THE 24TH SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES WAS (1) _____ IN THAILAND FROM DECEMBER 6 TO DECEMBER 16, 2007

Exercise 26:The 24th Southeast Asian Games was (1) _____ in Thailand from December 6 to December 16, 2007. TheThai Olympic Committee was (2) _____ the event to coincide with the commemoration of 80th birthday of KingBhumibol Adulyadej. Officials were studying the possibility of doing the events in multiple venues (3) _____what had been done in Vietnam and the Philippines. It was (4) _____ sixth time Thailand hosted the SEA Games.Thailand hosted the 1959, 1967, 1975, 1985 and 1995 SEA Games.On 24 February 2006, northeast Thailand's Province authorities met to (5) _____ the 2007 SEA Gamesschedule, and progress on the province's under-construction US$65 million sports complex. The meeting providedan overview of (6) _____, and ended with reassurances that everything would be ready (7) _____ SEA Games in2007.The sports (8) __ included a 5,000-seater indoor stadium and 16 tennis court facilities among other facilitiesscheduled to be finished on June 2007.The 2007 SEA Games featured (9) _____ than 400 events in 45 sports. The 24th edition of the games had thehighest number of sporting events in the entire (50) _____ of the SEA Games, more events than the Asian Gamesand the Olympic Games.1. A. held B. met C. seen D. committed2. A. winning B. competing C. fighting D. planning3. A. such as B. as C. likely D. like4. A. a B. an C. the D. Ø5. A. talk B. discuss C. tell D. quarrel6. A. facilities B. tools C. materials D. furniture7. A. at B. on C. with D. for8. A. places B. halls C. venues D. homes9. A. rather B. more C. better D. as10. A. history B. ancient C. former D. time