About 2,500 years ago, there was a big battle near the town of Marathon in Greece (希腊) . Greece won the battle and the Greek soldier (士兵) Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens __1___ (tell) their victory. This was about forty kilometers long. When he arrived in Athens, he shouted, “We ___2___ (win)!” and then immediately died!

When the first modern Olympic Games started in Greece in 1896, they celebrated the legend of Pheidippides with a race from Marathon Bridge to the Olympic Stadium in Athens. They called this race a marathon. Seventeen competitors took part, ___3___ only eight finished the race. In 1908, the Olympic Games were in London. The marathon was 42.195 kilometers long, and a few years later, this became the official length (官方长度).

There ___4___ (be) thousands of marathons in different countries every year. People run marathons because they like taking part in competitions, or ___5___ (simple) because they love running. Once in Greenland, there was a marathon on ice. And an English man once walked a marathon underwater in Loch Ness, Scotland. It ___6___ (take) him twelve days!

According to the latest notice from the Weihai government, a marathon ___7___ (hold) on November 9th, 2025. This time, the event will include a full marathon, a half marathon and a fun run. The government plans to interest 20,000 __8___ (run) in taking part in it.

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解析：选to tell。to tell。此处用不定式结构 to tell 作目的状语，说明士兵斐迪庇第斯从马拉松跑到雅典的目的是宣告胜利的消息。

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解析：选have won。have won。结合语境，士兵抵达雅典时大喊 “我们赢了”，这个胜利的结果对当下造成了影响，应用现在完成时，主语是 we，故填 have won。

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解析：选but。but。前文提到 “17 名选手参赛”，后文说 “只有 8 人完赛”，前后是转折关系，因此填转折连词 but。

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解析：选are。are。根据时间状语 every year 可知用一般现在时；本句是 there be 句型，be 动词的单复数由后面的名词决定，thousands of marathons 是复数，故填 are。

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解析：选simply。simply。此处需要用副词修饰原因状语从句 “because they love running”，simple 的副词形式是 simply，表示 “仅仅，只是”。

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解析：选took。took。本句描述的是过去发生的事情（英国人在尼斯湖底徒步跑马拉松），应用一般过去时，take 的过去式是 took。

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解析：选will be held。will be held。根据时间状语 on November 9th, 2025 可知用一般将来时；主语 a marathon 和动词 hold 是被动关系，因此用一般将来时的被动语态 will be held。

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解析：选runners。runners。此处需要填名词，结合语境 “20,000 名参与者”，run 对应的表示 “跑步者” 的名词是 runner，且前面有 20,000 修饰，需用复数形式 runners。