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More than half a million Paris Olympics tickets are still unsold
巴黎奥运会还有超过五十万张门票仍未售出
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
More than half a million tickets are still available for the Olympics, just days before the opening ceremony in Paris.Organisers have confirmed between 500,000 and 600,000 tickets are still 1 (sell), including for the men's and women’s 100m finals, even though they’re 2 (cheap) than at London 2012 when allowing for inflation. Some 4,000 are still available for the opening ceremony 3 Friday, reported The Telegraph, albeit they are in the priciest categories of £738 and £2,300. But despite fears of empty seats in big stadiums, Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet has dismissed suggestions it is because there is 4 lack of interest in the event in France.The three-time Olympic champion canoeist instead claimed there were still hundreds of thousands of tickets available because some 5 (hold) back until the seating plans had been finalized.“In total at the beginning, we had 10 million tickets 6 we took 20 per cent of the total numbers in contingency,” he said.He said “new ticket opportunities” had been released in the last six months and “that’s 7 we still have tickets available one week before because now we now have the final plan of the 8 (deliver)”.A record 8.8million tickets have been sold for the Olympics in Paris so far, with Mr. Estanguet 9 (argue) they had already met their income target. Most of the 10 (sold) tickets are for the football games, while cycling, swimming, rowing, rugby sevens, and other athletics finals still have seats available. ![]()
1. to be sold 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，本空和其前的are共同构成谓语，再根据句意可知，此处表将来，要用be+动词不定式表将来，又因表示仍有超过50万张门票将被出售，故填to be sold。
2. cheaper 考查形容词比较级。根据句意和句中的than可知，此处表示比2012年伦敦奥运会门票价格还便宜，故填形容词的比较级。
3. on 考查介词。表示在具体的某天，用介词on。
4. a 考查冠词。a lack of为固定表达，意为“缺乏；缺少”，故填a。
5. had been held 考查时态语态。分析句子结构可知，本空在句子作谓语，因表过去的过去，时态用过去完成时，又因主语和动词短语hold back之间是被动关系，故填过去完成时的被动语态。
6. but 考查连词。根据句意可知，前后句之间是转折关系，故填连词but。
7. why 考查名词性从句连接词。分析句子结构可知，本句是一个表语从句，说明理由，表“为什么；……的原因”，故填连接副词why来引导表语从句。
8. delivery 考查名词。根据句意可知，此处表示最终的交付计划，故填名词delivery。
9. arguing 考查非谓语动词。此处是with的复合结构，因with的宾语Mr. Estanguet和动词argue之间是主动关系，故填动词-ing形式作宾语补足语。
10. unsold 考查构词法。本空在句子作定语，修饰tickets，分析句意可知，此处表示“未出售的”，故填sold的反义词unsold。
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距离巴黎奥运会开幕还有几天时间，仍有超过50万张门票未售出。组织者已经确认，包括男子和女子100米决赛在内的50万至60万张门票尚未售出，尽管考虑到通货膨胀因素，本届奥运会的门票价格比2012年伦敦奥运会的还便宜。 据《每日电讯报》报道，本周五的开幕式门票仍有约4,000张可供购买，但这些门票属于最昂贵的类别，价格分别为738英镑和2,300英镑。尽管人们担心大体育场内可能出现空座情况，但巴黎2024年奥组委主席托尼·埃斯坦盖特否认这是因为人们对法国主办的这次赛事缺乏兴趣。这位三届奥运会皮划艇冠军表示还有数十万张门票未售出，是因为一些门票在座位安排最终确定前被保留了。“最初我们总共有1000万张门票，但我们预留了总数的20%以备不时之需，”他说。他表示，过去六个月已经推出了“新的购票机会”，“这就是为什么我们在开幕前一周仍有门票可供购买，因为我们现在有了最终的交付计划。”到目前为止，巴黎奥运会的门票已经售出了创纪录的880万张，埃斯坦盖特先生表示，他们已经达到了收入目标。 大部分未售出的门票是足球比赛的，而自行车、游泳、赛艇、七人制橄榄球和其他田径决赛的门票仍有售。
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