Question

In the north of Scotland there is a lake called Loch Ness. It is the biggest lake in Britain. It is over thirty kilometres long and in places nearly 300 meters deep. It is cold and dark and not many people went there until after 1930. Then a road was made around the lake. Holiday makers began to use the road, and this was when the stories began.

Someone said that he had seen a monster in the lake. He said it was twelve meters long. It had a long neck and a small head. Then someone else said he had seen it. Others said the same thing and in 1933 a London doctor took a photo. It looked like a monster with a long neck and a thick body but the photo was not dear. The newspapers printed the picture and called it the Loch Ness monster, or "Nessie".

Then the argument began. Some people, however, were certain there was something living in the lake. Others said there was nothing there.

In 1961, a lot of people joined together to make a real effort to see and photograph the monster if there was one! Several times people thought they saw something but after ten years there was still no real proof.

Later underwater television cameras were used, but no one found any real proof. However, they did find something interesting: a huge underwater cave. It was big enough to be home of a monster, but of course, this was not a proof.

In 1975, however, some American scientists formed a search group. They used an underwater camera. It took pictures every seventy seconds. Some of the pictures seemed to show a red-brown creature. Its body was about four meters long and had a very ugly head on the end of a four meter neck. Many people then began to believe in the monster. But even today we can not be certain.

1.Before 1930, ____.

A. few people went to Loch Ness Lake

B. many people had been there

C. nobody went to the lake

D. nobody knew about the lake

2.What did the monster look like?

A. It looked like a horse.

B. It was a creature with a long neck and a small head.

C. It looked beautiful.

D. It was tiny and pretty.

3.Who first took a photo of the monster?

A. An American

B. A television camera

C. A holiday-maker

D. A doctor from London

4.A search group formed by some American scientists.

A. found the monster itself

B. found a huge cave under water

C. believed that there wasn't any monster at all

D. took some pictures which seemed to show a monster

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 在蘇格蘭北部有一個深湖叫做尼斯湖。它是200多米深,它是最深的湖在聯(lián)合王國。人們說一個巨大的怪物(妖怪)生活在黑暗、寒冷的水。但只有少數(shù)幾個人說,他們看到它。

1.A 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到It is cold and dark and not many people went there until after 1930.1930年之前很少有人去那，故選A項。

2.B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到He said it was twelve meters long. It had a long neck and a small head. Then someone else said he had seen it.Others said the same thing and in 1933 a London doctor took a photo. It looked like a monster with a long neck and a thick body but the photo was not dear.可知長脖子，小腦袋的生物，故選B項。

3.D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到Others said the same thing and in 1933 a London doctor took a photo. It looked like a monster with a long neck and a thick body but the photo was not dear.這位醫(yī)生照相的，給這個水怪，故選D項。

4.D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到In 1975, however, some American scientists formed a search group. They used an underwater camera. It took pictures every seventy seconds.他們組成一個搜尋小隊，用水下相機，給水怪照相，故選D項。

考點：科普類閱讀。