大象传媒

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

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

tarmac / catches on / unfold / conducted / investors


1.
"When a local gentleman pulled out a tatty bit of paper from the pocket of his wax jacket, I was rather surprised he thought it was something special. When I ________ the paper, I realised that the signatures were written in black ink on the back of the gentleman's birth certificate."

2.
As Spain and Italy's finances have looked more precarious, _______ have been worried about whether the eurozone's firewall could cope with more bailouts.

3.
There is very little to like about motorway journeys. Endless black ________, blurry white lines and fuzzy green trees.

4.
Outside America the trend was beginning to _______ too. Many of the GIs stationed in Europe and Japan during the war were working-class boys from the Western states. While off duty they wore their jeans proudly as a symbol of home.

5.
The tests were ________ at the request of the European Union to see whether travel disruption could be alleviated.