Question

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 小題1:._________two days ago in Dover. People have shown great interest in this event 小題2:.________sightings of puzzling lights in the key and reports of alien visits around the time of his 小題3:.__________.
His sister Kelly recalled that standing inside were lots of strange 小題4:.___________with white skin and large black eyes. She was frightened. But his mother 小題5:._________ Kelly was having a dream and sent her to bed.
Police have 小題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 小題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 小題8:.____________ evidence.

Answer 1

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

試題分析：題目是Reading部分的改編，主要考查對(duì)課文大意的把握。主要講的是一個(gè)15歲男孩賈斯汀失蹤的事情。警方正在加緊尋找線索，并排除了有外星人出現(xiàn)的可能性。在找到賈斯汀之前，警方不會(huì)放棄努力。
小題1:句意：警方已經(jīng)加緊搜尋兩天前在丹佛失蹤的15歲男孩賈斯汀。go missing失蹤，根據(jù)ago用一般過去時(shí)，故填went missing。
小題2:句意：人們對(duì)這個(gè)事件感興趣，因?yàn)樗麄兛吹搅似婀值墓饩�和關(guān)于外星人的報(bào)道，故填due to。
小題3:根據(jù)第一句可知，賈斯汀失蹤了，有報(bào)道稱，賈斯汀失蹤時(shí)有外星人來過。disappearance消失，故填disappearance。
小題4:句意：賈斯汀妹妹凱莉回憶說，飛行器里站著許多白皮膚、黑眼睛的奇怪生物，creature生物，故填creatures。
小題5:句意：賈斯汀的媽媽認(rèn)為凱莉是在做夢(mèng)，并讓她去睡覺了。assume假定，認(rèn)為，故填assumed。
小題6:句意：警方已經(jīng)排除了賈斯汀被外星人帶走的可能性，仍在尋找其它的可能性。故填dismissed。
小題7:句意：負(fù)責(zé)此案件的偵探說人們有時(shí)會(huì)編造一些故事，實(shí)際上還有其它的可能性，比如謀殺。make up編造，組成，彌補(bǔ)，故填made up。
小題8:句意：警方不會(huì)放棄，直到他們找到有說服力的證據(jù)。convincing有說服力的，故填convincing。