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.....
Refer:
A 34-year-old librarian from Clifden in County Galway claims she and a friend spotted a large serpent-like monster in Lake Fadda in western Ireland on Wednesday afternoon as they were picnicking near the shore of the lake. Local police are investigating the story, which follows a series of similar reports in recent years. Researchers at Trinity College, Dublin have also taken an interest in the reports. Georgia Cranberry, the wife of a local businessman, described what she and her friend saw at about three o'clock last Wednesday as 'a huge monster writhing in the water like a snake, about 30 metres off shore'. Her friend confirmed
the story and added : 'We were terrified The creature was enormous and it swam with its mouth open. It was just like those pictures of the Loch Ness Monster.' More details were not available as before they were able to take a photograph of the monster it disappeared below the surface of the lake, which is nearly half a mile long. The description given to the police by the two women matches that of other eyewitnesses of incidents involving strange creatures in the lakes of Connemara. Local people have been warned not to swim in the lakes.
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...like getting up early and neither does Jim..
2. Mike speaks Chinese fluently. Mike is...a fluent Chinese speaker..
3. Your watch is not so expensive as mine. My...watch is more expensice then yours..
4. Mary plays the piano better than Eliz. Eliz…plays the piano worse than Mary..
5. The council should do something about this problem. It’s time…the council did something about this problem..
6. I haven’t met such a pretty lady in my life. She…is the most pretty lady I have met in my life..
7. He is as old as her. His…age is the same as her..
8. We were late because the traffic was heavy. The reason…why we were late was thr traffic was heavy..
9. He was very patient but he wouldn’t wait for 3 hours. Patient…as he was, he wouldn't wait for 3 hours..
10. He had a good salary but he was unhappy in his job.. In spite...of having a good salary, he was unhappy in his job..