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Directions:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)
All Sumerian cities recognized a number of gods in common, including the sky god, the lord of storms, and the morning and evening star.__1__the Sumerian worshipped the goddess of fertility, love, and war, she was evidently lower__2__status than the male gods, indicating that in a more urbanized society the__3__that the peoples of previous times had paid to the earth mother goddess had__4__.The gods seemed hopelessly violent and __5__, and one‘s life a period of slavery at their easy will.The epic poem The Creation emphasizes that__6__were created to enable the gods to__7__ up working.Each city moreover had its own god, who was considered to__8__ the temple literally and who was in theory the owner of all property within the city.__9__the priests who interpreted the will of the god and controlled the__10__ of the economic produce of the city were favored__11__ their supernatural and material functions __12__.When, after 3,000 B.C., growing
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1.[A] Unless [B] As [C] Lest [D] Although
2.[A] on [B] in [C] with [D] about
3.[A] worship [B] reverence [C] admiration [D] gratitude
4.[A] vanished [B] recovered [C] declined [D] attained
5.[A] unpredictable[B] unforgivable[C] unlimited [D] unlikely
6.[A] creatures [B] animals [C] men [D] mortals
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试题精解1.[精解] 本题考查逻辑词。空格处填入的连词出现在句首,说明空格所在分句与下文之间的逻辑关系。选项中,unless表条件,意为“除非”;as作连词,表时间或原因,意为“当……时;因为,由于”;lest表目的,意为“惟恐,以免”,如He emphasized it again and again, lest she should forget.(他反复强调这一点,免得她忘了。)although表让步,意为“虽然,尽管”。根据文意,“苏美尔人崇拜代表繁衍、爱和战争的女神”与“她在地位上却明显低于男性的神”之间存在转折关系,因此选[D]。
2.[精解] 本题考查介词用法辨析。空格所在部分存在一个形容词的比较级,即,lower than…… .空格处的介词和status搭配,表示“在地位方面”。in常用在形容词后,表示“在……方面”,如She was not lacking in courage.(她并不缺乏勇气。)a country rich in minerals(矿藏丰富的国家)。因此[B]in为正确项。
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