Directions: Complete the passage below with the correct forms of the given words and phrases in the column (two are extra).
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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.
The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “ station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly wounded,” said an anxious voice of a young woman.
“OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was fine. No collision, no wounded man.
“What a dirty !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that woman and…”
They had not been able to say anything about a when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had predicted on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was at last. Later the police did whatever they could to the woman who had them, but failed.
It is really that a prediction should agree with the fact so .
1.A. Weather B. Railway C. Fire D. Police
2.A. bus B. truck C. taxi D. train
3.A. turned B. took C. set D. walked
4.A. call B. signal C. trick D. arrangement
5.A. reward B. praise C. thanks D. punishment
6.A. turning B. running C. starting D. passing
7.A. continued B. refused C. began D. stopped
8.A. saved B. dead C. awake D. alive
9.A. find B. attack C. award D. thank
10.A. laughed B. visited C. repeated D. telephoned
11.A. exciting B. pleasing C. surprising D. interesting
12.A. equally B. truly C. exactly D. carefully
He ________ two tickets for us before he arrived at the entrance of the cinema.
A. had reserved B. has reserved C. was reserving D. has been reserving
The little baby, if _________ by other people, will wake up and cry.
A. disturbing B. disturbed C. to be disturbed D. being disturbed
Don’t call him at this time tomorrow, because he ________ a meeting with his teachers.
A. is having B. is going to have C. will be having D. has been having
That is a beautiful kingdom _________ three mountains join together and steep mountains reached to the sky.
A. which B. whose C. that D. where
