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According to the passage, the International Olympic Committee

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   offers prize money to Olympic competitors
   
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   consults the governments of competing countries on the planning of games
   
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   ensures that events reflect what was planned for the modern games
   
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   was originally made up only of French and English members
   
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   is made up of men over the age of 70
   

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   The author points out that members of the International Olympic Committee
   

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   are also members of their country's National Olympic Committee
   
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   are never forced to retire
   
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   are all former amateur sportsmen
   
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   have to live in Switzerland permanently
   
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   operate independently of their national governments
   

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   We learn from the passage that members of the IOC elected before 1965
   

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   were able to speak both French and English
   
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   were members of the organization until the end of their lives
   
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   used to be members of the organization for 75 years
   
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   had to live in the country that they represented
   
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   were able to represent more than one country
   

152 THE HISTORY OF WINE
Early in the development of agriculture men discovered how to make alcoholic drinks from grapes and corn. The ancient Egyptians drank both wine and beer, and the Greeks carried on a lively trade in wine throughout the Mediterranean. Grapevines are all of a single species although there are hundreds of varieties adapted to different soils and climates.
Wine is the fermented juice of fresh grapes. The juice of the wine grape contains sugar, and growths of yeast form on the outside of the grape skins. In wine-making, the grapes are crushed in a wine press and the yeast converts the sugar to alcohol, when there is no air present, by a process called fermentation. Red wine is made from dark grapes, and white wine from white grapes or from dark grapes whose skins have been removed from the wine press at an early stage. The most famous wine­growing countries are France, Germany and Italy. Wine was made in England in the Middle Ages, but the climate is not really suitable for grapevines. Wines must be drunk quickly once they are opened; otherwise, bacteria will use the air to convert the alcohol to vinegar. The bacteria are killed by a higher alcohol content than is found in wine and that is why sherry and port, the specialties of Spain and Portugal respectively, are fortified by the addition of spirits to make them last longer.

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