Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase

The 16^th Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou, China from November 12, 2010 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou is also the (1) ____ city in China to (2) ____ the games after Beijing in 1990. Forty-one events are scheduled to be (3) ____, making the most events to be competed in (4) _____ of the Asian Games.

Four cities were bidding for this (5) _____ at the early days of March 2004. They were Amman, Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul. However, Seoul withdrew after (6) _____ the: short. span of time (7) ____ the 2002 (in Busan, South Korea) and the 2010 event. With the withdrawal of Amman, soon after Seoul, Kuala Lumpur also (8) ____ the bid after the country’s Sports Minister refused for the high (9) ____ of hosting the games. With Guangzhou left, the Olympic Council of Asia announced the city won the bid to host the Asian Games (10) _____ July 1, 2004.

(1) _________

• A. 
  two
• B. 
  second
• C. 
  twice
• D. 
  couple