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BBC英语新闻词汇选词填空训练:第1期

Exercise 练习: BBC英语新闻词汇训练,所有单词都选自BBC英语新闻内容,请从下面的词汇表里选择答案来完成句子,即选词填空,注意时态。

enthusiasts / took advantage of / reservoir / vessel / competitors

1. Adults and children alike in Berkshire ______________ a covering of snow to dust off their sledges.

2. Restoration work on the Cutty Sark, a 19th Century tea clipper, following a devastating fire, is nearing completion. It is time for engineers to lift the 900-tonne ____________ into its final position ahead of its reopening to the public in spring 2012.

3. Students at a university in Stratford which will host the US Olympic team claim their term has been cut short to accommodate the _________________.

4. Colombia is increasingly using golf to promote itself internationally. The country's 50 golf courses are a powerful proposition to lure in tourists and sports ____________________.

5. In November, Anglian Water was granted a permit to extract extra water from the River Nene, to replenish the half full Pitsford _______________, until early April

Answers 答案:

1. Adults and children alike in Berkshire took advantage of a covering of snow to dust off their sledges.

take advantage of 利用

例句:
To a ten-year-old country boy it was the most beautiful place in the whole wide world, and I took advantage of it all.
对一个十岁的乡下男孩来说,这算得上全世界最美的地方了,我没有浪费这个优势。

2. Restoration work on the Cutty Sark, a 19th Century tea clipper, following a devastating fire, is nearing completion. It is time for engineers to lift the 900-tonne vessel into its final position ahead of its reopening to the public in spring 2012.

vessel 容器;船

3. Students at a university in Stratford which will host the US Olympic team claim their term has been cut short to accommodate the competitors.

competitors 竞争对手;竞争者

4. Colombia is increasingly using golf to promote itself internationally. The country's 50 golf courses are a powerful proposition to lure in tourists and sports enthusiasts.

enthusiasts 入迷者,狂热者;热衷于...的人

5. In November, Anglian Water was granted a permit to extract extra water from the River Nene, to replenish the half full Pitsford reservoir, until early April.

reservoir 水库;蓄水池