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    As early as 1894, the newly formed International Olympic Committee (IOC)

considered ice skating as a possibility for the first modern Olympic Games which would be held in 1896.

In 1911, a member of the IOC suggested that winter sports should be staged as part of the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.Some opposed the idea.At last, the IOC decided to hold Winter Olympic Games in 1916. However, World War¢ñbroke out in 1914. After 1920, the national governing bodies for winter sports in several countries began talking about the possibility of a separate Winter Olympics.

The town of Chamonix, in the French Alps, planned to hold a winter sports festival in 1924; at the same time Paris was to host the Olympics.The Marquis de Polignac, a member of the IOC, suggested that the festival be formally recognized as the Winter Olympic Games.The IOC didn't go that far, but did agree that Chamonix could call its festival an “Olympic winter carnival”£®

The festival drew 258 athletes from 16 countries to compete in bobsledding(Ñ©ÇÁ±ÈÈü), figure­skating, hockey, Nordic skiing and speed skating.Charles Jewtraw from the United States won the first gold medal in the 500­metre speed skating, but the festival's hero was Claus Thunberg from Finland.He won five medals, three of which were gold in speed skating.

Weather has often been a major story at the Winter Olympics and so it was at Chamonix.The festival opened with rain and the unseasonably warm temperature turned snow and ice to mud.Then temperature dropped as far as 25 below zero and the mud became ice.

Despite the weather, more than 10£¬000 people  showed up.In 1926, the IOC recognized the Chamonix festival as the first Winter Olympics and decided that the Winter Games would be held every four years, just like the Summer Olympics.¡¡

24£®Why were the first Winter Olympic Games not held in 1916?

A£®Because the IOC didn't agree to it. 

B£®Because it was still under discussion.

C£®Because some people opposed the idea.

D£®Because World War¢ñbroke out in 1914.

25£®We can know from the passage that ________£®

A£®the weather destroyed the first Winter Olympics¡¡

B£®people from 16 countries watched the first Winter Olympics

C£®Charles Jewtraw won the most medals in the first Winter Olympics

D£®Finland got 3 gold medals in speed skating in the first Winter Olympics

26£®Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A£®The Winter Olympics were held every two years in the beginning.

B£®The 1924 Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics were held in the same city.

C.  The Winter Olympics depend much more on the weather than the Summer Olympics.

D£®The IOC agreed to recognize the Chamonix festival as the first Winter Olympics in 1924.

27£®What's the best title for the passage?

A£®The development of the Olympics 

B£®The importance of weather in the Olympics

C£®The story of the first Winter Olympic Games

D£®How the Winter Olympics came into being