The Loch Ness Monster
In the north of Scotland, there is a long, narrow lake. This is Loch Ness. Loch is the Scottish word for lake .It is said that there is a big, strange creature living in Loch Ness. Local people believed in this creature. They spoke of it as the beastie in the Loch . Most of the time, they said, the beastie lived underwater. But once in a while it came to the surface. What was it? No one could say, for no one ever got a good look at it.
Many visitors went to see the Loch and hearing about the beastie, some believed they had caught sight of it. One of these sightings was written up for a newspaper. When the editor read the story, he said, if it's that big, we'll have to call it a monster. That was how the beastie in the Loch became the Loch Ness Monster.
More and more stories made the monster famous. But many readers thought it was a joke. They thought the Scots had invented monster to draw tourists to the Loch. Hie monster was said to he 20 or 30 or 50 feet long. There was a long neck with a small head. Sometimes the back looked like an overturned boat. Some said it swam by using its powerful tail.
The monster seemed shy. It never attacked boats or people. Any noise caused it to disappear. Sometimes the Loch Ness Monster sank silently from sight.
But recently years, people thought the Loch Ness Monster was a false, the man who took the picture said that he made the false picture just for fun before he died. Now the searching for the Loch Ness Monster was stopped.
Exercises
Choose the correct answer to each question:
1 .What's the meaning of the word "Loch"?
A. Monster. B.Lake. C.Boat. D. Creature.
2. People said that the creature lived most of the time ________________.
A. in a cave B. on the water C. near the bank D. underwater
3. How did people who saw the monster describe it?
A. They agreed it looked like a big fish. B.They thought it was a trick
C. They had different ideas of what it looked like.
D. They thought it was a kind of ancient creature.
4. How did many people feel about the story of the monster?
A. They became afraid. B.They didn't believe it.
C. They became angry. D. They became sad.
5. What did the monster do when people came near according to the story?
A. It kept away from them. B. It tried to make friends with them.
C. It attacked at them. D. It took no notice of them.