WE PRODUCE MORE FOOD
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
rd
Southeast Asian Games were held in the Philippines from November 27
th
to
December 5
th
in 2005. The games were participated by the eleven nations of Southeast Asia. This
was the first time that the opening and closing ceremonies were held in a large open field, despite
the fact that Manila has many stadiums. The organization de chided to hold the games at an open
space to accommodate the large number of participants and spectators. As a result, the 2005 SEA
Games ranked as having the largest audience – 100,000 people – during the opening and closing
ceremonies. These games were also noted for having the most number of delegates in the history
of the SEA Games. In the end, all participating countries received medals.
Events in men’s football actually started on November 20
th
, prior to the opening ceremony.
Water polo events began on November 21
st
, women’s football on November 23
rd
, sailing on
November 26
th
, and tennis on November 26
th
.
The first gold medal of the game was awarded to Singapore on November 25
th
when their
water polo team came out undefeated during the round-robin tournament round. The Philippine
team 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 competition
experience and preparation created for the upcoming Asian Games and Olympic Games. It was
purposely created to strengthen friendship, solidarity and understanding among neighboring
countries in the region.
This was the third SEA Games to be hosted by the Philippines. The last two times the
Philippines 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 were
bronze.