For almost 100 years, the Winter Olympics has been a celebration of snow and ice sports around the world. It is a special event that only happens once every four years.
Although the Winter Olympics started with just five sports across nine disciplines(项目） in France in 1924, it has grown to include seven sports across 15 different disciplines and has been hosted in 12 countries across three continents（大陆）. In 2022, for the first time ever in the Games' history, Beijing has become the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
China has come a long way and achieved many goals since it took part in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 1980. In this short period of time, China's players have won medals in six of the event's sports. Short track speed skating(短道速滑） has been an area of expertise(专长） for China.
China's love for winter sports has been growing. The Ministry of Education has set a goal of building 5,000 special schools by 2025 to improve winter sports education.
The government has also been encouraging primary and middle schools to add winter sports to their subjects. Many provinces and cities have already acted on this suggestion. Classes will be set up in schools in northern China to improve interest in winter sports. In southern China, schools can work with ice rinks(溜冰场） and winter sports clubs.
Beijing has already set a good example. It is reported that nearly 840,000 students in the city have begun taking winter sports lessons, including skating and skiing lessons.

16. In 2022, Beijing has hosted the Winter Olympics.
A. 1st
B. 9th
C. 10th
D. 24th
17. In the second paragraph, the underlined word “it” refers to “”.
A. Winter Olympics
B. sports
C. disciplines
D. France
18. What's the meaning of the underlined phrase “act on”?
A. 对……起作用
B. 实施
C. 作用于
D. 表演
19. In southern China, how do schools develop winter sports?
A. Build classes in schools.
B. Take winter sports lessons in schools.
C. Work with society groups.
D. Take part in the Winter Olympics.
20. What can we learn from the text?
A. More and more Chinese people like winter sports.
B. There is more than one city to host the Summer and Winter Olympics.
C. China only took part in the Winter Olympics nine times.
D. The government encourages all schools to add winter sports to their subjects.

16.D 17.A 18.B 19.C 20.A

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，共5道选择题，需结合文章内容逐一分析选项。解题思路如下：
1. 第16题：定位文章中关于2022年北京冬奥会的届数信息，结合冬奥会历史常识判断；
2. 第17题：代词指代题，需找到前文对应的名词，结合句子逻辑判断“it”指代内容；
3. 第18题：词义猜测题，结合上下文语境理解“act on”的含义；
4. 第19题：细节理解题，定位文章中关于中国南方学校开展冬季运动的做法的段落，匹配选项；
5. 第20题：细节理解题，逐一分析选项，判断是否与文章内容相符。
【解析】
16. 根据文章及冬奥会历史，2022年北京举办的是第24届冬奥会，故选D。
17. 第二段中“Although the Winter Olympics started... it has grown...”，此处“it”指代前文的“Winter Olympics”，故选A。
18. 前文提到政府鼓励中小学将冬季运动纳入课程，“Many provinces and cities have already acted on this suggestion”意为“许多省市已经实施了这个建议”，故“act on”意为“实施”，选B。
19. 文章第五段指出“In southern China, schools can work with ice rinks and winter sports clubs”，即南方学校与社会团体合作开展冬季运动，故选C。
20. A选项：文章提到“China's love for winter sports has been growing”，说明越来越多中国人喜欢冬季运动，正确；B选项：北京是首个同时举办夏冬奥运会的城市，错误；C选项：文章未提及中国参加冬奥会的次数，错误；D选项：政府鼓励中小学，而非所有学校，错误，故选A。
【答案】
16.D 17.A 18.B 19.C 20.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、词义猜测
【点评】
本题围绕冬奥会话题展开，考查学生的英语阅读理解能力，涵盖细节查找、代词指代、词义猜测等题型，贴近生活实际，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7