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第二篇：The Olympic Games has its own flag and “hymn,” used when the Olympic flag is raised, usually during the openingand closing ceremonies. The Olympic hymn first appeared at the first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, Greece. The lyricswere written in Greek by Greece’s national poet, Kostis Palamas, and set to music by Spyros Samaras for the 1896 Games.The hymn was not used again, nor was it officially adopted, for several decades.In 1954, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched a worldwide competition for a new version of anOlympic anthem. From the 392 scores submitted, the final prize went to Michael Spisak for his ultramodern atonal work,with lyrics extracted from Pindar’s odes. It was never terribly popular. Moreover, Spisak’s demands for excessive royaltiesresulted in it not being chosen as the official Olympic anthem. Instead, the old Samaras/Palamas anthem was played andsung at the 54th IOC Session executive board meeting in 1958 in Tokyo. It was such an impressive demonstration that IOCmember Prince Axel suggested that it should be adopted as the official anthem. This was unanimously approved. TheOlympic anthem was first used as such at the opening ceremonies in Rome two years later, since which time it has becomean established part of the Olympic ceremonies. The Olympic Charter calls it the Olympic anthem, although it is oftenreferred to as the Olympic hymn.In addition to the Olympic hymn, national anthems play a big part in the Olympic Games. Starting with the 1924Games, the winner’s national anthem for each event is played as their flag is hoisted in celebration. Also, according toOlympic rules, national anthems cannot be longer than 80 seconds in length, causing some countries to create a shortenedversion of their anthem to be played at the Games in the event that their participant wins. (Ironically, the full version of theOlympic Hymn is several minutes long!) Also, a nation may choose to have another anthem played instead of their nationalone if they so choose. For example, at the 1992 Games, the former Soviet republics united under a team known as the“Unified Team”, and whenever a member of this team won, they chose the song “Ode to Joy” to be played.
46. What is the best title for the passage?
(A)Anthems in the Olympic Games.
(B)Olympic poets, musicians, and composers.
(C) The establishment of legal Olympic charter.
(D) International political relations in the Olympic Games.

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答案：A
難度：適中0.6
統計：A(6),B(2),C(1),D(1),E(0)

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