Choose the right word to complete each sentence in this excerpt from bede's an ecclesiastical history of the english people. at another time also, being called to (question 1)earl addi's church, when he had performed that duty, he was entreated by the earl to go in to one of his servants, who lay dangerously ill, and having lost the use of all his limbs, seemed to be just at death's door; and indeed the coffin had been provided to bury him in. the earl urged his entreaties with tears, earnestly praying that he would go in and(question 2) for him, because his life was of great consequence to him; and he believed that if the bishop would lay his hand upon him and give him his(question 3) , he would soon mend. the bishop went in, and saw him in a dying condition, and the coffin by his side, whilst all that were present were in tears. he said a prayer, blessed him, and on going out, as is the usual expression of comforters, said, "may you soon (question 4). question 1: consecrate desecrate question 2: pray bless question 3: blessing curse question 4: deteriorate recover

Consecrate

Pray

blessing

recover

The tone of the passage is positive. It narrates a story of how the earl entreated the bishop to go in to one of his servants who was ill, and pray for him.

The overall positive tone of this passage suggests that all the gaps will be filled by positive words.

Answer 1: Consecrate

To consecrate is to make clean, while to desecrate, on the contrary, is to make impure.

The Bishop, in this passage, was called to consecrate the Earl Addi's church

Answer 2:  Pray

"bless" does not fit into this gap because it will not make the sentence to be grammatically correct.

"pray for him" is correct, "...bless for him" isn't.

Answer 3: blessing

The earl cannot entreat the bishop to curse his servant whose life was of great consequence to him. Therefore, curse cannot be correct.

Answer 4: recover

To deteriorate is to get worse. This does not fit the sentence.

The correct choice is "recover"

glamis thou art, and cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promis'd; yet do i fear thy nature; it is too full o' the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great; art not without ambition; but without the illness should attend it. what thou wouldst highly, that wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, and yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great glamis, that which cries, "thus thou must do, if thou have it: and that which rather thou dost fear to do than wishest should be undone." hie thee hither, that i may pour my spirits in thine ear; and chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round, which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crown'd withal.  

he lacks ambition.  

he is hesitant.  

he lacks courage.  

he has moral scruples.

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.