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Unit 13: THE 22
ND
SEA GAMES
I. Choose one word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1. A.rival B.title C.silver D.suprise
2. A.golden B.complete C.host D.propose
3. A.clear B.dear C.wear D.sear
4. A.wrestling B.level C.medal D.result
5. A.ranked B.gained C.prepared D.proved
II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern
1. A. defend B.medal C.scoreboard D.region
2. A. countrymen B.spectator C.outstanding D.precision
3. A.admiration B.enthusiast C.overwhelming D.competition
4. A.organise B.festival C.basketball D.athletics
5. A.paricular B.facility C.energetic D.technology
III. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences
1. The kitten is getting evereyday.
A.big and bigger B.bigger and bigger C.bigger and bigest D.biggest and biggest
2. The more difficult it is, he tries.
A.harder B.hardest C.the harder D.the hardest
3. The football match is becoming .
A.exciting and more exciting B.more exciting and more exciting
C.more and more exciting D.more exciting and most exciting
4. you do the exercies, the easier it is for you to get mistakes.
A.The most quickly B.The quckliest C.The quicklier D.The more quickly
5. We shouldn’t go out; the weather is getting .
A.more and more badly B.worse and worse
C.bad and worse D.worst and worst
6. The more you work, .
A.the more money you earn B.you earn more money

spending time with them after work.
10.When Joan was training for the marathon race, she was pretty slow in the beginning, but she got
as time went by. Eventually her time was so good that her coach thought she might have a
chance to win.
V. Rewrite each of the following sentences with double comparative:
1. If butter is soft, it is easy to spread on the bread.
2. I know many things now that I wasn’t aware of when I was younger.
It seems that ............................... ............................... ...............................
3. I’m trying to make my life simpler. It makes me feel more relaxed.
4. I spend a long time each day looking at the computer screen. My eyes get very tired.
5. When the wind blows hard, it whistles through the trees a lot.
VI. Complete the following sentences with double comparartives, using ideas in parentheses.
EG: 0. (I became bored. He talked.)
I met a man at a party last night. I tried to be interested in what he was saying, but the more he talked,
the more bored I became.
1. ( You understand more. You are old)
There are many advantages to being young, but ............................... ...............................
2. (I became confused. I thought about it.)
At first I thought I understood what she’d said, but ............................... ...............................
3. (The air is very polluted. The chances of developing respiratory diseases are great.)
Pollution poses many dangers. For example ............................... ...............................
4. Bill talked very fast. I became confused.)
Bill was trying to explain some complicated physics prolems to help me prepare for an exam. He kept
talking faster and faster. ............................... ...............................
5. (The fans clapped and cheered. The basketball team made more shots.)
The fans in the stadium were excited and noisy, and it seemed to make their team play better.
............................... ............................... ............................... ............................... ...............................
VII. Some of the sentences below are not correct. Tick (√) the right ones, and correct the wrong ones.
1. 1. The ozone layer is getting more thinner and thinner. 1/
2. The more he rowed the boat, the farther away he got 2/

Games. Federation with (3) by the international Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic coucil of
Asia.
The Southeast Asian Games owes (4) origins to the Southeast Asian. Penilsular games or
SEAP Games. On May 22
nd
1958 delegates (5) the countries in Southeast Asian penilsula attending
the 3
rd
Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan (6) a meeting and agreed to establish a sport organisation. The
proposed rationale was that a regional sports event would help (7) cooperation, understanding and
relations (8) countries in the Southeast Asian region.
The first SEAP Games were (9) in Bangkok in December, 1959 comprising more than 527
(10) and official from Thailand Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Laos (11) in 12
sports.
At the 8
th
SEAP Games in 1975, the SEAP Federation considered (12) inclusion of Indonesia
and the Philipines. The two countries (13) formally admitted in 1977, the same year (14)
SEAP Federation changed their name to Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF), and the games were
known (15) the Southeast Asian Games. Brunei was admitted at the 10
th
SEA Games in Jakarta,
Indonesia, and East Timor at the 22
nd
SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.
X. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
The second Southeast Asian Games (also known as the 2005 SEAG) were hled in the Philipines from
November 27
th
to December 5

3. A.accommodate B.supply C.furnish D.equip
4. A.grades B.marks C.ranks D.orders
5. A.spectators B.audience C.persons D.data
6. A.for B.in C.with D.on
7. A.harden B.tighten C.widen D.heighten
8. A.before B.afterwards C.in front D.prior
9. A.gained B.conquered C.awarded D.beaten
10.A.competition B.sport C.tournament D.qualification
XI. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.
The 22
nd
Southeast Asian Games were held in Vietnam from the 5
th
to 13
th
December, 2003. The games
were opened by Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai in the newly constructed My Dinh National
Stadium in Hanoi. The games torch was lit by Nguyen Thuy Hien of Wushu. It was the first time in SEA
Games history that the games venues were assigned into Two cities namely Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
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The 22
nd
SEA Games logo, which was designed by painter Nguyen Chi Long, was based on a
legendary bird names “Chim Lac”. The bird decorated the Ngoc Lu bronze drum, a typical antiquity of the
acient Dong Son Vietnamese culture. The Emblem is composed to harmonious and vigorous curves, creating a
feeling of movement anf strength which conforms to the Olympic Spirit : “Faster, Higher and Stronger”. The
colourful whirls represent the tough competiveness in sports.
The 10 interesting circles, the symbol of the Southeast Asian Sport Federation, are to emphasize the

nd
SEA Games torch.
B.The Ngoc Lu bronze drum was decorated by a kind of bird
C.There are ten intersecting circles in the 22
nd
SEA Games logo.
D.The golden water buffalo was chosen as the mascot for the 22
nd
SEA Games.
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