Unit 1 Tales of the Unexplained (M2) I. VocabularyTask 1 Spelling:1.Do you believe in u_____________ things such as UFOs, Yetis and monsters?2.A fifteen-year-old boy went missing 2 days ago and the police have stepped up their s_________ for him.3.The game was put off d_______ to the rain.4.An old man said he was a w_____________ to the accident.5.All the people invited to the party s__________ up.6.There is no p________________ that he will win the match.7.They are carrying out some r___________ into/on the causes of cancer.8.The whole experience was ______________; I even get ______________ when I hear a plane fly over. (frighten)9.The story he m_________ up wasn’t interesting at all.10. Would you please choose the right statements a______________ to the passage?11. Don’t be ______________(失望) at your marks. You have made p____________.12. The two boys are ____________ (相似) to each other in height.13. Footprints are one of the few pieces of hard ______________ ( 证 据 ) supporting the ___________ (存在) of Yeti.14. On a_____________, these footprints are 14 to 18 inches long.15. I am c___________ (确信) of his innocence.Task 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words or phrases. on average, take charge of, convinced, make one’s way, look into, support, search for, similar, mystery, live on, rule out, run after1. After a long _____________ the information on the Internet, he found shat he wanted to know about Yetis.2. Do children in China and USA have _______________ after-school activities?3. Some people think that there are still dinosaurs _______________ in deep oceans.4. Some parents have become ____________ that learning to play chess helps a child develop their mind...
