Question

During the year 1866, the world was shocked to hear stories of a sea monster(怪兽) attacking several ships that passed ______ the oceans. The government of many countries were quite interested in the ______.

The monster was ______ to be much larger than a whale. Most agreed that the monster’s shape was similar to that of a whale, ______. Some declared the mysterious animal to be nearly two hundred feet long; ______ swore the monster was more than a mile long.

On the 20th of July 1866, a great ship was ______ India for Australia when it was hit by the mysterious animal, and sunk into the ocean, only five miles ______ the east coast of Australia. Just three days later, in the Pacific Ocean, the sea animal ______ another ship.

Immediately after these ______ events, people all over the world were talking about the sea animal. Newspapers ______ had new stories related to(与……有关) the monster. Scientists, news reporters, and many others _______ many pages about their views on the newly discovered sea monster. For the whole six months, people talked of ______ but the mysterious animal.

During the first months of the year1867, however, ______ in the sea monster seemed to drop a great deal. People were no longer ______ to read about the sea monster, until the 5th of March 1867, ________ another ship, Canadian, had been hit.

1.A. over B. through C. by D. past

2.A. activity B. accident C. disaster D. matter

3.A. said B. reported C. told D. seen

4.A. morever B. anyway C. however D. otherwise

5.A. other B. the others C. another D. others

6.A. going B. leaving C. travelling D. sailing

7.A. away B. near C. off D. beside

8.A. met B. beat C. attacked D. crashed

9.A. intersting B. exciting C. frightening D. surprising

10.A. suddenly B. qucikly C. excitedly D. continually

11.A. read B. reported C. wrote D. watched

12.A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything

13.A. events B. materials C. topic D. interest

14.A. curious B. crazy C. afraid D. amazed

15.A. after B. since C. when D. while

Answer 1