Unsolved Mystery.

Gap-fill exercise

  
Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
For questions 1-12, read this text and decide which answer A,B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example (0) at the beginning.
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TAKEN AWAY AND BROUGHT BACK.
Have you ever wondered what happens to people who just disappear? Some go forever, and others (0) turn up again. Those who do come (1) are able to clear (2) the mystery of their strange absence. But those who do not return, will continue to (3) us. Some of the most common (4) are: ‘murdered by a colleague’ or (5) ‘ away by aliens in a spaceship’.
There was the (6) in Warwickshire, where a little girl of eight disappeared mysteriously. Her parents had died when she was a baby, and her uncle had been (7) after her. At the age of eighteen , she was going to inherit the family wealth and property. The uncle was (8) to find her and panicked: he decided to (9) up another little girl and (10) she was nice. Police investigation discovered what he had done and he was (11) with murder. He was (12) guilty and in those days that meant the death penalty.

0 A come
B turn
C make
D get

1 A in
B out
C back
D away

2 A away
B up
C down
D by

3 A deceive
B wonder
C puzzle
D question

4 A replies
B excuses
C facts
D explanations

5 A taken
B given
C moved
D driven

6 A happening
B crime
C case
D time

7 A taking
B running
C looking
D caring

8 A made
B failed
C impossible
D unable

9 A make
B look
C dress
D ring

10 A believe
B pretend
C like
D look like
11
A accused
B charged
C punished
D taken

12 A discovered
B not
C decided
D found