Голицынский, 7-е издание – Контрольное упражнение 2

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11, 028 athletes competed in 302 events in 28 sports. Three nations participated in the Olympics for the first time. It was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Asia, after Tokyo, Japan in 1964 and Seoul, South Korea in 1988.
Beijing was awarded the Games over four competitors on July 13, 2001, having won an absolute majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two rounds of voting. The Government of the People’s Republic of China promoted the Games and invested heavily in new facilities and transportation systems. A total of 37 venues were used to host the events including 12 constructed for use at the Games. The National Stadium, nick-named the “Bird’s Nest”, and the “Water Cube”, were both stunning symbols of the new Beijing. In cycling, the road race followed the Great Wall and passed in front of the “Forbidden City” — two symbols of the thousand-year-old history of the city. The Games were a source of national pride for China.
Beijing was the Games of records. The Opening Ceremony was unforgettable; the athletes’ achievements were astonishing, the organization was excellent. These Olympics had the largest television audience in Olympic history. Several hundred million watched worldwide on TV as more than 40 world records and over 130 Olympic records were broken. Chinese athletes won the most gold medals, with 51, and 100 medals altogether. Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Mauritius and Togo all were given their first medals during the Olympic Games. However Mongolia, Bahrain and Panama managed to go one better with their athletes bringing home their country’s first Olympic gold. There were many memorable champions but it was Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt who stole the headlines. Michael Phelps, the phenomenal US swimmer, bettered Mark Spitz’s achievement at the 1972 Munich Games by claiming eight golds in one Olympics. The incredible Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt secured the traditional title of “World’s Fastest Man” by setting new world records in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprints.
At the closing ceremony IOC president Jacques Rogge declared the event a “truly exceptional Games” after earlier asserting that the IOC had “absolutely no regrets” in choosing Beijing to host the 2008 Games.
a) Причастие: having won, bringing;
b) Герундий: of voting, in cycling, by claiming, by setting, in choosing;
c) Отглагольное существительное: asserting;
d) Прилагательное: stunning, astonishing, opening, closing;
e) Предлог: including, during.