A本题考查动词辨析。空格处填入的动词接the view作宾语,而且它与前面的2 down和freezes并列作谓语,其主语都是the snow。作及物动词时,block意为“堵塞,阻塞”,如:to block the road(堵住了道路)。strike意为“撞击,打击,侵袭”,如:The ship struck a rock.(船触礁了。)The area was struck by an outbreak of plague.(这个地区爆发了瘟疫。)puff意为“吸,抽,喷”,如:to puff th