[A] worship [B] reverence [C] admiration [D] gratitude

参考答案:

B本题考查名词词义辨析。空格所在部分为分词结构，作状语，即，indicating that... 。其中that引导宾语从句，空格处填入的名词为从句的主语。该名词后又跟有that引导的定语从句：that the peoples... goddess。将空格处的名词，即that代替的先行词放回定语从句，其完整结构是：the peoples of previous times had paid3 to the earth mother goddess。选项中四个名词为近义词，worship意为“崇拜，敬仰”；