Professor Aziz Qaissi - Reading Comprehnsion

Quiz 3 - Finding the Essential Information and the Main Idea of a Passage

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions.

 

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Reading Passage 1

The first Olympic Games were held

For political reasons

As an international competition

As a religious festival

As a professional athletes' competition

Why were the Games discontinued?

They had ceased to be sports events.

The Romans did not enjoy them.

The emperors hated athletes.

Winners were getting special privileges.

The Olympic Games are held

Every decade

Biannually

Every four years

Perennially

The Greek Olympic Games were ____________ in nature.

Religious

National

Athletic

All of the above

The Games were resumed in modern times for the purpose of

Giving amateur athletes a chance to participate

promoting goodwill among nations

Creating an apolitical arena

None of the above

You can infer that the athletes in sixty-two nations in 1980 were

Terribly disappointed

Very happy

Participants

Boycotted

The last three Olympic Games mentioned in the passage were notorious for their

Racial discrimination

Triumphant victories

Fidelity to the goals of the Olympic Games

Political controversy