1、单元检测（十五） The Violence of Nature.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 h
2、ad 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 abo
3、ut 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 couldnt see the stone face for many days. As soon as the storm was over, people looked for the Old Man but they couldnt see him. They dis
4、covered 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”。1creation空格中所填单词前面有冠词修饰，需用create的名词形式。2that/which
5、“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。3Locatedbe 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。4and前后两句之间意义上是并列关系，用and连接。5asbe known as意为“作为而闻名”。6feet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。7cloudy空格中所填单词在句中作表语，需用cloud的形容词形式。8had fallen从句谓语动词动作“fall apart”发生在主句谓语动
6、词动作“discovered”之前，也就是过去的过去，用过去完成时。9hoping“hoping to repair the stone face”是现在分词短语作状语，分词动作hope与逻辑主语scientists之间是主动关系。10what“what they saw”是宾语从句，what在从句中作saw的宾语。.短文改错Man should save the earth. In fact, the earth doesnt need to saved. Instead, it is man which needs saving. However we damage the earth,
7、it is all a same. Even if all the living things died out, the earth would still turn around normal. Millions of years later, new living things would appear on the earth. It is said that the living things on earth have died out for much times.So we should protect from the earth, keeping a proper livi
8、ng environment for humans to last. If we continued damaging the earth, the condition on earth are unfit for us. Look for another proper planet doesnt make sense. Man is certainly to disappear in that case!答案：第二句：saved前加be第三句：whichthat/who第四句：athe第五句：normalnormally第七句：muchmany第八句：去掉from第九句：continuedc
9、ontinue; conditionconditions第十句：LookLooking第十一句：certainlycertain.书面表达假定你是李华，最近你收到好友王林的电子邮件，他说在英语学习上用功不少，但是效果不好，他想放弃英语学习。请你根据以下内容回复王林，劝他不要放弃英语学习。1要对自己有信心；2与英语学习好的同学交朋友；3进步时奖励自己。注意：1.词数100左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考范文：Dear Wang Lin，Im sorry to learn that you dont do well in English. Id like to give you my
10、advice on learning English.First of all, you should have confidence in yourself, which is very important to English learning. Secondly, youd better make friends with the students who are good at English and they are very likely to help you. Thirdly, learning English well is a long process. Remember: reward yourself when you have made progress, which will inspire you greatly. Anyway, you mustnt give up learning English. Believe in yourself. Where theres a will, theres a way.Hope my suggestions will work.Yours sincerely，Li Hua
