25. CHOOSE THE WORD OR PHRASE AMONG A, B, C OR D THAT BEST FITS THE...

21-25. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Olympic Games are the most important international athletic competition in the world. The Olympics bring

together thousands of the world's finest athletes to compete against (21)_____ in a variety of individual and team

sports. Millions of people have attended the Games and more than one billion people throughout the world

(22)_____ the Olympics on television. The 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia, were the largest in the

Olympic history, with athletes (23) _____ for medals in 300 events. Drug problems continued to cast a cloud over

the Games. Several athletes were disqualified for taking illegal drugs, including some athletes (24)_____ gave up

medals after failing drug tests. Stars of the Games included Marion Jones of the United States in track and field,

Australian (25)_____ Ian Thorpe, Chinese diver Fu Mingxia and cyclist Leontien Ziljaard of the Netherlands.