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 1.._________two days ago in Dover. People have shown great interest in this event 2..________sightings of puzzling lights in the key and reports of alien visits around the time of his 3..__________.

  His sister Kelly recalled that standing inside were lots of strange 4..___________with white skin and large black eyes. She was frightened. But his mother 5.._________ Kelly was having a dream and sent her to bed.

  Police have 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 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 8..____________ evidence.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.went missing

2.due to

3.disappearance

4.creatures

5.assumed

6.dismissed

7.made up

8.convincing

【解析】

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文閱讀