The Olympic Flame | B1 Preliminary Reading Part 4

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For the Olympic Flame, you read about the history of the Olympics. It provides practice for B1 Preliminary Part 4 of the reading section of the Cambridge English B1 Preliminary exam.

About 5-10 minutes.Reading Skills.Expanding stage.

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Five sentences have been removed from the text below. For each question, choose the correct answer from the choices. There are three extra sentences that you do not need to use.

Every four years, the Summer Olympic Games kick off with an elaborate opening ceremony. (1) However, preparations and celebrations for the Olympic Games start long before the opening ceremony. (2) After that, there is a relay that carries the flame to the host city.

(3) This place is where the ancient games were held. One requirement for the Olympic flame is that it must be created using only sunlight and a mirror. Once the flame is lit, the first runner begins the great relay among the ruins of an ancient Olympic stadium. (4)

At the end of the relay, the flame is used to light a giant pot. (5)

Here are new words and phrases from this exercise for the B1 Preliminary Part 4 reading section of the test:

ancient games
ceremony
competing nations
elaborate
kick off
Olympic Flame
preparations
relay
ruins
torch
sunlight
symbol

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