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nt on the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada. Olympic officials chose Sochi to host the 2014 games almost seven years ago, At that time,Russian President Vladimir Putin said the games would cost about $13 billion. Yet times his estimate. So where did all the money go? Some observers say the high cost is partly the result of security measures. Brian Jenkins,a terrorism expert from the RAND Corporation,gave the following explanation. 39。 intention was to make life difficult for the Russians and to create some sort of incident that would take away the enjoyment.The last Olympians from around the world on Russian soil was in 1980 .That was a year after Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan. More than sixty countries didn’t take part in the Moscow Summer Games to show their anger.1. According to the passage, why did the Sochi Winter Olympics cost so much?A. Because it was held at an area popular for vacation travelers.B. Becauae the Russian government wanted to make it the best ever held.C. Because security measures at Sochi were stricter than before.D. Because the original plan was made 7 years before.2. It can be known from the passage that Bruce Hoffman was A. a terrorism expert from the USA writer who wrote this articleC. an athlete who peted in SochiD. a terrorism expert from RAND Corporation3. Which of the following is false? A. Sochi Olympics cost about 4 times as estimated. B. Next winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver. C. Many countries refused. to attend the 1980 Olympics. is often a problem in international sport games.4. The terrorists might have attacked Sochi Olympics because A. they wanted to make trouble for the Russians thought Russia shouldn39。閱讀下列短文, 從給的四個選項 (A、B、C和D) 中, 選出最佳選項。ve been using borrowed guitars. And I was losing hope of ever recovering my guitar.”Lennon was reunited with his $ 100,000 musical instrument yesterday. The case and the guitar had been discovered in the corner of a coffee house only two blocks from where Lennon had lost it in the first place. Lennon had offered a $ 10,000 reward for its return. He said he would give the reward to the coffee house owner, who had informed the police.1.It can be inferred from this reading passage that________.A.Lennon gave the driver much more money than what was actually neededB.Lennon couldn39。根據(jù)第二段第二句“The policewoman asked him for the name of the cab pany...and the name of the driver. He said that she had to be kidding.”說明他對出租汽車公司和司機(jī)的情況一概不知,認(rèn)為警察這樣問他簡直是在開玩笑。根據(jù)第三段第三句“...finding the guitar might take a couple of years.”說明警察認(rèn)為尋找這把吉他會很難,大概需要幾年時間,因此他得耐心等待。 3.Which of the following is the most important according to the policewoman?A.Finding a lost guitar. B.Finding the cab driver.C.Finding murderers. D.Enjoying one39。根據(jù)第三段“...finding guitars was not as important as finding murderers....”說明在警察看來尋找殺人犯比尋找吉他(當(dāng)然和其他任何事相比都)更重要。根據(jù)第四段第二句“I had to postpone the recording