Big Sporting Events in the UK （1）

英国将主办2012和2014年世界级运动会
UK to Host Games in 2012 and 2014

参与方式：

1.听短文，填出文章中空缺单词。

While everyone in China, and in fact around the world, is getting excited about the ______1______ 2008 Olympics, lots of people in Britain are pleased that two major sporting events will be taking place here in the future.

First there was the announcement that London would be hosting the next Olympics in 2012, and just this week it has been ______2______ that Scottish city Glasgow will host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The Commonwealth Games takes place every four years. It is a competition between all the countries of the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth is a ______3______ of 53 countries, most of which are former British ______4______. This event has been taking place since 1930.

Glasgow was in competition with the Nigerian capital city Abuja to host the games but the Scottish city comfortably beat its ______5______.

2.根据短文大意，判断句子对错。

6）London will host the next Olympics in 2014. True / False
7）There are 53 countries in the Commonwealth. True / False
8）The first Commonwealth Games took place in 1903. True / False

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