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 ____ 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 ____ of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his ___. 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 ____ it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without ____. When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter ____ what happened to Persephone, she became so ___ that she caused all plants to ___ People were in ____ of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow ____ her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her. ____, still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s ___. She could go back to her mother if she had not ____ anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter ____ it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate(石榴) seeds in the underworld. When Zeus ____ this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her ____, but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld. And so it ____ that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore ____ not let the crops grow. That is ___ we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is ___, it is spring, and plants begin to grow again.
A. periods      B. seasons     C. time        D. age
A. winner      B. ruler        C. advisor        D. fighter
A. wife         B. lover        C. partner        D. daughter
A. forbid      B. forgive     C. admit         D. accept
A. arrangement   B. warning     C. reason         D. permission
A. let out      B. worked out  C. thought out  D. found out
A. excited      B. tired         C. angry         D. serious
A. grow fast  B. start growing  C. stop growing  D. grow slowly
A. danger      B. hope         C. turn         D. case
A. since      B. until         C. after         D. when
A. Persephone  B. Zeus         C. Demeter      D. Hades
A. return      B. change     C. marriage      D. journey
A. stolen      B. found         C. eaten          D. heard
A. understood  B. refused     C. doubted      D. accepted
A. discovered   B. studied      C. forgot      D. prepared
A. daughter   B. mother      C. god         D. ruler
A. works      B. remains      C. happens      D. starts
A. should      B. can         C. dare          D. will
A. where      B. because      C. why          D. how
A. nice      B. friendly      C. fresh          D. happy