英语 急阅读理解多项选择 阅读下面的短文和问题,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确的答案.Baron Pierre De

英语 急
阅读理解多项选择
阅读下面的短文和问题,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确的答案.
Baron Pierre De Coubertin was a Frenchman.At his time sports were not taught in French schools.De Coubertin believed that sports should go hand in hand with studies.He had an idea that he was to begin the Olympic Games all over again.
Sports teachers of other countries liked De Coubertin's idea.Soon in 1896,the modern Olympic Games were held in Athens,Greece.Since then the Olympics have been held once every four years,except three times,when there were wars.
The modern games have many foot races and field sports programs.The longest race in the games is called the Marathon.
Before the start of the Olympic Games,runners carry a lighted torch through many nations towards the stadium where the Games will be held.These sports men are from different countries.Yet they work together to carry the Olympic torch.It is passed from runner to runner.When the last runner enters the stadium,he or she places the torch in a special basin filled with oil.It catches fire.It is then,only then,that the Olympic Games can begin.
The Olympic flame burns throughout the Games.It is the flame of peace.
56.Before 1896 French schools didn't teach ______.
A) maths
B) sports
C) physics
D) history
57.De Coubertin ______.
A) helped start the modem Olympic Games
B) believed that sports were less important than studies
C) was the first man to start the Olympic Games
D) failed to begin the modern Olympic Games
58.According to this passage,the third modem Olympic Games should have been held in ______.
A) 1914
B) 1904
C) 1924
D) 1896
59.“Marathon” on the passage is ______ .
A) a foot race
B) a boxing match
C) field sport
D) a jumping contest
60.Which of the following is Not True?
A) The torch is carried from runner to runner through many countries
B) Runners who carry the torch can be men or women
C) The Olympic Games don't begin until the basin of oil catches the fire.
D) After the start of the Olympics,the Olympic flame is put out.

56.B
57.A
58.B
59.A
60.D