[单项选择]The police ______ searching for a tall dark man with long hair.


A. is
B. are
C. has been
D. had

[单项选择]Suddenly, a tall man driving a golden carriage ______ the girl and took her away, ______ into the woods.
A. seizing, disappeared
B. seized, disappeared
C. seizing, disappearing
D. seized, disappearing

[单项选择]The traffic police were searching for evidence to prove the accused man’s ________, but in vain.


A. mistake
B. guilt
C. fault
D. defect

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Passage One
Uncle Sam is a tall, thin man. He’s an older man with white hair and a white beard. He often wears a tall hat, a bow tie, and the stars and stripes of the American flag.
Who is this strange, looking man Would you believe that Uncle Sam is the U.S. government But why do you call the U.S. government Uncle Sam
During the War of 1812, the U.S. government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army. One of these meat packers was a man named Samuel Wilson. Samuel was a friendly and fair man. Everyone liked him and called him Uncle Sam.
Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large U.S. for United States. Some government inspectors came to look over Sam’s company.
They asked a worker what the U.S. on the boxes stood for. As a joke, the worker answered that these letter stood for the name of his boss, Uncle Sam.
The joke spread, and soldiers began saying that their food came from Uncle Sam.
A. dark hair
B. a bow tie
C. a box
D. a shirt

[单项选择]The police are searching for a boy who is reported to ______ since the flood hit the area last Friday.
A. be missing
B. have been missing
C. get lost
D. have got lost

[单项选择]The police（）searching for a missing child everywhere when he suddenly appeared at home.
A. was
B. were
C. is
D. are

[单项选择]Tall-growing crops should be planted where they will not shade or ______ with the growth of small crops.
A. interrupt
B. interfere
C. disturb
D. distract

[单项选择]The man went to prison, but the two boys ______ with a warning.
A. took off
B. got off
C. kept off
D. set off