2. 美国警方现已加紧对一名15岁失踪男孩的搜索，该男孩于两天前失踪。

Police in American have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing two days ago.

3. 公众对男孩的失踪表现出极大兴趣，原因是在其失踪前后有人声称看到天空中出现了让人迷惑不解的光亮，媒体也刊发了有关外星人造访地球的报道。

People have shown great interest in his disappearance duo to sightings of puzzling lights in the sky and reports of alien visits around the time of his disappearance.

4. （飞碟）里面站着许多白皮肤，样子奇怪，长着黑色大眼睛的生物。

Standing inside were lots of white-skinned, strange-looking creatures with large black eyes.

5. 目击者也都说，当晚10点45分他们看到贾斯汀往回家的方向走。

Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his home at 10:45 p.m.

6. 自回家以来我一直都睡不好觉。

I haven't been sleeping well since I returned home.

7. 警方还没有排除贾斯汀是被外星人劫持的可能性，但也在寻求其他可能性。

Police have not ruled out the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens, but are also looking into other possibilities.

8. 我们也一直在考虑其他的可能性，比如说谋杀。

We've been looking at other possibilities too, such as murder.

9. 不找到令人信服的证据我们不会放弃的。

We will not give up until we find convincing evidence.

10. 他们说贾斯汀可能已经被谋杀。

They say Justin might have been murdered.

四．动词填空

due to, show up, look into, step up, according to, show great interest in, search for,

make up, take charge of, rule out

1. With the final exam coming near, you'd better_______ your preparation for it.

2. _______his theory, it's likely that life exists on outer space.

3. His speech was so interesting that the whole audience__________ it.

4. Not all the people invited_______ at his birthday party, so he was very disappointed.

5. He had to stop now and then________ his poor health.

6. The police are______ the accident which caused ten deaths.

7. Australia__________ six states.

8. Now that the manager has retired, who do you think _____ the office?

9. The doctors haven't ______ the possibility that he has a cancer.

10. The boy spent a lot of time _____ all sorts of information on the Internet.

1. step up 2. According to 3. showed great interest in 4. showed up 5. due to

6. looking into 7. is made up of 8. will take charge of 9. ruled out 10. searching for

五． 根据汉语提示补全句子。

1、探险家们正在加紧搜寻一种像人一样的动物。

Explorers are ______________their search for a man-like creature. (stepping up)

2、由于他的无礼，我没有再和他说一句话。

______________his rudeness, I said _________ word to him.( Due to; no more)

3、当他发现在这次考试中失败了，他变得很沮丧。

He _____________when he found out that he had _____________ the exam. (went frustrated; failed in)

4、根据最近的一份调查报告显示，学生将一半以上的业余时间花在作业上。