II. Choose the option (A, B, or C) that best completes each numbered blank in the passage.

When he was young, Jim loved (6)__________ mysteries and he always dreamed (7)__________ becoming a detective when he (8)__________ up. Once his neighbors' cat went (9)__________. Jim helped them (10)__________ the neighborhood for clues and found the cat was hiding inside an old warehouse.

6. A. solve                               B. to solve                               C. solving                                D. solved

7. A. of                                    B. up                                       C. with                        D. away

8. A. became                           B. developed                          C. got                                      D. grew

9. A. to miss                            B. miss                        C. missing                               D. missed

10. A. look                              B. see                                      C. find                                     D. search