Inthesummerof1936peopleallovertheworldheardthenameofJesseOwens.ThatsummerJessejoinedthebestathletesfrom50nationstocompeteintheOlympicGames.TheymetinthecityofBerlinGermany.Ther

　　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