Read the following passage and m ark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. The 25th Southeast Asian Games was scheduled to be (1)________ in Vientiane, Laos, in 2009. This was the first time the country (2)_________ a Southeast Asian Games. It also commemorated the 50 years of the SEA Games. Two white elephants which (3)________ Laos once "the kingdom of million elephants" were chosen as the Official ...

Read the following passage and m ark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

The 25th Southeast Asian Games was scheduled to be (1)________ in Vientiane, Laos, in 2009. This was the first time the country (2)_________ a Southeast Asian Games. It also commemorated the 50 years of the SEA Games.

Two white elephants which (3)________ Laos once "the kingdom of million elephants" were chosen as the Official Mascots. The (4)________ of the elephants are Ms. Champee and Mr. Champa (5)___________ the national flower of Laos. It was believed that they would bring (6)________ fortune and prosperity.

There (7)________ 25 sports in the 25th SEA Games. The number should not be more or less in order to exactly match the 25th SEA Games.