Discussion
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
A long _____ ago, there lived an old poet, a thoroughly kind old poet. As he was sitting one evening in his room, a dreadful storm arose without, and the rain streamed _____ from heaven.
Answer: A
The pair is time, down.
'A long time ago' is the usual opening of a story, and rain 'streams down' from heaven.
'While, up', 'eon, of' and 'duration, off' do not make sense in these places.
The story opening 'a long time ago' is a fixed phrase, and rain 'streams down' is an ordinary collocation. Checking the other pairs, 'a long while ago' is possible, but 'streamed up from heaven' cannot be right, as rain falls.
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