六、综合填空(共 10 小题,每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
Detective Sara Dunts was in her office.
“Mr John Gooding has gone 1. ______ (miss) from his house,” Sara's partner came in and said. “I'll phone Mrs Glen,the caretaker,and then give you the address.”
Sara stood up and waited when he made 2. ______ call.
“OK. Everything's set. Mrs Glen is expecting you at 232 Parker Street,” the partner said.
Sara got out of her car and right away,she 3. ______ (lead) inside by Mrs Glen.
“Detective,I'm so glad you have come. The last place where I saw Mr Gooding was in his room. I guess that would be your first question,” Mrs Glen said nervously.
Mrs Glen walked Sara onto the second floor. “Up here,” she called from the stairs(楼梯). 4. ______ (sudden) the front door banged shut. “Oh,the wind must have shut it,” Mrs Glen said.
When they walked up the stairs,Sara noticed a weather vane(风向标)through the window. She saw that the wind 5. ______ (blow) west. But it should blow east to shut the door. Sara also realized that there was a third set of footsteps on the stairs,6. ______ there were only two of them in the house.
Sara felt she was in 7. ______ (dangerous). She called for the backup(支援)with her phone stealthily(偷偷地)and later,along with the backup,put Mrs Glen under arrest. She also found Mr Gooding in a 8. ______ (hide) corner of the house. It turned 9. ______ that the two had planned 10. ______ (kidnap) and kill Sara for her putting Mr Gooding's son into prison for a murder.
1.
missing
2.
the
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was led
4.
Suddenly
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was blowing
6.
but
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danger
8.
hidden
9.
out
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to kidnap