Unit5课文文本语法填空学案--高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册.docxVIP

p49 Ancient Mysteries A flash of lightning, a loud clap of thunder, the earth moving underneath our feet...These natural phenomena might be1. _________(frighten),2. ______ we feel safer knowing the science behind them. In ancient times, however, such natural phenomena 3. ______________(believe) to be the work of magnificent beasts and supernatural beings. Native Americans used 4. ___________(believe) that earthquakes 5. _________(cause) by a struggle between a large bird,6. ________(call) the Thunderbird,and a whale.An ancient Japanese 7. __________(believe) was that earthquakes 8. __________(cause) by the movements of a giant catfish 9. _____ carried the world on 10. _______(it) back.Scientists now know that earthquakes 11. _______(cause) by the movement of tectonic plates,12.________ are very large areas of Earths outer crust. In many cultures,there were ancient 13.__________(belief) that solar eclipses were caused by a creature14._________(eat) the Sun.In Vietnam,that creature was a giant frog,in Norway,a wolf,and in China, it was a huge dog.The ancient Chinese would bang on drums 15._________(scare) away this ferocious creature.In fact,solar eclipses happen when the Moon 16.__________(pass) between Earth and the Sun, temporarily 17.___________(block) the Suns light. In Medieval Europe,people thought that supernatural forces 18.___________(cause) thunder and lightning. It was 19._____ sign of bad times ahead.Modern science tells us that lightning is an electric charge 20._________(move) between clouds,or between clouds and the earth.Thunder is a shock wave of sound 21.____________(cause) by lightning. And finally,weve all heard tales of water22. ___________(appear) in the desert ahead of thirsty travellers. They race towards it,only 23.___________(find) the water has disappeared.In Ancient China, people believed that this 24.________________(cause) by the breath of a dragon.These days,all schoolchildren learn that a mirage25._______________(happen) when la