填空题
{{B}}PART FIVE{{/B}}
{{B}} ·Read the following text.
·In most of the lines 34--45 there is one extra word. It is either
grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Some
lines, however, are correct.
·If a line is correct, write
CORRECT on your answer sheet.
·If there is an extra word in the
line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your answer sheet.
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While proclaiming it a great day in Washington, Mayor Tony
Williams (34)
______
confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Major League Baseball
is
returning to Washington.
Williams, who made the
announcement during a news conference at
the City Museum, he received a phone
call Wednesday from baseball
(35) ______
commissioner Bud Sileg who saying the Montreal
Expos would move
(36) ______
in time for from opening day in April 2005.
(37) ______
Therefore the decision came almost 33 years to the day after the
(38) ______
Washington
Senators played with their last game in D. C., on Sept. 30, 1971.
(39) ______
The District signed for formal papers agreeing to
live up to its part of (40)
______
the bargain, including the construction of a $ 440 million
stadium
on the Anacostia River in time for the 2008 season. Between now and
(41) ______
then,
when the Expos will play at RFK Stadium, where renovations
(42) ______
also will be paid
by the city.
Major League Baseball will now auction off the
Expos to the highest (43)
______
bidder. Local business leaders that formed the Washington
Baseball
Club and who lobbied hard to get the team are expected to be among
the bidders. (44) ______
Baseball's relocation committee chose
the District over Northern
Virginia, they as well as bids from Norfolk, Las
Vegas, Portland, Ore. , (45)
______
and Monterrey, Mexico.
Montreal is last in the
National League East this season, with a 65-93
record and four games
remaining.