Hangzhou

No.2 Middle School

Blank Filling

Both the summer and winter Olympic Games are held every __ years. The Winter Olympic Games are ______ years before the Summer Olympic Games.

In the early Olympic Games, only ______ were allowed to compete and watch the games. The Games were born in . The _________ and the first Olympics were held there.

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men

Greece ancientmodern

Carl Lewis, who won ______ gold medals in ___________, is one of the best sportsmen in the 20th century.

In 2000, the 27th Olympic Games were held in _______. China won _____ gold medals in the 2000 Olympic Games. The 2008 Olympic Games will be held in ________.

fourLos Angeles

Sydney 28

Beijing

1.It is the name of the country where the Olympic Games began in ancient times.

2.It is one of the races, competitions, etc in a sports programme.

3.It is a person, team, etc competing with another or others.

4.It is a sentence or a group of words taken as the guiding rule in the Olympic Games.

5.It is an event, aiming and firing with a gun.

Greece

event

competitor

motto

shooting

6.It is an object that carries a flame.

7.It is an award given to the top three people in each event in the Olympic Games.

8.It is someone who trains to compete in sports.

9.It is a movement made with a part of your body to express a certain meaning.

10. It is a place where something or someone is.

torch

medal

athlete

gesture

position

11. It is one of the seven great pieces of land on the earth.

12. It is a piece of cloth, usually a sign of a country or organization.

13. It is a special ability to do something well.

14. It is a person or place that provides necessary space or equipment for a special event.

continent

flag

skill

host

Hosting the Olympic Games is a great honour and a great responsibility. Being the host of the Olympic Games will have good and bad effects on the host city. Please discuss with your partner and write down the effects.

Good effects

• People all over the world will learn about the city and its people.

• Many sports fans will visit the city.

• The preparation (planting trees, building new roads, building new sports venues) will make the city better and more beautiful.

Bad effects • It is very expensive to host the

Olympics.• Maybe the money should be used

for other things.• Too many visitors may do harm to

the environment of the city.• The venues and buildings may be

wasted after the Olympic Games.

hat will be done in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

1.The people of Beijing will plant more trees and build new roads.2.They will pay more to the athletes.3.They will encourage children to take more exercise.4.They will improve theenvironment in the city.5.They will build many new sport venues for the Beijing Olympic Games.6.They will make all the flags by hand.

1.They will give her a gold medal.

2.The construction workers will put down the old temple.

3.They will read The Music of Chance by Paul Auster.

4.The rabbits will eat the carrots.

She will be given a gold medal.

The old temple will be pulled down.

The Music of Chance by Paul Auster will be read.

The carrots will be eaten by the rabbits.

5.The Russian businessman will buy the famous painting by Xu Beihong.

6.The teacher will mark the students’ homework tonight.

The famous painting by Xu Beihong will be bought by the Russian businessman.

The students’ homework will be marked tonight.

7.They will make some parts of the car in the factory.

8.They will finish this project in five years.

Some parts of the car will be made in the factory.

This project will be finished in five years.

Imagine the world in the year 5,000. What will our life be like then? Make a list of the things that you think will be done differently. Try to use the Passive Voice as much as possible.

Eating food

I think all food will be made into juice and chopsticks won’t be used.

Drinking water

Water will be made into pills and glasses won’t be used.

Wearing clothes

Electronic clothes will be worn and the color can be changed by pressing a button.

Building houses

Houses will be built in the ocean.

Homework•Suppose you are going to have a birthday party. Then what kind of things will be prepared? Please make a list of things you have to prepare, hoping passive voice will be used.