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閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
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 godness 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 mar riage,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 Perseph one 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 spent part ot 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．
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