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21.02.2020 09:29 •  Английский язык

Task 4.2 You are going to read a magazine article about missing people. Some words have been removed
from the text. Choose the most appropriate word from the list (A-N) for each gap (1-12) in the
text. There is one extra word that you do not need to use. Write your answers in the boxes. There
is an example at the beginning (0).
Every year police forces across Europe deal with hundreds of thousands of cases (0)
police to
missing people. Occasionally, the circumstances surrounding the disappearance (1)
people
organise highly publicised manhunts. More frequently, however, the families of (2)
the British missing persons
are told that the person concerned will soon return. For this (3)
who have gone
bureau at Scotland Yard in London is notified by local police forces of (4)
missing only after they (5) failed to turn up after 28 days. However, the bureau does act with
more urgency (6) people who are regarded as vulnerable are involved: these include people
below the (7) of 18 or over 65, people who have disappeared under mysterious (8)
and
people who are outside their country of residence when they go missing. In such cases, a search is
started (9)
The vast majority of missing people do actually return (10)
within hours,
days or weeks, but when the disappearance occurs far from home, the sense of hopelessness is total.
It seems that most local police forces do not have the (11) to do the necessary background
investigations into these cases, such (12) co-operating with other national forces abroad, or
with Interpol, or running checklists on those who saw the person last.
А have
B missing
C time
D age
E of
F when
G people
H lead
1 cases
J immediately
K circumstances
L as
M reason
N home​