Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D．. You should decide on the best choice and mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athleticfestival held every four years in honor of Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods, eventually lost its local character,became first anational event and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished, international.
No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 B.C.
The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all partsof Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored persons were notallowed to compete. The exact sequence of events is. uncertain, but events included boy's gymnastics, boxing, wrestling,horse racing and field events, though there were fewer sports involved than in the modern Olympic Games.
On the last day of the Games, all the winners were honored by having a ring of holy olive laves placed on their heads.So great was the honor that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory.
Although Olympic winners received no prize money, they were, in fact, richly rewarded by their state authorities. How their results compared with modem standards, we unfortunately have no means of telling.
After an uninterrupted history of almost 1,200 years, the games were suspended by the Romans in 394 A.D.
They continued for such a long time because people believed in the philosophy behind the Olympics: the idea that ahealthy body produced a healthy mind, and that the spirit of competition in sports and games was preferable to the
competition that caused wars. It was over 1,500 years before another such international athletic gathering took place inAthens in 1896.
Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities, including astadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes' expenses.
The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun's rays. It is carded by asuccession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it bumsthroughout the Games until the closing ceremony. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is a modem conception: the fiveinter locking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents participating in the Games.56. The Olympic Games became an international event since the games__________.A． lost the previous religious meaningsB． were accepted by all Greek people
C． allowed foreign athletes to compete in itD． got official records and judge systems
57. Compared with the modem Olympic Games, the ancient ones __________.A． covered every possible events for malesB． did not give due respect to women
C．attracted people from different countries
D． had more sports events than the modem ones58. In ancient Olympic Games, winners__________.
A． could not get any award in money form from organizers of the GamesB． could earn a lot of money through the award given by the organizersC． could give his name to the year of his victory as a great honorD． were honored by having a ring of olive leaves around their waists59. According to the spirit of the ancient Olympic Games, __________.A． wars between countries could be avoided through sportsB． competition in sports led to wars between countriesC． healthy mind could reinforce a healthy body
D． healthy mind could be fostered by a healthy body60. When athletes arrive at the host country,__________.A． the host country pays for their traveling expenses
B． they are always not satisfied with the living conditionsC． their countries have to pay for their expenditure
D． they use the training facilities immediately for adjustment．
Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
Now and again I have had horrible dreams, but not enough of them to make me lose my delight in dreams. To begin
with, I like the idea of dreaming, of going to bed and lying still and then, by some queer magic, wandering into another kind of
existence. As a child I could never understand why grown-ups took dreaming so calmly when they could make such a fussabout any holiday. This still puzzles me. I am mystified (迷惑的) by people who say they never dream and appear to have nointerest in the subject. It is much more astonishing than if they said they never went out for a walk. Most people Or at leastmore Western Europeans do not seem to accept dreaming as part of their lives. They appear to see it as an irritating littlehabit, like sneezing or yawning.
I have never understood this. My dream life does not seem as important as my waking fife, if only because there is farless of it, but to me it is important. As if there were at least two extra continents added to the world, and lightning excursionsrunning to them at any moment between midnight and breakfast. Then again, the dream fife,though queer and confusing andunsatisfactory in many respects, has its own advantages. The dead are there,smiling and talking. The part is there,
sometimes all broken and confused but occasionally as fresh as a daisy. And perhaps, as Mr. Dunne tells us, the future isthere too, winking at us. This dream life is often overshadowed (蒙上阴影) by huge mysterious anxieties, with luggage thatcannot be packed and trains that refuse to be caught； and both persons and scenes there are not as dependable and solidas they are in waking life, so that Brown and Smith merge into one person while Robinson splits into two, and there are thickwoods outside the bathroom door and the dining room is somehow part of a theatre balcony； and there are moments ofloneliness or terror in the dream word that are worse than anything we have known under the sun. Yet this other life has itsinterests, its happiness, its satisfactions, and at certain rare intervals, a serene glow or a sudden joy, like glimpses of anotherform of existence altogether, that we cannot match with open eyes. Silly or wise, terrible or excellent, it is a further helping ofexperience, a bonus after dark, another slice of life cut differently, for which, it seems to me, we are never sufficiently grateful.Only a dream! Why only? It was there and you had it.
\"If there were dreams to sell,\" Beddoes inquires, \"What would you pay?\" I cannot say off hand, but certainly the pricewould be rather more than I could afford.
61. When the author was young, he thought that __________.A． by dreaming people could live a better life indeedB． he was puzzled by the mysterious quality of dreamsC． it was astonishing that adults loved holidays so muchD． it was a pity that adults could not enjoy dreams
62. According to the author, most Western Europeans __________.A． have ignored the important aspects of dreamsB． don't know how to enjoy life in their dreamsC． value dreams very highly
D． think of sneezing when thinking of dreams
63. The advantageous aspect of dreams lies in __________.
A． the short moments it has relieved people from the burden of lifeB． experiencing the impossible or unrealistic, even broken parts of life
C． the refreshing power it endows people when they wake up in the morningD． the mystery it brings when in dream people can predict their future64. In the author's opinion, we should thank a dream because__________.A． it makes us enjoy a different life
B． we can avoid terrible things in real life
C． we can experience various emotions in dreamsD． it can help us regain the innocent moments of life
65. What can be inferred from the author's answer to Beddoes' question?A． Dreams may be manufactured and sold in the near future.B． The price of a dream is ridiculously higher than expected.C． People are silly if they set a high value on dreams.D． The value of dreams is greater than we've imagined.
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