巴黎奥运会倒计时500天 马克龙称法国将做好准备

French President Emmanuel Macron started the 500-day countdown(倒计时) to the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday. The Games will take place from July 26 to August 11. He made the public know his government’s hopes for the Games.

Macron made a “speech of thanks” to hundreds of officials in the Paris police headquarters(总部). He said that though plans are moving forward, nothing should be taken as a guarantee. In the speech, Macron thanked the 45,000 volunteers for taking action to make the Games “a success”. He again talked proudly about the 5,000 new sports grounds that are in the works. Also, officials are trying to get everything ready in time.

Macron also mentioned the 1.4-billion-euro plan to clean the polluted waters of the Seine River. “The Seine River will be made swimmable,” he said. Making the Seine fit for swimming is an old Parisian dream. In 1988, former French president Jacques Chirac, then the city’s mayor(市长), famously promised to make the river swimmable “in three years”. But he never made it come true. The dream has become a necessity because Paris has formally promised to organize several Olympics events in the Seine River, including the 10 kilometre swimming marathon—as it did back in 1900, when it first hosted the Games.

Organisers even plan to take the opening ceremony out of its traditional stadium setting. They want to organize it on water. But some security(安保) experts expressed their concern. They warned about the dangers of uncontrolled crowd movements close to the water.

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1.When will the Paris Olympics be held?

A From July 26 to August 11, 2023.

B From July 11 to August 26, 2023.

C From July 11 to August 26, 2024.

D From July 26 to August 11, 2024.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第一段的“the 2024 Paris Olympics”以及“The Games will take place from July 26 to August 11.”可知，巴黎奥运会将于2024年7月26日至8月11日举办。故选D。

2.What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?

A Who took part in the speech.

B What Macron said in his speech.

C Why Paris is hosting the Olympics.

D How Paris will make the Olympics a success.

解析：选B。B 段落大意题。根据第二段中的关键词句“Macron made a ‘speech of thanks’”“He said...”“In the speech, Macron thanked...”以及“He again talked proudly about...”可知，本段主要是关于马克龙的演讲内容。故选B。

3.What did Jacques Chirac promise to do?

A Swim in a river in Paris.

B Clean the polluted Seine River.

C Make Parisians’ dream come true.

D Organize several Olympics events.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第三段第四句的“In 1988, former French president Jacques Chirac... famously promised to make the river swimmable...”可知，时任该市市长的法国前总统雅克·希拉克(Jacques Chirac)承诺三年内让塞纳河变得可以游泳，即清理被污染的塞纳河。故选B。

4.What does the underlined word “concern” probably mean?

A Worry.

B Pride.

C Support.

D Interest.

解析：选A。A 词义猜测题。根据前面的转折连词“But”以及后一句的“They warned about the dangers”这些专家警告可能出现危险，由此推断，这些安保专家们表达了在河上举行奥运会开幕式的“担忧”。故选A。

5.Which part of a newspaper may this passage come from?

A Culture.

B Education.

C Sports.

D People.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。本文是关于2024年巴黎奥运会的相关情况报道，最有可能来自报纸的“体育”版块。故选C。