It is true that the first Olympic Games of modern times in 1896 were not open to women. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who gave new life to the Games, was very much a man of his time. He didn't like women showing up for the Games. But since this time, things have changed. History shows that the number of women participating in the Olympic Games has been increasing over the years» since their first participation at the 1900 Olympic Games and especially in the last 30 years. This development is of social, political and cultural significance (意义）.
The progress is the result of the cooperation of the entire Olympic Movement and of proper measures that the International Olympic Committee (IOC)，International Sports Federations(ISFs)，and National Olympic Committees ( NOCs) have taken. Especially in the last 20 years, the IOC has enlarged the women's program at the Olympic Games, in cooperation with IFs and the Organizing Commit-tees for the Olympic Games ( OCOGs). This development was further strengthened (巩固）by the IOC's decision that all sports must have women's events. The IOC also started to work on increasing the number of women at leadership level in sports in 1981. Former President Juan Antonio Samaranch, who wanted to have women as IOC members, made a great contribution(贡献）.
Many sports volunteers have worked to increase the number of women joining in the Olympic Games. This progress has been made also thanks to the strong determination of women from different countries of the world who have worked to make sure women are fully represented in all sports.
The underlined part “participating in” in the first paragraph can be replaced by __________

A．getting close to

B．taking part in

C．calling for

D．taking over

According to the first paragraph, all of the following are true EXCEPT that __________.

A．women were not allowed to join in the 1896 Olympic Games

B．Baron Pierre de Coubertin was very famous when he was alive

C．many women have competed in the Olympic Games in the last 30 years

D．Baron Pierre de Coubertin tried his best to let women join in the Olympic Games

What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?

A．Why women were not allowed to join in the Olympic Games.

B．How more and more women were able to join in the Olympic Games.

C．What some organizations have done for women's rights.

D．What sports volunteers have done to enable women to join in the Olympic Games.

It is implied in the passage that __________.

A．women first performed in the Olympic Games about fifty years ago

B．it was IFs that decided to enlarge the women's program at the Olympic Games

C．Juan Antonio Samaranch didn't agree that women should be IOC members

D．women themselves worked very hard so that they could join in the Olympic Games