It is about 37 m tall, 20 it one of the tallest log structures in the world.
答案:(B) making
現在分詞片語 making,補充說明前面整句話帶來的結果「使它成為世界上最高的木造建築之一」;make(原形動詞,不能這樣單獨補充說明)、made(過去分詞,被動語意方向不合,應該是主動「使成為」)、to make(不定詞,不太符合這種補充結果的分詞構句)都不合。
句意是「使它成為全世界最高的木造建築之一」,「使」對應到 make,所以很多人直接填原形 make。也有人把它想成目的,選了 to make。
先數主要動詞。逗號前面的 It is about 37 m tall 已經有動詞 is,本身就是一個完整的句子。逗號後面如果再放一個有時態的 make,一個句子就出現兩個主要動詞卻沒有連接詞,先出局。所以空格要的是非限定的形式。接著決定哪一種。making 是現在分詞片語,放在句尾、前面加逗號,用來補充說明前面整句話所造成的結果(劍橋 English Grammar Today 稱這種句尾的 -ing clause 表示 result)。可以直接還原成 and it makes it one of the tallest log structures in the world:因為它高達 37 公尺,所以成為全世界最高的木造建築之一。主動或被動也要驗算:是「這個高度使它成為」,方向是主動,所以用現在分詞 making,不是過去分詞 made。同一篇裡剛好有現成的對照:built in the early 1700s(建於 1700 年代初期)與 brought from the mainland(從內陸運來的)都是過去分詞、都是被動;空格處是主動,形式自然不同。
make:有時態的動詞,一個子句不能有兩個主要動詞。made:過去分詞,語意會變成「它被…做成」,方向相反。to make:不定詞表目的,會讀成「教堂蓋到 37 公尺高是為了成為最高的木造建築」;這裡要說的是既成的結果,不是當初的目的。
make A B(使 A 成為 B)、one of the tallest(最高的…之一)、log structure(原木建築)、be built with(以…建造)、be brought from(從…運來)、in the early 1700s(在 1700 年代初期)。
Kizhi is an island on Lake Onega in Karelia, Russia, with a beautiful collection of wooden churches and houses. It is one of the most popular tourist 16 in Russia and a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site. The island is about 7 km long and 0.5 km wide. It is surrounded by about 5,000 other islands, some of 17 are just rocks sticking out of the ground.
The entire island of Kizhi is, 18 , an outdoor museum of wooden architecture created in 1966. It contains many historically significant and beautiful wooden structures, 19 windmills, boathouses, chapels, fish houses, and homes.
The jewel of the architecture is the 22-domed Transfiguration Church, built in the early 1700s. It is about 37 m tall, 20 it one of the tallest log structures in the world. The church was built with pine trees brought from the mainland, which was quite common for the 18th century.