Question

There are 1.（amaze）things in the world. The story about Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, is one of the widely spread 2. （legend）in the early 20th century.

On 22 July 1933, two visitors, Mr and Mrs George Spicer, were driving along the Loch Ness —one of the most famous 3. in the highlands of Scotland. Suddenly, they saw an animal on the road in front of them. Unlike any other animals that they 4. （see）before, it had a very big body and a small head, but no legs. When Mr and Mrs Spicer saw it, it was moving towards the lake like a snake.

Soon, stories about this strange 5. and Loch Ness became famous all over the world. Now people are still 6.(interest) in Nessie and many visit Loch Ness in the hope of 7.(see) Nessie.

Some scientists think that Nessie is 8. a monster(怪兽) at all, but a very large animal such as a seal(海豹), 9. perhaps a shark. Other scientists do not think so. They think it may be something unusual 10. lives in the water. Anyway, they are all sure that a kind of large animal lives in the lake.

Answer 1

1.amazing

2.legends

3.lakes

4.had seen

5.animal

6.interested

7.seeing

8.not

9.or

10.that

【解析】

1.

2. of the +名词复数，故用legends。

3. Ness是位于苏格兰高原北部的尼斯湖，且有One of the +名词复数。故选lakes。

4. 22 July 1933可判定这件事发生在过去，而“Unlike any other animals that they 64 （see）before”不像他们之前看过的其它动物，因此这里用“过去的过去”。故选had seen。

5.

6. interested in 固定搭配，译为:对…感兴趣。故选interested。

7. 为介词，其后若接动词，则需用动词的-ing形式。故选seeing。

8. 固定短语，译为：不是…而是…。一些科学家认为，尼斯湖水怪不是怪兽，而是一种像水怪一样的大型动物。故选not。

9. shark与a seal 形成并列，一些科学家认为，尼斯湖水怪不是怪兽，而是一种像水怪或者鲨鱼一样的大型动物。故选or。

10. think it may be something unusual 70 lives in the water.”该空缺个主语，而在定语从句中，something做先行词，关系代词用that。故选that。

考点：考查故事性短文。