大象传媒

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from a 大象传媒 news report.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

lavish/to bid farewell to/draw/hair-raising/embalmed

1.

The monastery, which was built in 1936, is young by Romanian standards. It was closed throughout the communist period, when it functioned as the offices of the local agricultural co-operative.
But the ancient crosses which _________ the crowds in September and which led to the establishment of the monastery in the first place, were carefully preserved.

2.

Numerous _______ receptions and parties are integral to the run-up to the Oscars ceremony, which is taking place on 26 February, with film companies devoting substantial budgets to courting voters.

3.

Wedding formalities began after the king and his father, former monarch Jigme Singye Wangchuk, entered a sacred chamber of the monastery, which holds the __________ body of the country's 17th Century founder.

4.

Hundreds of people have visited Wellington Zoo ____________ an emperor penguin who washed up on a New Zealand beach in June.

5.

"The winchman did a wonderful job and the whole helicopter crew. You see all the TV documentaries about the air-sea rescue teams and it all looks ____________. Until it happens to you, you don't appreciate the skill and bravery they show," the judge said.