The Olympic Games: Where Heros are Made
  • 1. In school, my brother is reading about _________ Greece in history class.
A) ceremonies
B) stadium
C) record
D) ancient
  • 2. My sister and I _________ against each other when we play tennis.
A) earned
B) host
C) compete
D) medals
  • 3. Dad is the ______ of his office party this year.
A) ancient
B) earned
C) record
D) host
  • 4. We play our home games at the new _________ .
A) compete
B) stadium
C) medals
D) ancient
  • 5. The team has won three soccer _________ in the past three years.
A) ancient
B) stadium
C) medals
D) compete
  • 6. I worked hard on the story I wrote, and I __________ a good grade.
A) host
B) compete
C) record
D) earned
  • 7. The band gets to play at all the school __________.
A) host
B) stadium
C) medals
D) ceremonies
  • 8. The runner winning the sprint broke an old ____________.
A) ancient
B) compete
C) medals
D) record
  • 9. The piece is ____________.
A) nonfiction
B) personal narrative
C) realistic fiction
D) fantasy
  • 10. The first Olympic Games took place in __________.
A) France
B) Greece
C) Australia
D) United States
  • 11. How are the swimming events different today than they were in the first modern games?
A) In the first modern games, swimmers could use only one stroke.
B) The Olympics made many swimmers famous.
C) Only four swimming strokes are allowed in the races today.
D) Only men could enter the swimming races.
  • 12. The Olympic Games always begin with a ____________.
A) the flag being carried in
B) torch
C) oath
D) parade
  • 13. The Olympic games have changed over time
A) False
B) True
  • 14. The colored rings in the Olympic flag represent ____________.
A) just the countries in Europe.
B) a color in every country's flag
C) the color of the continents
D) some of the competitions
  • 15. In the ancient Olympics, most of the events were __________.
A) swimming and track
B) field and swimming
C) track and field
D) track and diving
  • 16. Which of these is NOT a track event?
A) sprints
B) swimming
C) hurdling
D) running
  • 17. At Sydney, which swimmer was the winner in the backstroke?
A) Lenny Krayzelburg
B) Jonny Weissmuller
C) Mark Spitz
D) Micheal Johnson
  • 18. Which sport has just recently been added to the Olympic Games?
A) skateboarding
B) softball
C) ballet
D) ice-skating
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