It’s reported that more than 2,000 people ____ or ______ in Friday's earthquake and tsunami (海啸)i

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It’s reported that more than 2,000 people ____ or ______ in Friday's earthquake and tsunami (海啸)i
It’s reported that more than 2,000 people ____ or ______ inFriday's earthquake and tsunami (海啸)in Japan.
第二个空能不能填missed?必须是were missing 么?

were missing 是失踪的意思,而missed是丢失人丢了怎么不行了?因为句子的意思是据报道,在日本有两千人在星期五的地震和海啸中失踪了,你看新闻报到也是失踪没说过人丢了吧。