完型填空A (2019●扬州邗江区一模)During the year 1866，the world was shocked to hear stories of a sea monster (怪兽) attacking several ships thatpassed_ 1_ the oceans. The governments of many countries were quite interested in the_ 2_The monster was _3_ to be much larger than a whale. Most agreed that The monster's shape was similar to thatof a whale, _4_. Some declared the mysterious animal to be nearly two hundred feet long ;_ 5_ swore the monsterwas more than a mile long.On the 20th of July 1866, a great ship was _6_ India for Australia when it was hit by the mysterious animal,and sunk into the ocean, only five miles_ 7_ the east coast of Australia. Just three days later， in the Pacific Ocean,the sea animal_ 8_ another ship.Immediately after these _9_ events, people all over the world were talking about the sea animal. Newspapers__10_ had new stories related to( 与....有关) the monster. Scientists， news reporters, and many others_11_manypages about their views on the newly discovered sea monster. For the whole six months, people talked of__ 12 butthe mysterious animal.During the first months of the year 1867 ，however, 13 in the sea monster seemed to drop a great deal. Peoplewere no longer 14 to read about the sea monster, until the 5th of March 1867 ，_ 15 another ship, Canadian, hadbeen hit.()1. A. overB. acrossC. byD. past()2. A. activityB. accidentC. disasterD. matter()3. A. saidB. reportedC. toldD. seen()4. A. moreoverB. anywayC. howeverD. otherwise()5. A. otherB. the othersC. anotherD. others()6. A. goingB. leavingC. travellingD. sailing()7. A. awayB. nearC. offD. beside()8. A. metB. beatC. attackedD. crashed()9. A. interestingB. excitingC. frighteningD. surprising()10. A. suddenlyB. quickly...
