21. (A) contemporary (B) enduring (C) embarrassed (D) brittle (E) association(AC)__ in the Mediterranean and Middle East, indicating that eggs once served as potent emblems ofaffluence, continuity, and cyclical renewal. However, their __23 (BD)__. When Christianity spread acrossEastern Europe during the Middle Ages, this symbolic meaning was reinterpreted, and eggs came to embody Christ’s resurrection. Beyond religious and historical traditions, eggs have found a place in __25 (BE)__ in films, video games, and musical works. This convention took shape amongearly video-game developers, who incorporated disguised elements both as a means of engaging playersand as a subtle assertion of creative authorship, leaving behind their own unique __27 (AB)__. Today, suchhidden details can be found in Marvel movies and even in Taylor Swift’s music videos, where fans eagerlysearch for clues. Eggs have also __28 (BC)__ linguistic discourse. The idiom “to have egg on one’s face,”meaning to feel __29 (AD)__, eggscontinue to carry symbolic meaning across time, revealing their cultural significance. (AB) signatures (AC) elites (AD) expressions (AE) dimensions (BC) permeated (BD) harvests (BE) embeddedIV、