The villagers went out to the mountain the missing child.A. in a search ofB. looking afte

问题补充：

The villagers went out to the mountain the missing child.

A. in a search of

B. looking after

C. searched for

D. in search of

答案：

A. in a search of

B. looking after

C. searched for

(答案→)D. in search of

解析：短语辨析。不存在A短语；look after照顾；search for寻找；in search of搜寻；句意：村民到大山里去寻找失踪的男孩。如果选C项，要使用searching for的结构。