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2014届高考英语一轮复习训练集汇编测试北师大版Test 8 Do you know the word “satellite” got the meaning “armed guard”？Here is__1__about it. The__2__was first used in ancient Rome.Rome，__3__you know，was the capital of the Roman Empire and the centre of__4__civilization for about a thousand years.But economic problems came one__5__another，government changed very__6__，and many people did not__7__laws.The power of the Empire became__8__.At last it got so bad that safety__9__not be guaranteed.Many VIPs__10__not walk in the streets of the city__11__bodyguards.These armed__12__were called “satellites”. Hundreds of years pa