Web www.englishdaily626.com   [ Movie Reviews | Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters ] [ Movies Lines | Advertisements | Words Differentiation | Common Errors | Songs | Links ] <<Prev Train your ear Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms       066.mp3 There's been a steady stream of voters in New Orleans first mayoral election since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Activists are concerned that not enough of the city's displaced population return to cast their ballots and say the results may not reflect the will of the many minority residents who've been scattered around the country. ___1___Mayor Ray Nagin is facing more than 20 challengers. More pain at the pumps. AAA says the average cost for a ___2___of regular is $2.88, the price jumps 3 cents from yesterday. Swedish authorities are trying to solve the puzzle of a man found floating on a ___3___ raft in the waters between Denmark and Norway Friday. The man says his name is George Williams and that he is an American and was thrown off a ship several days earlier. Miss Kentucky, Tara Elizabeth Conner, was crowned Miss USA last night at the 55th annual ___4___. The 20-year-old new title holder is a business student.       Answers   1. Incumbent ( An individual who is in current possession of a particular office ) 2. gallon 3. makeshift ( temporary and of low quality, but used because of a sudden need ) 4. pageant     800   801   802   803   804   805   806   807   808   809   810   811   812   813   814   815   816   817   818   819   820   821   822   823   824   825   826   827   828   829   830   831   832   833   834   835   836   837   838   839   840   841   842   843   844   845   846   847   848   849   850   851   852   853   854   855   856   857   858   859   860   861   862   863   864   865   866   867   868   869   870   871   872   873   874   875   876   877   878   879   880   881   882   883   884   885   886   887   888   889   890   891   892   893   894   895   896   897   898   899   900   901   902   903   904   905   906   907   908   909   910   911   912   913   914   915   916   917   918   919   920   921   922   923   924   925   926   927   928   929   ( Nov 20 ) Train your ear 1       Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions

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