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1. After sweeping¹ Republican primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia, Mitt² Romney will address the same newspaper executives today that President Barack Obama spoke³ to yesterday.

2. The National Weather Service plans to survey the destruction in Texas after damaging storms including tornadoes⁴ ripped across the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Hundreds of homes were damaged but there are no reports of deaths or serious injuries.

3. One person is dead, four others injured after a construction accident in New York. Fire officials say two sections of a crane fell and crashed to the ground Tuesday. The cause of the accident is under investigation⁵.

4. The Baylor University women's basketball team finished an undefeated season with an NCAA championship. They are the first team, men's or women's, to win 40 games in a season

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1 sweeping
adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的
参考例句：
The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。 Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

2 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

3 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 tornadoes
n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。来自互联网 Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。来自互联网

5 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。