首页
登录
职称英语
Today when we place candles on a birthday cake and hope that we succeed in b
Today when we place candles on a birthday cake and hope that we succeed in b
游客
2023-07-12
21
管理
问题
Today when we place candles on a birthday cake and hope that we succeed in blowing them out with one breath so that we can receive our wish, we 【S1】______ don’t consider that this was an 【S2】______ worship ritual for the Greek goddess Artemis. Artemis was the goddess of the moon, marriage, and childbirth, and for the 【S3】______ of her birth, special cakes were formed in the 【S4】______ of the moon and candles were placed on the temple altars, if worshippers blew out the candles with one breath, Artemis would 【S5】______ over them and bring them good fortune, as well as make their wishes 【S6】______ true.
A similar custom began in Germany in the Middle Ages, when a cake was placed on the dinner table early in the morning of someone’s birthday. It was 【S7】______ by a circle of candles that burned throughout the day to ward off the 【S8】______ spirits. The candles were also a reminder that life is 【S9】______ and represented the candles that would one day be lighted for one’s funeral. By blowing them out, the person celebrating the beginning year of life is demonstrating the ability to control destiny. Blowing all of them out at one time is considered lucky because it implies more than just control, but also 【S10】______ over one’s fate.
A) watch B) master C) surrounded D) ancient
E) tradition F) probably G) celebration H) come
I) transitory J) shape K) evil L) abnormal
M) unfortunate N) fundementally [br] 【S2】
选项
答案
D
解析
空格处需填入形容词。空格前不定冠词为an,因此,空格处形容词首字母发音为元音,符合此要求的形容词有ancient,abnormal。ancient意为“古老的,远古的”;ancient worship ritual意为“古老的祭祀仪式”。abnormal意为“反常的,不正常的”,不符合句意,应排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2830479.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Whenpeoplesucceed,itisbecauseofhardwork,butluckhas
100CandlesonHerNextCake,andThreeR’stoGetHerThereEst
100CandlesonHerNextCake,andThreeR’stoGetHerThereEst
100CandlesonHerNextCake,andThreeR’stoGetHerThereEst
100CandlesonHerNextCake,andThreeR’stoGetHerThereEst
100CandlesonHerNextCake,andThreeR’stoGetHerThereEst
100CandlesonHerNextCake,andThreeR’stoGetHerThereEst
Thereisnothingmorefatiguingthannotsucceeding—beingblocked,notmov
Thereisnothingmorefatiguingthannotsucceeding—beingblocked,notmov
Thereisnothingmorefatiguingthannotsucceeding—beingblocked,notmov
随机试题
FluandHowNottoCatchItThiswinter,inoffices
Likemanyofmygeneration,Ihaveaweaknessforheroworship.Atsomepoin
Ididn’tmind______(你推迟做决定)aslongasitisnottoolate.yourdelayingmakingth
[originaltext]Amanwasarrestedonsuspicionofattemptingtocarryexplos
患儿女,4岁。发热伴咳嗽3~4天,今出皮疹,住外院拟诊“药物疹”,口服阿司咪唑(
某建筑材料采购合同中,约定由需方负责提货,则交货日期应是()。A、以需方收货戳记
根据测绘法,测绘单位测绘成果质量不合格的,测绘行政主管部门可以依法对测绘单位做出
可靠性设计中的可靠分配是由上到下的分解过程,常用的方法有()。 A.均等分配
在公司设立过程中,由于发起人的过失致使公司利益受到损害的,()。A.发起人
根据支付结算法律制度的规定,下列以汇兑方式结算的款项中,汇款人可以申请撤销的是(
最新回复
(
0
)