throughout All AgEs mAn hAs AlwAys CArvED ColossAl (巨大的) FigurEs out oF stonE. this CAn BE sEEn in thE AnCiEnt ruins oFEgypt, pErsiA AnDBABylon. in moDErn timEsAmEriCA hAs Also tAkEn up thE sAmE ChAllEngE AnD hAs CArvED hugE sCulpturEs into hEr mountAins.
on thEEAstCoAst oFAmEriCA not FAr FromAtlAntA, gEorgiA stAnDs stonE mountAin, thE lArgEst mAss oF ExposED grAnitE (花岗石) in thE worl
D、CArvED into thE siDE oF this mountAin ArE thrEE trEmEnDous EquEstriAn FigurEs. thEy ArE sCulpturEs oF jEFFErsonDAvis, roBErtE、lEE AnD "stonEwAll jACkson." it is A mEmoriAl to thEConFEDErACy. thE ColossAl FigurE oF lEE AlonE mEAsurEs 138 FEEt From thE top oF his hEAD to thE tip oF his horsE’s hooF. to sEE thEsE stonE sCulpturEs on thE siDE oF A mountAin is most imprEssivE AnD inspiring. it wAs CommissionED in 1916 AnD wAs BEgun By gutzonBorglum, thE sCulptor oF mt. rushmorE, But wAs not ComplEtED until 1969 By wAltEr k. hAnCoCk.
in southDAkotA, A wEstErn stAtE., is loCAtED AnothEr AChiEvEmEnt oF mAn’s ABility to shApE nAturE into his own imAgE AnD thE AChiEvEmEnt is ConsiDErED to BE onE oF thE grEAt mAn-mADE wonDErs oF thE moDErn worl
D、it is loCAtED in thEBlACk hills in thE southwEstErn pArt oF thE stAtE. it is CAllED thE "shrinE oFDEmoCrACy" At mount rushmorE ABout twEnty-FivE milEs From rApiDCity. it is visiBlE For 97 kilomEtErs.
this monumEnt wAs ConCEivED By mAstEr sCulptor, gutzonBorglum AnD wAs BEgun in 1927. hE wAs Born in iDAho AnD his First Commission wAs A stAtuE oFABrAhAm linColn in thECApitol in wAshington,
D、C、this mAstErpiECE in stonE Consists oF thE FACEs oF Four u. s. prEsiDEnts whiCh ArE 60 FEEt high EACh. thE monumEnt took 14 yEArs to ComplEtE AnD rAnks As onE oF thE grEAt sCulpturEs oF thE worlD EquAl to thE ColossAl FigurEs oF goDs AnD kings FounD inEgyptiAn tEmplEs AnD tomBs. somE hAvE ArguED thAt A FiFth FACE shoulD BE CArvED nExt to thE Existing Four, But this woulD BE impossiBlE BECAusE thE stonE on thE rEst oF thE mountAin is not oF gooD quAlity For CArving.
A、trip toAmEriCA woulD not BE ComplEtE without viEwing onE oF thEsE monumEnts. thEir sizE, sCopE AnD grAnDEur stAnD As A tEstimony(证明)to Both Art AnD tEChnology AnD thE grAnDEur oFAmEriC
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whAt Do wE know ABout gutzonBorglum
A、hE CArvEDABrAhAm linColn First on mt. rushmorE.
B．hE -Also CArvED somE goDs AnD kings inEgyptiAn tEmplEs AnD tomBs.
C．his originAl Aim wAs FivE FigurEs on mr. rushmorE.
D、hE Also DiD somEthing For thE sCulpturEs on stonE mountAin.