Inthesummerof1936peopleallovertheworldheardthenameofJesseOwens.ThatsummerJessejoinedthebestathletesfrom50nationstocompeteintheOlympicGames.TheymetinthecityofBerlinGermany.
TherewasspecialinterestintheOlympicGamesthatyear.
AdolphHitlerwasrulerofGermany.HitlerandhisNaziPartybelievedthatwhitepeople---especiallyGermanpeople---werethebestraceofpeopleonearth.Theybelievedthatotherracesofpeople---especiallythosewithdarkskin-werealmostlessthanhuman.Inthesummerof1936Hitlerwantedtoprovehisbeliefstotheworld.HewantedtoshowthatGermanathletescouldwineveryimportantcompetition.
JesseOwenswasblacktoo.Until1936veryfewblackathleteshadcompetedintheOlympicGamesfortheUnitedStates.Jessewasproudtobeontheteam.Hewasverysureofhisability.
JessespentoneweekcompetinginfourdifferentOlympictrackandfieldeventsinBerlin.DuringthattimehedidnotthinkmuchaboutthecolorofhisskinoraboutAdolphHitler.AtlastJesseOwenswonthehighestaward---thegoldmedal-inallfouroftheOlympiccompetitionsheentered.Inthehundred-meterrunheequaledthefastesttimeeverruninthatOlympicevent.Inthelongjumpandthe200-meterrunhesetnewOlympicrecords.Andaspartofafour-manteamhehelpedsetanewworldrecordforthe400-meterrelayrace.
1.RowmanynationstookpartintheOlympicGamesin1936?
A50 B55 C60 D65
2.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?
AHitlerthoughtofJesseOwensasahero.
BHitlerbelievedthatblackpeoplewereworsethanwhitepeople.
CJesseOwenswasblack.
DJesseOwenswasnotconfidentinhimselfwhenhetookpartintheOlympicGames.
3.InwhichcitywastheOlympicGamesheldin1936?
AInNewYork. BInLondon. CInGermany. DInBerlin.
4.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?
AHitler'sbeliefthatGermanpeoplewerebetterthananyotherraceofpeopleintheworld.
BBlackyoungman--JesseOwens--becamefamousbywinningfourgoldmedalsinthe
OlympicGamesin1936.
CJessesucceededintheOlympicGamesbecauseofhishardtraining.
DHitlerhatedblackpeo