题目

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Directions:  Complete the passage below with the correct forms of the given words and phrases in the column (two are extra).

convince, disappear, due to, result in, dismiss, make up, assume , go missing, creatures , come across

  Police in America have stepped up their search for Justin, a fifteen-year-old boy who 小题1:._________two days ago in Dover. People have shown great interest in this event 小题2:.________sightings of puzzling lights in the key and reports of alien visits around the time of his 小题3:.__________.
His sister Kelly recalled that standing inside were lots of strange 小题4:.___________with white skin and large black eyes. She was frightened. But his mother 小题5:._________ Kelly was having a dream and sent her to bed.
Police have 小题6:._________the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens, but are also looking into other possibilities. Detective Sam Peterson, who has taken charge of the case, thought that people sometimes 小题7:.__________amazing stories, and there might be other possibilities such as murder. There is really no hard evidence that aliens took him away. They wouldn’t give up until they found 小题8:.____________ evidence.

答案

小题1:went missing
小题2:due to
小题3:disappearance
小题4:creatures
小题5:assumed
小题6:dismissed
小题7:made up
小题8:convincing

解析

试题分析：题目是Reading部分的改编，主要考查对课文大意的把握。主要讲的是一个15岁男孩贾斯汀失踪的事情。警方正在加紧寻找线索，并排除了有外星人出现的可能性。在找到贾斯汀之前，警方不会放弃努力。
小题1:句意：警方已经加紧搜寻两天前在丹佛失踪的15岁男孩贾斯汀。go missing失踪，根据ago用一般过去时，故填went missing。
小题2:句意：人们对这个事件感兴趣，因为他们看到了奇怪的光线和关于外星人的报道，故填due to。
小题3:根据第一句可知，贾斯汀失踪了，有报道称，贾斯汀失踪时有外星人来过。disappearance消失，故填disappearance。
小题4:句意：贾斯汀妹妹凯莉回忆说，飞行器里站着许多白皮肤、黑眼睛的奇怪生物，creature生物，故填creatures。
小题5:句意：贾斯汀的妈妈认为凯莉是在做梦，并让她去睡觉了。assume假定，认为，故填assumed。
小题6:句意：警方已经排除了贾斯汀被外星人带走的可能性，仍在寻找其它的可能性。故填dismissed。
小题7:句意：负责此案件的侦探说人们有时会编造一些故事，实际上还有其它的可能性，比如谋***。make up编造，组成，弥补，故填made up。
小题8:句意：警方不会放弃，直到他们找到有说服力的证据。convincing有说服力的，故填convincing。