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　　Some myths 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 Demeter, 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. 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.

六. Cloze test.

   Some myths are stories used since ancient times , to explain the causes of natural phenomena. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of ___1_____I about Demeter, 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. 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, underworld. When Zeus_____15____ this , he decided that Persephone could spend part of the year with her ____16_____. But he added that since she had eaten the seeds , she had to spend part of the year in the underworld.; And so it __17____ that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and ___18_____ not let the crops grow. That is ___19_____ we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is ____20_______. It becomes spring , and plants begin to grow again.

1. A. periods             B. seasons       C. time         D. age

2. A. winner             B. ruler         C. advisor      D. fighter

3. A. wife             B. lover         C. partner        D. daughter

4. A. forbid              B. forgive       C. admit        D. accept

5. A. arrangement      B. warning      C. reason       D. permission

6. A. let out          B. worked out  C. thought out          D. found out

7. A. excited         B. tired        C. angry              D. serious

8. A. grow fast         B. start growing C. stop growing        D. grow slowly

9. A. danger           B. hope        C. turn              D. case

 10. A. since                B. until        C. after              D. when

11. A. Persephone       B. Zeus        C. Demeter           D. Hades

12. A. return         B. change      C. marriage          D. journey

13. A. stolen         B. found       C. eaten             D. heard

14. A. understood     B. refused      C. doubted        D. accepted

15. A. discovered       B. studied      C. forgot          D. prepared

16. A. daughter       B. mother      C. god              D. ruler

17. A. works                B. remains     C. happens            D. starts

18. A. should                B. can         C. dare              D. will

19. A. where           B. because     C. why            D. how

20. A. nice             B. friendly      C. fresh         D. happy