Answer: The correct answers are consecrate (question 1), pray (question 2), blessing (question 3) and recover (question 4).
Explanation<u>: </u><u>The word "consecrate" means declaring something sacred</u>. It is generally used to refer to religious places. In this excerpt, what is officially considered holy is a church. Moreover,<u> "pray" makes reference to the activity of imploring or making a request to a god</u>. Unlike "bless",<u> this word collocates with the preposition "for"</u>, which follows the answer to question 2 in the passage. For that reason, "pray" is the correct answer. <u>The term "blessing" refers to a prayer made to request protection for a specific person. while the term "curse" implies to provoke harm on someone.</u> In the case of this excerpt, the bishop wants to help a sick person; therefore, "blessing" is the correct answer. Furthermore, <u>as the bishop that is presented in the excerpt wants the ill servant to get better, the correct answer to question 4 is "recover" </u>and not "deteriorate", a word that means "to become worse".
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