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1、2013考研英语经典模拟题第四套SectionⅠUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)AllSumeriancitiesrecognizedanumberofgodsincommon,includingtheskygod,thelordofstorms,andthemorningandeveningstar._
2、_1__theSumerianworshippedthegoddessoffertility,love,andwar,shewasevidentlylower__2__statusthanthemalegods,indicatingthatinamoreurbanizedsocietythe__3__thatthepeoplesofprevioustimeshadpaidtotheearthmothergoddesshad__4__.Thegodsseemedhopelesslyviolentand__5__,and
3、one’slifeaperiodofslaveryattheireasywill.TheepicpoemTheCreationemphasizesthat__6__werecreatedtoenablethegodsto__7__upworking.Eachcitymoreoverhaditsowngod,whowasconsideredto__8__thetempleliterallyandwhowasintheorytheownerofallpropertywithinthecity.__9__thepriest
4、swhointerpretedthewillofthegodandcontrolledthe__10__oftheeconomicproduceofthecitywerefavored__11__theirsupernaturalandmaterialfunctions__12__.When,after3,000B.C.,growingwarfareamongthecitiesmademilitaryleadership__13__,theheadofthearmywhobecamekingassumeda(n)__
5、14__positionbetweenthegod,whoseagenthewas,andthepriestlyclass,whomhehadbothtouseandto__15__.Thuskingandpriestsrepresentedtheupperclassinahierarchicalsociety.__16__themwerethescribes,thesecularattendantsofthetemple,who__17__everyaspectofthecity’seconomiclifeandw
6、hodevelopedaroughjudicialsystem.__18__thetempleofficials,societywasdividedamonganeliteor__19__groupoflargelandownersandmilitaryleaders;amixedgroupofmerchants,artisans,andcraftsmen,freepeasantswho__20__themajorityofthepopulation;andslaves.1.[A]Unless[B]As[C]Lest
7、[D]Although2.[A]on[B]in[C]with[D]about3.[A]worship[B]reverence[C]admiration[D]gratitude4.[A]vanished[B]recovered[C]declined[D]attained5.[A]unpredictable[B]unforgivable[C]unlimited[D]unlikely6.[A]creatures[B]animals[C]men[D]mortals7.[A]use[B]turn[C]give[D]back8.
8、[A]inhabit[B]live[C]reside[D]lodge9.[A]Hence[B]Thereafter[C]Somehow[D]Incidentally10.[A]introduction[B]transaction[C]distribution[D]provision11.[A]as[B]for[C]under[D]of12.[A