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The five interlocked Olympic rings have become fairly familiar at this point. But do you know what they mean and the story behind their【小题1】(create)?

The 1912 Olympic Games, held in Sweden, were the first to include athletes from【小题2】were then considered the five continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and America.【小题3】 (inspire) by what had become a【小题4】(true) global event, Coubertin designed the symbol of the Games: the Olympic rings. Since 1920, the Olympic rings【小题5】(use) in every summer and winter Games.

Given what we know about colors and their many symbolic【小题6】(mean), it seems like it’d be safe to assume that each color featured in the Olympic rings would stand 【小题7】something specific, like a continent.【小题8】in reality, that’s not the case at all. Coubertin【小题9】(choose) the six official Olympic colors——blue, yellow, black, green, red and white (featured in the background)——because when he introduced the symbol in 1913, every single flag of the nations 【小题10】(participate) in the games could be reproduced using the colors in the Olympic symbol. Or, in his own words: “The six colors thus combined reproduce those of all nations without exception.”