Every four years 180 or more nations send their best athletes to compete (1)______ the Olympic Games. As many
(2)_______ 20,000 sportmen and sportswomen take part in more than 20 different sports. Milllions (3 )______ people
around the world watch the events (4)_______ television.
The inspiration for today’s Olympics came (5)_______ ancient Greek Games (6)______ more than 2,700 years ago.
The first modern Olympic Games began (7)______ Athens, Greece, in 1896. Individual excellence and team
achievement are the theme of the Olympic Games, not competitions (8)_______ nations. So the International Olympic
Committee chooses a city, not a country, to host the Games. No country “wins” the Games, and there is no prize
money. Instead, individual and teams compete (9)_______ gold, silver and bronze medals, and (10)_______ the glory
of taking part
Every four years 180 or more nations send their best athletes to compete (1)___against___ the Olympic Games. As many
(2)____as___ 20,000 sportmen and sportswomen take part in more than 20 different sports. Milllions (3 )___of__ people
around the world watch the events (4)___on____ television.
The inspiration for today’s Olympics came (5)__from___ ancient Greek Games (6)__about____ more than 2,700 years ago.
The first modern Olympic Games began (7)____in__ Athens, Greece, in 1896. Individual excellence and team
achievement are the theme of the Olympic Games, not competitions (8)____or___ nations. So the International Olympic
Committee chooses a city, not a country, to host the Games. No country “wins” the Games, and there is no prize
money. Instead, individual and teams compete (9)__for____ gold, silver and bronze medals, and (10)____in___ the glory
of taking part
