V. Complete the passage
A 34-year-old librarian claims she and a friend (..1..) a large serpent-like monster in Lake Fadda in western Ireland on Monday as they were picnicking near the (..2..) of the lake. Local police are (..3..) the story, which follows a series of similar reports in (..4..) years. Researchers in Dublin have also (..5..) an interest in the reports. G. Cranberry, a local businessman’s wife, (..6..) what she and her friend saw at about 3 o’clock last Monday as a huge monster writhing in the water (..7..) a snake, about 30 meters (..8..). Her friend, Reilly, a shop assistant in a department store in Galway, (..9..) the story and added: “We were (..10..). The creature was enormous and it swam with its mouth open. It was (..11..) like those pictures of the Loch Ness Monster”. More (..12..) were not available as before they were able to take a photograph of the monster it disappeared below the (..13..) of the lake, which is nearly half a mile long. The description given to police by the two women (..14..) that of other eyewitnesses of incidents involving strange creatures in the lakes of Connemara. Local people have been (..15..) not to swim in the lakes.
1. A. watched | B. looked | C. spotted | D. reported |
2. A. bay | B. estuary | C. coast | D. shore |
3. A. inquiring | B. searching | C. investigating | D. exploring |
4. A. recent | B. last | C. final | D. these |
5. A. taken | B. found | C. seen | D. got |
6. A. said | B. told | C. claimed | D. described |
7. A. as | B. like | C. similar | D. such |
8. A. distance | B. distant | C. further | D. offshore |
9. A. confirmed | B. checked | C. repeated | D. believed |
10. A. terrible | B. terrified | C. terrorized | D. terrifying |
11. A. only | B. similar | C. just | D. lot |
12. A. events | B. information | C. news | D. details |
13. A. top | B. waves | C. surface | D. depth |
14. A. suits | B. matches | C. agrees | D. reminds |
15. A. denied | B. warned | C. informed | D. banned |
VI. Rewrite the following
1. I hate getting up early and so does Jim. I don’t.....
2. Mike speaks Chinese fluently. Mike is.....
3. Your watch is not so expensive as mine. My.....
4. Mary plays the piano better than Eliz. Eliz…..
5. The council should do something about this problem. It’s time…..
6. I haven’t met such a pretty lady in my life. She…..
7. He is as old as her. His…..
8. We were late because the traffic was heavy. The reason…..
9. He was very patient but he wouldn’t wait for 3 hours. Patient…..
10. He had a good salary but he was unhappy in his job.. In spite.....