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American police have stepped up their search for Justin Foster, who went 1._______ (miss) last Friday night. His mother became worried and told her husband to call the police when Justin did not show 2.________________ for lunch.

That evening, Justin returned home after the game. Witnesses also said that they saw Justin walking toward his home. Justin’s sister, Kelly heard him put on his 3. (favour) CD and she also saw a large space ship 4.__________ (fly) outside. There was a flash of light, and she heard Justin shout.

Mavis Wood said that once she was taken away by aliens so 5. ____________________ they could do research on her. The whole experience was frightening just like 6. ______________ terrible dream.

There’s really no hard evidence that Justin is taken away by aliens, 7.____________ the police haven’t 8.____________( dismiss )the idea. Detective Sam Peterson,9.____________ has taken charge of the case, said that they were looking into other possibilities and they would not give up until they found out what had 10._____________ (happen).

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Life on Earth?

Professor Zyke of Mars University reported yesterday that he has 1__________ (find ) new evidence of life on Earth. "it's really quite 2 __________ (amaze)," Professor Zyker said. "If you look at the Earth hard enough, you can see that the 3 ___________ (creature ) on Earth have been busy in the construction of large cities, wide roads and even great walls."

This news was 4 ______________ (immediate) dismissed with laughter by other scientists at Mars University. They remember 5___________ incident a few years ago, where it was believed that a spaceship from the Earth was 6 ____________ (take ) photos of the surface of Mars. As we now know, the machine 7_______ was found looked more like something 8 __________ (make ) by a local schoolboy than anything that could ever travel in space.

Professor Zyker, however, continued to defend 9 __________ (he)research. "If astronomers would just look into what I have found, they will see that I'm not making up things. There really is life 10_______ Earth."

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My elder brother and 1.__________ (go) on a trip to Africa. We leave London on 15th July, and we will be flying to Morocco. We are going to ride camels 2.__________ the Sahara Desert. After the trip by camel, we’re going to travel down the River Neil, 3 _______ the water is quite rough, so we will go white-water rafting. It’s quite dangerous, but very exciting! Then, we are going on a trip 4. _____________ (see) wild animals in Kenya. As we will be walking for almost two weeks, I’ll need to buy a large, strong, light backpack in advance to carr y our 5.__________ (supply) of food and water. We’ll try to get as close as 6.____________ (possibility) to the wild animals such as elephants, lions, and giraffes, so that we can have some really good photos

7.__________ (take). It is dangerous, so our guide will have guns to scare the animals away

8.__________ they come too close. I really want to see 9.__________ elephant up close. After that, we will be10.__________（move）on to Tanzania. The African part of our trip will take about four weeks.

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Dear Tony

Thank you for your letter. Your trip sounds exciting! I can’t wait to hear 1 _________ Africa is like. Since my last letter to you, I have 2_________ ( have) a little adventure of my own. Early this month, my mother and I took a flight to Dunhuang, in the north-west of China. The desert out there was really quite amazing--- I had never 3_________ (see ) so much sand in my life! While we were there, we arranged with a tour company to ride camels. I was very 4__________ (excite ) because this was the first time I had seen one up close. We had hoped that we would get to see some other wildlife on our trip, 5 __________ sadly we didn’t.

Since you are going to the Sahara, I have some advice----be sure to bring a large hat and a shirt

6 _______ long sleeves---you’ll need these for protection. The sun can be so brilliant that you’ll need to keep covered or you’ll get

7 __________ ( burn) ---my cheeks were red for

8 _______ (day) after my trip. And another thing, you’ll need to keep a good supply of water with you, since it’s so dry and hot. I 'm sure you'll have

9 __________ nice trip. I look forward to 10_______ (receive) your postcards.

Best wishes.

Aihua

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The word ‘Shangri-la’first appeared in a classical novel by James Hilton. He described a beautiful kingdom 1 _________ three rivers joined together, snow-capped mountains reached to the sky, and fields of long grass covered the earth. In this perfect world lived people who had discovered how to stay young forever.

Which place could 2_________ (official ) take the name of this wonderful land? There were arguments over which tourist spot would 3_________ (win ) win the name of Shangri-la . Yunnan Province announced that Zhongdian was 4 _________ Shangri-la of Hilton’s story.

You can see 3 mountains, Meili, Baimang and Haba, which 5 _________ ( be) covered with snow, tower over the land. Below the mountain, the sunshine 6_________ (reflect) on the many lakes, 7 _________ (make ) them shine like diamonds against the rich countryside. Sheep, cattle and 8_________ (horse) wander on the green grass and the forests around are home to lots of birds and animals. People there live in perfect 9 _________ (harmonious ) with nature, far 10_________ from the noise and worry of the outside world.

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Howard Carter is one of the most famous1___________ (explorer) the world has ever known. He was bright and curious 2________ the world outside his hometown. By the 1920s, he had 3.__________ (become) an explorer, 4.__________ (search) for the tombs of the Egyptian Kings. In 1922, Carter’s team found the tombs of King Tutankhamun. It was 5.__________ most important tomb that had ever been found. After they looked into the tomb they closed it and hid its entrance.However, not long after the discovery, people in Carter’s team began to fall ill and die 6_________ ( strange). Upon 7.__________ (enter) the tomb, Carter’s lucky pet bird was 8._________(swallow) by a snake. Then, a few months after Carter had opened the tomb, Lord Carnarvon 9._________ (fall) ill with a fever and died in Egypt. Back in England, his dog died at approximately the same time. Arthur Mace, another member of the team, also died shortly after the discovery. Within seven years, 21 people 10.__________ had something to do with the opening of the tomb died, but Howard Carter lived on until the age of 65.

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Today is the 1 ______ (good) day of my life! All my years of training have finally 2_________(pay) off! After days of making surveys, digging and 3 _________ (carry) away the earth, we found the tomb of Tutankhamun, opened it and saw 4 _________ (it) contents. When we