Exercise Hong Kong's hive of business
concrete jungle / storeys / beehives / conurbations / to pollinate
1.The biggest city close to the epicentre is Concepcion, which forms part of the second largest ______________________ in the country with a population of about one million.
2. The Magnolia genus is an ancient group of more than 100 plants, and is considered to be among the first flowering plants to have evolved.
Their arrival on the planet pre-dated the emergence of bees, so the early species of magnolia were believed to have been __________________ by beetles.
3.A toddler who fell 10 ________________ and survived after being caught by a passer-by has been making headlines around the world. But what is the best way to catch a falling child?
4.In popular culture, New York is the city that never sleeps, the ____________________ in which dreams are made, a place to walk on the wild side.
5. A Toronto museum is investigating the sudden death of thousands of bees in a glass-enclosed ___________________ exhibit.
Exercise First child of an infant nation
usher in / revellers / secession / gave birth to / midwives
1. Beyonce and Coldplay are among the acts taking to the stage at day two of Scotland's largest music festival. Organisers expect about 85,000 ______________ a day at T in the Park at Balado, near Kinross.
2. The Democratic League of Kosovo and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo boycotted February's vote. They cited Mr Pacolli's history of ties to Russia, which opposed Kosovo's 2008 ______________ from Serbia.
3. A hospital maternity unit in County Durham is to temporarily shut because of a shortage of ______________.
4. It may take protesters and reformers years to achieve their aims, and even when free and fair elections do take place, there is no guarantee they will automatically _____________ better government.
5. Kate Hudson has _________________ a boy with fiancé and Muse frontman Matt Bellamy.
Exercise Space shuttle's final mission
blast off / dropping off / in orbit / sortie / inaugural
1. Their work will ensure the good "housekeeping" of the satellites, including the maintenance and correct positioning of the spacecraft __________ .
2. Speaking at an event in Dakar, Senegal, Luc Gnacadja - a UN desertification expert - said the ___________ Africa Drylands Week had ended with a very simple, yet stark, message.
3. Mr Tito ___________ on 28 April 2001, but only after a struggle to get anyone to take him - the US space agency Nasa refused on the grounds that he was not a trained astronaut, so it was the Russians who facilitated the trip.
4. A recycling barn will also be set up for festival goers to _______ cans, bottles and packaging.
5. Nato says it has carried out over six thousand __________ over Libya since the bombing campaign began nearly two months ago.
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