Question

thousand years? at the modern olympics, they would recognize some old sports, like running and wrestling. but they would see newer ones, too. the olympic games have changed with the times. in fact, in 2020 and 2024, four sports were added to the lineup. skateboarding, surfing, and sport climbing made it into the 2020 olympics. breaking was added in 2024. the author’s purpose for writing this passage was to ______. a. encourage readers to imagine how today’s olympics would seem to ancient greeks b. explain why some sports in today’s olympics were also played in ancient times c. convince readers that it is important to include ancient

Explanation:

1. Analyze Option A: The passage starts with a question about how the modern Olympics would look to ancient Greeks (thousand years? implies ancient Greeks), then talks about old and new sports in modern Olympics. This matches the idea of encouraging readers to imagine that perspective.
2. Analyze Option B: The passage doesn't focus on explaining why some sports were played in ancient times; it's more about the change in Olympics over time and the new sports added, not the "why" of ancient sports' presence.
3. Analyze Option C: The passage doesn't discuss the importance of including ancient (or anything related to convincing about importance of including ancient); it's about the evolution of Olympic sports and the imagined view from ancient Greeks.

Answer:

A. encourage readers to imagine how today’s Olympics would seem to ancient Greeks