V. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The 24th Southeast Asian Games was held in Thailandfrom December 6 to December 16, 2007. The Thai Olympic Committee was (26) _____ the event to coincide with the commemoration of 80th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Officials were studying the possibility of doing the events in multiple venues (27) _____ what had been done inVietnam and thePhilippines. It was the sixth timeThailand 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 (28) the 2007 SEA Games schedule, and progress on the province's under-construction US$65 million sports complex. The meeting provided an overview of (29) _____, and ended with reassurances that everything would be ready for SEA Games in 2007.
The sports venues included a 5,000-seater indoor stadium and 16 tennis court facilities among other facilities scheduled to be finished on June 2007.
The 2007 SEA Games featured (30) _____ than 400 events in 45 sports. The 24th edition of the games had the highest number of sporting events in the entire history of the SEA Games, more events than the Asian Games and the Olympic Games.
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A.rather
B.more
C.better
D.as