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The 2004 Olympic Games
   The 2004 Olympic Games were held in Athens in August and lasted 17 days．The Games were watched by four billion people all over the world．This was the biggest（1）

number

number

of people ever to watch a sports event．More than 11000 sportsmen and sportswomen from 202 countries took part in the Games， （2）

with

with

a larger number of sportswomen than ever before．
   The largest number of medals was（3）

won

won

by America，with 35 gold medals．China came second with 32 gold medals．Russia was third，with 27 gold medals．
   When the Chinese Olympic sportsmen and sportswomen（4）

returned

returned

to China after the Games，many people came to see them at the airport．They were very（5）

proud

proud

of their heroes．The sportsmen and sportswomen were also very proud．
   "My country，I love you !"said Liu Xiang ，the winner of the hurdling gold medal．
   "We were so（6）

encouraged

encouraged

when we learnt about our country's hopes for our team，" said Chen Zhonghe，the coach for the women's volleyball team．
   The basketball star Yao Ming said， "We need to learn（7）

from

from

these Olympic Games．Now we will start（8）

to prepare

to prepare

for the 2008 Olympics in China．"
   At the（9）

end

end

of the 2004 Olympic Games，the Olympic flag was taken to Beijing for the 2008 Games．The Games do not（10）

stop

stop