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(怪獸) 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.

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 +名詞復數(shù)，故用legends。

3. Ness是位于蘇格蘭高原北部的尼斯湖，且有One of the +名詞復數(shù)。故選lakes。

4. 22 July 1933可判定這件事發(fā)生在過去，而“Unlike any other animals that they 64 （see）before”不像他們之前看過的其它動物，因此這里用“過去的過去”。故選had seen。

5.

6. interested in 固定搭配，譯為:對…感興趣。故選interested。

7. 為介詞，其后若接動詞，則需用動詞的-ing形式。故選seeing。

8. 固定短語，譯為：不是…而是…。一些科學家認為，尼斯湖水怪不是怪獸，而是一種像水怪一樣的大型動物。故選not。

9. shark與a seal 形成并列，一些科學家認為，尼斯湖水怪不是怪獸，而是一種像水怪或者鯊魚一樣的大型動物。故選or。

10. think it may be something unusual 70 lives in the water.”該空缺個主語，而在定語從句中，something做先行詞，關(guān)系代詞用that。故選that。

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