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。
billed as / paraded / festivities / renovated / spectacle
1. But, apart from concerns over potential increased rent in social housing, she was against the current proposals to move long-term residents into different __________ homes on site.
2. Mr Barros says: 'The Carnival of the samba schools of Rio is a global __________, which sustains the tourism industry.'
3. Not only will there be the usual __________ to mark the start of a new year, but excitement is also growing with the knowledge that the entire Chinese Olympic team will descend on the city in almost exactly six months' time.
4. More than 100,000 people are then expected to take to the streets of the capital on Hogmanay for what is __________ the world's best New Year celebration.
5. On Sunday 16 July around 250 famous cars will __________ through London to mark the return to the city of the British International Motor Show.
Answers 答案:
1. But, apart from concerns over potential increased rent in social housing, she was against the current proposals to move long-term residents into different renovated homes on site.
renovated 更新，革新；修复；重新布置（renovate的过去式）
2. Mr Barros says: 'The Carnival of the samba schools of Rio is a global spectacle, which sustains the tourism industry.
spectacle 令人好奇(或轻视、羡慕)的人(或事物)；精彩的表演；奇特的现象；出人意外的情况
3. Not only will there be the usual festivities to mark the start of a new year, but excitement is also growing with the knowledge that the entire Chinese Olympic team will descend on the city in almost exactly six months' time.
festivity 欢庆，欢宴；庆典；欢乐
4. More than 100,000 people are then expected to take to the streets of the capital on Hogmanay for what is billed as the world's best New Year celebration.
billed as 被宣传为； 声称
5. On Sunday 16 July around 250 famous cars will parade through London to mark the return to the city of the British International Motor Show.
parade 游行；阅兵；炫耀；行进；阅兵场