2017考博英语完形填空练习三.docxVIP

2017考博英语完形填空练习（3） 　　新东方在线考博频道针对考博英语完形填空题型为大家整理了考博英语完形填空单项练习，希望考生们平时多加练习，反思其考点，争取在考试时少丢分。 　　ll 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 warfare among the cities made military leadership__13__，the head of the army who became king assumed a(n)__14__position between the god，whose agent he was，and the priestly class，whom he had both to use and to __15__. Thus king and priests represented the upper class in a hierarchical society.__16__them were the scribes，the secular attendants of the temple，who__17__every aspect of the city’s economic life and who developed a rough judicial system.__18__the temple officials，society was divided among an elite or__19__ group of large landowners and military leaders;a mixed group of merchants，artisans，and craftsmen，free peasants who__20__ the majority of the population;and slaves. 　　1. [A] Unless [B] As [C] Lest [D] Although 　　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