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Some myths (神话) are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings. The
Greek myth that explains why there are changes of
1 is about Demerter, the goddess of the harvest. She
had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with
Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the
2 of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his
3 . Zeus did not want
either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would
he
4 it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without
5 .
When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When
Demeter
6 what happened to Persephone, she became so
7 that she caused all plants to
8 . People were
in
9 of starving (挨饿). But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow
10 her daughter, Persephone,
was returned to her.
11 , still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone's
12 .
She could go back to her mother if she had not
13 anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter
14 it
because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several Pomegranate (石榴) seeds in the underworld.
When Zeus
15 this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her
16 , but he added that
since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld. And so it
17 that when
Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore
18 not let the crops grow.
That is
19 we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is
20 , it is
spring, and plants begin to grow again.
( )1. A. age
( )2. A. fighter
( )3. A. daughter
( )4. A. forbid
( )5. A. warning
( )6. A. worked out
( )7. A. tired
( )8. A. stop growing
( )9. A. case
( )10. A. when
( )11. A. Hades
( )12. A. journey
( )13. A. heard
( )14. A. accepted
( )15. A. prepared
( )16. A. ruler
( )17. A. starts
( )18. A. will
( )19. A. how
( )20. A. happy |
B. time
B. advisor
B. partner
B. admit
B. arrangement
B. let out
B. angry
B. grow fast
B. turn
B. after
B. Demeter
B. marriage
B. eaten
B. doubted
B. forgot
B. god
B. happens
B. dare
B. why
B. fresh |
C. seasons
C. ruler
C. lover
C. accept
C. permission
C. found out
C. serious
C. start growing
C. hope
C. until
C. Zeus
C. change
C. found
C. refused
C. studied
C. mother
C. remains
C. can
C. because
C. friendly |
D. periods
D. winner
D. wife
D. forgive
D. reason
D. thought out
D. excited
D. grow slowly
D. danger
D. since
D. Persephone
D. return
D. stolen
D. understood
D. discovered
D. daughter
D. works
D. should
D. where
D. nice |