单元检测（十五） The Violence of Nature

　　Ⅰ.语法填空

　　Some popular places to visit are built by people. Other famous places are the __1__ (create) of nature. In the northeast of the US, there was a famous rock on a high mountain __2__ looked just like an old man. __3__ (locate) in the town of Franconia, New Hampshire, he had thick hair, a big nose and a beard. People called him The Old Man of the Mountain __4__ every year more than a million people came to visit him, The Old Man of the Mountain, also known __5__ the Great Stone Face, measured 40 __6__ (foot) tall. Scientists think that the stone face had been there for about 17,000 years.

　　In May 2003, there were very high winds and the temperature was very cold near the Old Man of the Mountain. The sky was so __7__ (cloud) that people couldn't see the stone face for many days. As soon as the storm was over, people looked for the Old Man but they couldn't see him. They discovered that he __8__ (fall) apart. A number of scientists climbed up, __9__ (hope) to repair the stone face. They were disappointed at __10__ they saw - the damage from the weather was just too bad.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了世界闻名的美国佛朗哥尼亚峡谷州立公园内的"大石脸"，也有人称它为"山上老人"。

　　1．creation　空格中所填单词前面有冠词修饰，需用create的名词形式。

　　2．that/which　"that/which looked just like an old man"是定语从句，修饰先行词rock，关系代词that/which在从句中作主语。

　　3．Located　be located in/on/at ...是习惯用法，表示"(某地)位于......"，这里用的是其过去分词短语作状语。

　　4．and　前后两句之间意义上是并列关系，用and连接。

　　5．as　be known as意为"作为......而闻名"。

　　6．feet　空格中所填单词前面有大于一的数词修饰，需用foot的复数形式。

　　7．cloudy　空格中所填单词在句中作表语，需用cloud的形容词形式。

　　8．had fallen　从句谓语动词动作"fall apart"发生在主句谓语动词动作"discovered"之前，也就是过去的过去，用过去完成时。

9．hoping　"hoping to repair the stone face"是现在分词短语作状语，分词动作hop