Greece. Reading Comprehension. Test on reading

Greece was, of course, the             [beginners, founders, explorers, discoverers]of the Olympics games and the people of Greece felt cheated when they         [missed, gave, offered, lost] to Sydney the right to stage the Millennium Olympics Games in 2000.

There was a belief among some in the Olympic Movement that Athens was not able to stage the games due to its infrastructure. But I suspect that this was actually a good            [move, victory, initiative, idea]for Athens as the people were so enraged that they were            [hard, steady, determined, excited] to prove that not only could they stage amazing games in 2004, but they would do it in a modernized and appealing city.

The people of Athens had a           [motto, call, time, challenge]to rally around and prove that Athens was a First Class City.

In usual Greek       [type, style, kind, sort]though, they did it in such a way that the outside world was convinced that it would never be done in time - forgetting that the

Greeks usually get things done but in their own time.

In usual Greek       [type, style, kind, sort] though, they did it in such a way that the outside world was convinced that it would never be done in time - forgetting that the

Greeks usually get things done but in their own time.

They did literally finish on time and even weeks before the Olympics some observers were             [waiting, hoping, predicting, considering] chaos.

The Greek way is a more leisurely           [way, approach, opinion, treatment] to life and to getting things done.

The weather, no doubt, plays a big part as it is usually glorious,              [although, even, nevertheless, moreover] it does get almost unbearably hot in mid summer.

Athens has put in place as a result of the Olympics many          [absolute, grand, major, main] infrastructure changes which make it a better city for a visitor, e.g. the new airport which is modern and very pleasant to travel through.