Directions:Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the
context.
On May 2nd, 1933, the Lorch Ness Monster, known as Nessie, was introduced by a newspaper to
the world for the first time after Mrs Aldie Machay described her sighting of a whalelike creature in Lorch Ness in April. From 1.________ on, news about the monster appeared in the media from time to time.
Lorch Ness is a lake in northen Scotland. As 2.________ largest fresh water lake in Britain, it can
be a possible living place for large creatures.
Nessie is said to have a long neck, a horselike head with a dark or grey coloured body. 3.________ is supposed to be about 15 to 40 feet long and 1,134 kilograms in weight. As 4.________ as the
6th century, people recorded sightings of a big monster in Lorch Ness. 5.________ Mrs Machay's
description of the sighting in 1933, the public didn't pay much attention. 6.________ the photos of the monster, the one taken in 1934 by a doctor is the most famous. 7.________ people found out in 1993
that the photo was fake(假的).
In recent years, even 8.________ the help of more advanced equipment, scientists haven't yet
collected evidence to make people believe that Nessie is real.