestive    B successful    C successive     D succeeding

26.A letting    B setting    C permitting     D allowing

 27.A site    B spot    C location     D place

28.A state    B stage    C start     D sponsor

29.A thinks     B reckons    C considers     D calculates

30.A For instance    B As a result    C In brief     D On the whole

31.A in time    B in part     C in case     D in common

32.A Since    B Because    C As for     D Because of

 33.A amount    B account    C accord     D acclaim

 34.A However    B Whatever    C Whenever     D Wherever

35.A greatly    B handsomely    C meaningfully     D significantly

36.A live    B living    C alive     D lively

37.A Until    B Unless    C Whether     D Once

 38.A incomes     B interests     C revenues     D returns

39.A cases    B conditions    C chances     D circumstances

40.A safe    B risky    C tempting     D feasible