國中英語基測出現過 old 的考題。

NOlympics in Munich

11/11/2013

People in the city of Munich have spoken their mind: they do not want to host the Winter Olympics in 2022. To the cities that fight for this chance, 1. The Olympics usually do a lot of good to the host city. The Games bring in jobs, visitors, and, most important of all, money. So why did people in Munich say no?

The Olympics 2 for people in Munich. For them, the world’s biggest sports festival could invite serious trouble. There would be a lot of building work before the Games, and during the Games, too much traffic and too many visitors. Life would become terrible and nature would be hurt. And 3: Munich hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, and its neighbor, the mountain town Garmisch-Partenkirchen, hosted the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Still, the heavy price Munich paid does not worry the cities that are in the race to get the 2022 Winter Olympics. 4 , they are happy that Munich said no to the Olympics—their chances of getting the Games have become higher.

host 舉辦
Olympics 奧運
visitor 遊客
1.
this is perhaps a smart answer
this sounds like a good idea
this is surely a surprise
this is old news they have heard
2.
bring a bright future
have been a great plan
had given hopes
are a different story
3.
this is not a guess; it is a lesson they learned from hard experience
they do not speak for others; they only speak for themselves
this will not go away; it will stay
they are not just saying it; they are going to do it
4.
However
If so
Finally
In fact