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 , e 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.went missing
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(答案→)went missing
解析：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，比如谋杀。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。