THE 22ND SEA GAMESUNIT 13

25. We produce more food. It gets cheap.A. The more food we produce, the cheaper it gets. B. The most food we produce, the cheapest it gets.C. The least food we produce, the less cheap it gets. D. Most food we produce, cheapest it gets.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to the questions from 26 to 30.The 23

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Southeast Asian Games were held in the Philippines from November 27

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toDecember 5

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in 2005. The games were participated by the eleven nations of Southeast Asia. Thiswas the first time that the opening and closing ceremonies were held in a large open field, despitethe fact that Manila has many stadiums. The organization de chided to hold the games at an openspace to accommodate the large number of participants and spectators. As a result, the 2005 SEAGames ranked as having the largest audience – 100,000 people – during the opening and closingceremonies. These games were also noted for having the most number of delegates in the historyof the SEA Games. In the end, all participating countries received medals. Events in men’s football actually started on November 20

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, prior to the opening ceremony.Water polo events began on November 21

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, women’s football on November 23

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, sailing onNovember 26

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, and tennis on November 26

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. The first gold medal of the game was awarded to Singapore on November 25

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when theirwater polo team came out undefeated during the round-robin tournament round. The Philippineteam took the silver medal in that event, and Malaysia brought home the bronze.The Games were also considered a valuable opportunity for athletes to gain competitionexperience and preparation created for the upcoming Asian Games and Olympic Games. It waspurposely created to strengthen friendship, solidarity and understanding among neighboringcountries in the region.This was the third SEA Games to be hosted by the Philippines. The last two times thePhilippines hosted the games were in 1981, and again in 1991. There were 1,461 medals awarded, 444 of which were gold, 434 were silver, and 583 werebronze.