Олимпийские Игры Сочи 2014

2014 Winter Olympics were held in Sochi. It’s one of the most beautiful Russian cities on the Black Sea coast. In July 2007 the International Olympic Committee held a conference in Guatemala, during which Sochi was chosen to host the 22nd Winter Olympic Games.

More than 80 countries took part in this event. Some of the disciplines involved half-pipe skiing, mixed-team figure skating, biathlon mixed relay. Several new venues were built for these events, among them the Ice Cube Curling Center, the Shayba Arena, the Fischt Olympic Stadium. Apart from venues, there were a couple of spacious Olympic villages and the International broadcasting center.The official mascots of the event were a polar bear, a snow leopard and a hare. Being situated in subtropical zone, Sochi was declared to be the warmest city for Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony of the event took place on February 7th, 2014, and was said to be one of the most spectacular and impressive shows. The atmosphere during the Games was exciting. There were 98 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports.

Аccording to the medal table Russian athletes won the highest number of medals. In total, they brought home 33 medals, including remarkable 13 golds.

The closing ceremony took place at the Olympic Stadium on February 23, 2014. It was dedicated to Russian culture, music and arts.

1.Task 1.

Read the text and choose which of these statements are true, false or not stated.

a) The Olympic Games were held in one of the most famous winter resorts of Russia.

b) New stadiums were built specially for that event.

c) The famous village named Rosa Khutor was erected for athletes to live in there.

d) The weather was warm in the city during the games.

e) The Russian team won the first place in medal table.

Keys

a) NS

b)True

c )NS

d) True

e) False

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