영어1 천재 강상구 5과 본문 빈칸

Long ago, two strangers traveled through a certain district, ____ for food and shelter as they went.

For a long time, they found nothing but refusals ____ both the rich and the poor.

Finally, they came to a little cottage ____ a poor old couple, Baucis and Philemon, lived.

The two had little to offer since they lived entirely from the produce of their small ____ of land, a goose, and a few goats and pigs.

Nevertheless, they ____ prompt to ask the strangers in and to set their best before them.

They pulled ____ chairs forward for their guests.

Philemon put a piece of broken pot under one table leg, and Baucis rubbed the table top with fresh mint and set some ____ over the fire.

They set out ____ best delicacies on the table.

____ were fresh vegetables baked over the fire as well as wine.

There was a big bowl in the middle of the table to mix ____ wine with water.

The second course had to be fruit, and there were nuts, dried dates, ____ and apples, for it was their best season of the year.

Baucis even had it in mind to kill their only goose for dinner, ____ there was a great squawking that went on for a long time.

Poor old Baucis wore herself out trying to catch that goose, but somehow the animal always got away from her, until the guests made her let it ____ for they had been well served so far.

It was a good meal, and the old couple continued to ____ their visitors to eat and drink, not caring that they were now consuming in one day what would ordinarily have lasted a week.

At last, the ____ sank low in the mixing bowl, and Philemon rose to get some more.

He was astonished to find the bowl full again, as if it had never been touched ____

Then he whispered ____ Baucis that the two strangers must be gods, and Baucis also was awed and afraid.

However, the gods smiled kindly at them ____ identified themselves as Zeus and Hermes.

Hermes ____ “Both of you welcomed us beneath your roof this day when others refused us shelter.

Be sure those shall be punished who would not help the wandering strangers, but you shall ____ whatever reward you choose.

____ us what you will have.”

____ old man thought for a little while with his eyes bent on the ground, and then he said:

“We have lived happily together here for many years, even though the ____ have been hard.

But never have we turned strangers away or ____ for a reward for entertaining them.

To have spoken with the immortals face to face is a thing few men can ____ of.

In this small cottage, humble though it is, the gods have sat at ____

Neither this ____ nor we deserve the honor.

If, therefore, you will do something for us, turn this cottage into a temple where the gods may always be served and where we may live out the rest of ____ days.”

“You ____ spoken well,” said Hermes, “and you shall have your wish.

Yet is there not anything that ____ would desire for yourselves?”

At this, the husband glanced over at old Baucis with her thin, ____ hair and her rough hands.

Baucis said, “We have lived together for many years, and in all that time never has ____ been a word of anger between us.

Now, at last, we are growing old and our long companionship is coming ____ an end.

Grant us this one request, that when ____ come to die, we may perish in the same hour, so that neither of us would be left without the other.”

She looked at Philemon, and he nodded in approval, so the old couple ____ their eyes on the gods.

“It shall ____ as you desire,” said Hermes.

“Few would have made such a ____ and moderate request.”

Before long, the house became a temple, and the neighbors, amazed at the change, often came to worship ____ left offerings for the gods.

For many years, Baucis ____ Philemon lived in peace, passing from old to extreme old age.

At last, they were so old and bowed that it ____ they could only walk if they clung to each other.

One evening, ____ took them longer than ever to reach the usual spot they would visit every day to look at the temple.

____ they held each other’s arms, thinking that it was perhaps the last time their limbs would support them.

As they stood, each one felt the other change and only had time to turn and say “Farewell,” before they lost their ____ shapes completely.

Now there stood two tall trees growing closely side by side with the ____ intertwined.

They swayed in the passing breeze as if they nodded and whispered to ____ other.