Read the text. Is the information True, False or Not
given?The Winter Olympic
Games
Originated by the ancient Greeks, the Olympic Games are the leading
international sporting event. The games were revived by Frenchman Pierre de
Coubertin, and the first modern Olympics were held in 1896.
The Winter Olympic Games were not a part of the modern Olympics when they
started. They were played separately as the Nordic Games. The Nordic Games were
the first international sporting event that focused primarily on sports played
in winter. A person called Victor Balck, a close friend of Pierre de Coubertin,
organised the first Nordic Games. It was Victor’s idea to include winter games
in the Olympics.
However, only in 1924, the first Winter Olympic Games were held as a
separate event in Chamonix, France. Athletes competed in 16 events in
six different sports. The Games were held from 1924 until 1936, after which
they were interrupted by World War II. The Olympics resumed in 1948 and were
arranged every four years.
In 1994, it was decided to hold the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in
different years. So in fact, we can watch the Olympic Games once every two
years. First, the Summer Games, then, in two years, the Winter Games, and two
years after the Summer Games again. So one set of Olympic Games, summer or
winter, is held every two years.
As time went on more sports were introduced to the Winter Olympiad.
Nowadays there are fifteen sport disciplines, four of them are indoor sports:
curling, figure skating, speed skating and ice hockey.
The Winter Olympics have been hosted in 19 cities in different countries.
Some cities have arranged the main international winter sporting event several
times: Lake Placid (the USA), Innsbruck (Austria), St
Moritz (Switzerland). But the Winter Olympic Games have never been held
in Africa, Australia, South America or Antarctica.
In 2014, Sochi, Russia was the host of the XXII Winter
Olympic Games. A total of 98 events in 15 winter sport disciplines were held
during the Games. Lots of sporting records and unique results were recorded at
the Olympic Games. However, there were several records which were set during
the preparation and Olympiad organization. Sochi was the first
sub-tropical city that has ever organized the Winter Olympic Games.
Before the start of the XXII Games in Sochi, the Olympic torch travelled the
longest distance in history to some amazing places, including the North Pole,
the bottom of Lake Baikal (the world’s deepest lake), the top of Mount Elbrus
(Europe's highest mountain), and even into outer space. For the first time in
Olympic history, a public vote was held to decide the mascots, symbols that
bring good luck to the event, for the Olympics. It was decided that the mascots
of the Olympic Games, would be a Leopard, a Polar Bear, and a Hare. They looked
very cute and contributed to the success of the Games.
1. Pierre de Coubertin was a
famous sportsman. Blank 1 Вопрос 1 True Not givenFalse
2. Victor Balck proposed to add
winter sports to the list of Olympic sports. Blank 2 Вопрос 1 True False Not given
3. There was more than a ten-year
break in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. Blank 3 Вопрос 1 True Not givenFalse
4. The Winter Olympic Games are
held every two years. Blank 4 Вопрос 1 False Not givenTrue
5. Several new sports were added
to the list of the Winter Olympiad after 1924. Blank 5 Вопрос 1 True False Not given
6. According to the plans, the
next Winter Olympic Games will be held in Australia. Blank 6 Вопрос 1 False True Not given
7. The Olympic torch visited
several extreme places before the 2014 Games in Sochi. Blank 7 Вопрос 1 Not givenTrue False
8. The mascots of the XXII
Olympic Games were chosen by the Olympic Committee. Blank 8 Вопрос 1 False True Not given