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1. Oil is the blood for the modern industrial economy. However, _____ _____, being freshly drilled out of the reserve, cannot be burnt for energy but needs to be refined: oil products include fuel for smaller vehicles, diesel for larger vehicles, _____ that are used to make machines with gears to work more smoothly and all other substances to be used for different purposes.
2. On August 30, 2019, the _____ _____ of China issued the fifth edition of RMB.
3. On March 17th, 2003, President George W Bush issued an _____ to the Iraqi government, asking the Iraqi dictator Saddam and his two sons to leave Iraq, giving them a 48-hour deadline. However, Saddam refused to leave and the war began on March 20, 2003.
4. On September 11 2001, two civil airlines were hijacked by terrorists and crashed into the twin towers of the _____ _____ _____. Another plane, also hijacked by terrorists, ran into one of the angles of the _____ building (the Department of Defense headquarters). The 911 terrorist attack took over 3000 lives and invoked Article Five of NATO: an attack on one member of NATO is an attack on all of its members.
5. On western newspapers and magazines, China’s top legislator often refers to the Head of the Standing Committee of the _____ _____ _____ (currently comrade Li Zhanshu) because the law-making body of our country is this organization, not the party nor the government.
【每日一练参考答案解析】46
1. crude oil 原油;lubricants 润滑油
2. the People’s Bank of China 中国人民银行
3. ultimatum 最后通牒
4. the World Trade Center 世贸中心;the Pentagon building 五角大楼
5. the National People’s Congress 全国人民代表大会