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Fast reading: Check your answers in Part A * * Module 2 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained Boy missing, police puzzled A boy is missing and the police are puzzled. Boy missing, police puzzled A boy is missing, and the police are puzzled. How/When/Where was the boy missing? Why are the police puzzled? The structure of a news story Reading strategy title the first paragraph to give a general idea about the news to tell readers “who” “when” “where” “what” “why” “how” the following paragraphs to give detailed but less important information the second paragraph to give more important facts The structure of a news story Reading strategy The reading skills of news stories For general ideas, read the topic if any and the first one or two paragraphs; For details, read the rest of the story. Reading strategy Careful reading: Check your answers in Part C1 and C2 Find the best answers 1. The reason why people were interested in the disappearance of the child is that ____ A. the lost boy was 15 years old. B. the police advised them to do so. C. the disappearance might have sth. to do with the UFO and the alien. D. all of the above. 2. In the seventh paragraph, “show up” means _________. arrive or appear reach disappear reach for 3. What is the attitude of the police to the disappearance of the boy? They can’t make sure that Justin was taken by aliens. They think it possible for some people to make up an amazing story. They are looking at other possibilities, such as murder. All of the above. 4. We can infer that the boy might go missing ______. in his own room on the playground in Kelly’s room in his brother’s room 5. We can know_______. the police have known the cause of the boy’s disappearance the police haven’t found convincing evidence about the boy’s disappearance the police will catch the aliens who took away the boy the police won’t get any information about the child’s disappearance Fill in the blanks to summarize the stor