根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余项。 The wife-carrying World Championship has been celebrated in

16. G    17. E    18. A    19. F    20. C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了"携妻世界锦标赛"，这个活动很受欢迎。作者在此简单的描述了比赛规则以及获胜的要求。。
【16题详解】
根据横线前句“In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart some long-forgotten traditions.”可知人们要重新开始一些传统活动，本句就应该是讲述一个传统故事，结合下文He was said to only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth in challenges．据说他只接受那些在挑战中证明自己价值的男人作为帮派成员。G项“Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area”符合要求，承上启下。故选择G项。
【17题详解】
根据下一句“A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the Wife-carrying World Championship every year.”可知很多人参加了这项比赛，说明这项活动越来越受欢迎。故选择E项。
【18题详解】
本句是本段的中心句，根据下文根据后文The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a 253.5 meters long official track.可知，"携妻世界锦标赛"是在一条253.5米长的官方赛道上举行的和下文内容可知，本段讲述携妻世界锦标赛比赛的具体规则，A项“There are a few basic rules.”与之相符，故选择A项。
【19题详解】
根据前文Each time a competitor drops his wife, that couple will be fined 15 seconds.可知，每次一个竞争者放弃他的妻子，这对夫妇将被罚15秒。F项“The winner is the couple who complete the course in the shortest time.(获胜者是在最短时间内完成比赛任务的夫妇)”符合上下文语境，故F项正确。
【20题详解】
根据第一句“….there is also a team competition”可知本段讲述的是是团队比赛，那么有特殊的奖品给了获胜的这个队伍。C项“A special prize is awarded to the team”符合上下文语境，故选择C项。
【点睛】本文的小题3出现在段首，当七选五阅读中问题出现的句首的时候，它通常是段落主题句。认真阅读后文内容，根据段落一致性原则，查找同义词或其他相关的词，推断出主题句。另外着重阅读后文第一两句，锁定线索信号词，然后在选项中查找相关特征词。通常正确答案的最后一句与空白后的第一句在意思上是紧密衔接的，因此这两句间会有某种的衔接手段，尤其当选项是几句话时。我们可以根据横线后两句 The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a 253.3 meters long official track. The track has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle, about a meter deep.中说明的比赛场地等内容，得知本段内容是讲述携妻世界锦标赛的具体规则。故A项正确。