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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
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【小题1】went missing 本短语中的go是一个系动词，missing是一个形容词，go missing失踪；句义：美国的警察加快寻找失踪的15岁男孩Justin的节奏。
【小题2】due to 固定都due to由于…；由于看见了一些令人困惑的光线，人们对于这件事情表现出了浓厚的兴趣。
【小题3】disappearance 上下文串联。根据第一句的go missing失踪，说明本句表示的是男孩的失踪，故使用动词disappear的名词disappearance。
【小题4】creatures 名词creature生物，该词是有动词create转换而来，而且前面有lot of修饰，所以使用复数形式。
【小题5】assumed 动词assume认为，相当于think，suppose；但是妈妈认为Kelly肯定是做梦了，又让她上床睡觉了。
【小题6】dismissed 动词dismiss排除；警察排除了Justin被外星人带走的可能性，但是仍然在调查其他的可能性。
【小题7】made up 固定搭配make up化妆，编造，弥补，组成；有时候人们会编造一些很奇怪的故事。
【小题8】convincing 形容词convincing令人信服的；该词是由动词convince使…相信转换而来的形容词。