Brahma thought for a long time and finally decided to hide their divinity in the center of their own being, for humans would never think to 25 it there.
答案:(A) look for
【句型】look for 固定片語「尋找」,表示「人類永遠不會想到要去(自己心裡)尋找它」;get over(克服)、do without(沒有……也行)、bump into(偶然碰到)都不合。
四個都是常見的片語動詞,代進去唸起來都像句子。bump into 特別誘人,因為「偶然發現內心的神性」聽起來很有故事感,也很符合這篇文章的調性。
最後一句把答案講了第二遍:searching for something already within themselves(尋找早已存在於自己內心的東西)。search for 就是 look for 的同義說法。克漏字常用這種手法——後文換個字把空格的意思再說一次,你只要往下讀完就能反推。語意也對得起來:因為人類永遠不會想到要往自己內心找,所以才一直往外挖、往上爬。順帶把 look for 與 find 分清楚:look for 是「找」這個動作與過程,find 是「找到」這個結果。I'm looking for my keys.(正在找)/I found my keys.(找到了)。
get over:克服、從病痛或打擊中恢復,句中沒有要克服的對象。do without:沒有…也過得去,語意與尋找無關。bump into:偶然遇見、撞上,強調不期而遇;但這裡說的是永遠不會想到要去那裡找,講的是有意識的尋找,不是巧遇,而且 bump into 的受詞通常是人或障礙物。
look for(尋找)、search for(搜尋、尋找)、get over(克服、痊癒)、do without(沒有…也行)、bump into(偶然遇見)、within oneself(在自己內心)。
There was once a time when all human beings were gods. However, they often took their divinity for granted and 21 abused it. Seeing this, Brahma, the chief god, decided to take their divinity away from them and hide it 22 it could never be found.
Brahma called a council of the gods to help him decide on a place to hide the divinity. The gods suggested that they hide it 23 in the earth or take it to the top of the highest mountain. But Brahma thought 24 would do because he believed humans would dig into the earth and climb every mountain, and eventually find it. So, the gods gave up.
Brahma thought for a long time and finally decided to hide their divinity in the center of their own being, for humans would never think to 25 it there. Since that time humans have been going up and down the earth, digging, climbing, and exploring—searching for something already within themselves.