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2017届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读能力培养精品系列（四十七） 完形填空 Many people believe everything or almost everything they read in newspapers or hear on radio. A few years ago I __1__ a story about a husband and wife who made a __2__ mistake. They had gone shopping and had taken their small baby __3__ with them. After they had finished their shopping, they returned to their car to go home.__4__ they reached their car, they put the baby in the plastic baby carrier that __5__ rode in for safety. The couple then __6__ in their car toward home. After they had driven a few miles, they __7__ the back seat to see how the baby was. To their surprise, the baby was not there. According to the __8__， the couple had put the plastic seat and the baby on the top of the car but had __9__ to put him inside the car. They had driven away with the baby on the top of the car. The couple drove back __10__ the store but did not find the baby. They called the police, and the police said that they __11__ the baby and that the baby was __12__.The baby had fallen from the top of the car but had been __13__ by his plastic seat. The __14__ couple took their baby home and were always careful after that. There was one thing __15__ with the story. It was not true. Stories such as this one are often __16__ in newspapers and on radio and television. Because they are read and heard __17__ that usually report the truth, many people believe them. People also believe them because, like the story __18__， they have something unusual or frightening about them. What is __19__ is that newspaper and radio reporters __20__ believe them. | 
