Read the following passage and mark 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 from 25 to 29.

The Olympic symbol consists of five interlaced rings of equal dimensions, used alone, in one or in five different colours including blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field, (25)_____ as the "Olympic rings".The symbol was (26)_____ designed in 1912 by De Coubertin. He appears to have intended the rings to represent the five continents.

As can be read in the Olympic Charter, the Olympic symbol represents the union of the "five continents" of the world and the meeting of (27)_____ from throughout the world at the Olympic Games. However, no continent is represented by any specific ring. Prior to 1951, the official handbook stated that each colour corresponded (28) a particular continent: blue for Europe, yellow for Asia, black for Africa, green for Australia and Oceania, and red for the Americas; this was removed because there was no evidence tha Coubertin had intended it.

(29)______ , the logo of the Association of National Olympic Committees places the logo of each of its five continental associations inside the ring of the corresponding colour.

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