III. Read the following text and decide which answer best fits each numbered blank. RUNNING MARATHON A marathon is a race that is 42.2 kilometres (1) ____________. Many cities (2) _________ marathons. You can run marathons in Toronto, Ottawa, Boston, new York City, and many other places around the world. Many marathons (3) _________ shorter races of 5 km, 10km, or 20km. to be allowed to run some of the (4) ____________ marathons like Boston or New York, you have to prove that you can run (5) ______ enough. Some marathons can also be “run” in a wheelchair. The (6) ________ male marathon runners can run the course in just over two hours while the fastest women (7) __________ in about two and a half hours. 1. A. length B. lengthen C. long D. short 2. A. host B. hosts C. hosted D. hosting 3. A. includes B. include C. including D. included 4. A. famous B. fame C. infamous D. notorious 5. A. fastly B. faster C. fastest D. fast 6. A. fastly B. faster C. fastest D. fast 7. A. finish B. finishes C. finished D. finishing