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SectionⅠUseofEnglish
Directions:
Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)
ThesuccessofAugustusowedmuchtothecharacterofRomantheorizingaboutthestate.TheRomansdidnotproduceambitiousblueprints1theconstructionofidea__l__states,suchas__2__totheGreeks.Withveryfewexceptions,Romantheoristsignored,orrejected__3__valueless,intellectualexerciseslikePlato’sRepublic,in__4__therelationshipoftheindividualtothestatewas__5__outpainstakinglywithoutreferenceto__6__statesorindividuals.TheclosesttheRomancametotheGreekmodelwasCicero’sDeRePublica,andevenhereCicerohadRomeclearlyin__7__.Romanthoughtaboutthestatewasconcrete,evenwhenit__8__religiousandmoralconcepts.ThefirstrulerofRome,Romulus,was__9__tohavereceivedauthorityfromthegods,specificallyfromJupiter,the“guarantor”ofRome.Allconstitutional__10__wasamethodofconferringandadministeringthe__11__.Veryclearlyitwasbelievedthatonlytheassemblyofthe__12__,thefamilyheadswhoformedtheoriginalsenate,__13__thereligiouscharacternecessarytoexerciseauthority,becauseitsoriginalfunctionwasto__14__thegods.Beingpracticalaswellasexclusive,thesenatorsmoved__15__todividetheauthority,holdingthattheirconsuls,orchiefofficials,wouldpossessiton__16__months,andlaterextendingitspossessiontolowerofficials.__17__theimportantachievementwastocreatetheideaofcontinuing__18__authorityembodiedonlytemporarilyincertainupper-classindividualsandconferredonly__19__themassofthepeopleconcurred.Thesystemgrewwithenormous__20__,asnewofficesandassemblieswerecreatedandalmostnonediscarded.
1.[A]with[B]for[C]in[D]to
2.[A]tempted[B]attracted[C]appealed[D]transferred
3.[A]on[B]for[C]as[D]about
4.[A]which[B]that[C]what[D]it
5.[A]turned[B]worked[C]pought[D]made
6.[A]special[B]specific[C]peculiar[D]particular
7.[A]existence[B]store[C]reality[D]mind
8.[A]abandoned[B]caught[C]separated[D]involved
9.[A]told[B]held[C]suggested[D]advised
10.[A]tendency[B]procedure[C]development[D]relation
11.[A]authority[B]power[C]control[D]ruling
12.[A]officers[B]men[C]administrators[D]fathers
13.[A]possessed[B]claimed[C]assured[D]enforced
14.[A]confirm[B]confer[C]consult[D]consider
15.[A]over[B]along[C]on[D]about
16.[A]alternate[B]different[C]varied[D]several
17.[A]And[B]So[C]Or[D]But
18.[A]state[B]country[C]people[D]national
19.[A]as[B]when[C]if[D]so
20.[A]dimension[B]complexity[C]exercise[D]function
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