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READING COMPREHENSION - 7th GRADE

In 2005, the International Olympic Committee selected London as the host city for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Summer Games. London had also hosted theOlympic games in 1908 and 1948. Athletes and spectators from around the world will gather in during July, August and September to celebrate summer sporting excellence. The Games, along with the region'sspectacular natural playground and its vibrant venues such as the Olympic Park, Wembley Stadium, Wimbledon, The Mall, Riverbank Arena, Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, etc. will put London in thespotlight as a premier sporting destination.The Olympic Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 will be done at the Olympic Stadium where her majesty the Queen will be greeted by the President of the IOC atthe entrance of the stadium as the Head of State of the Host Country. Then we will see a procession of the participating teams in the stadium, nation by nation. Teams enter in alphabetically order,according to the language of the Host County, apart from the Greek team, which enters first for the Olympics, and the team of the Host Nation(in this case Great Britain), who march in lastLondon willhost the following Olympic and Paralympics events-The 26 Olympic sports at London 2012 will be aquatics, archery, athletics, badmington, basketball, boxing, canoe and kayak,cycling,equestrian,fencing,gymnastics,handball,hockey,judo,modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, table tennis, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling among others. These games will take place in 28 venues -The 20Paralympics sports at London 2012 will be boccia, football, goalball,paralympic archery, paralympic athletics, paralympic cycling, paralympic equestrian , paralympic judo, paralympic powerlifting, paralympicrowing, paralympic shooting, paralympic swimming, paralympic table tennis, volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing,wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis which will take place in 21...