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.