202 Useful Exercises for IELTS Side1-01-Ex1.1添加文本

a. Edingburge is the capital city of Scottland.

b.The city is often regarded as the most cultured and cosmopolitan¹ city north of London.

c.The annual Edingburge international festival attracts millions of visitors from all around the world.

d.The center of the city is in two parts , the new town and the old town.

e.The new town was designed to improve upon the crams² and crowds of the city conditions.

f.The old town, medieval in style, is amazed of narrow alley³ ways down which sewage once run freely.

g.The festial is actually concurrent⁴ series of seperate tour festivals last in for three weeks.

h. Now the lagest art festival on earth it was once dominated by opera.

i. Today festival performances ranging taste from the exotic controversial to the highly sophisticated.

j. This most romantic of cities bows a spectacular castle set on the high top of the extinct volcanic⁵ rock.

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1 cosmopolitan   

adj.世界性的，全世界的，四海为家的，全球的

参考例句：

• New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。
• She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life.她有四海一家的人生观。

2 crams   

v.塞入( cram的第三人称单数 )；填塞；塞满；（为考试而）死记硬背功课

参考例句：

• Have you seen the way he crams food down his throat? 你见过他那狼吞虎咽的样子吗？ 来自互联网
• He crams his ducks with cornmeal every day. 他每天用玉米面填饱他的鸭子。 来自互联网

3 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

4 concurrent   

adj.同时发生的，一致的

参考例句：

• You can't attend two concurrent events!你不能同时参加两项活动！
• The twins had concurrent birthday. 双胞胎生日在同一天。

5 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。