Section Ⅰ Use of English
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)
The success of Augustus owed much to the character of Roman theorizing about the state. The Romans did not produce ambitious blueprints1 the construction of idea__l__ states, such as__2__ to the Greeks. With very few exceptions, Roman theorists ignored, or rejected__3__ valueless, intellectual exercises like Plato's Republic, in__4__ the relationship of the individual to the state was__5__ out painstakingly without reference to__6__ states or individuals. The closest the Roman came to the Greek model was Cicero's De Re Publica, and even here Cicero had Rome clearly in __7__. Roman thought about the state was concrete, even when it__8__ religious and moral concepts. The first ruler of Rome, Romulus, was__9__ to have received authority from the gods, specifically from Jupiter, the "guarantor" of Rome. All constitutional__10__was a method of conferring and administering the__11__. Very clearly it was believed that only the assembly of the__12__, the family heads who formed the original senate,__13__the religious character necessary to exercise authority, because its original function was to__14__the gods. Being practical as well as exclusive, the senators moved__15__to divide the authority, holding that their consuls, or chief officials, would possess it on__16__months, and later extending its possession to lower officials.__17__the important achievement was to create the idea of continuing__18__authority embodied only temporarily in certain upper-class individuals and conferred only__19__the mass of the people concurred. The system grew with enormous __20__, as new offices and assemblies were created and almost none discarded.
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］ brought ［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
答案
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. D 7.D 8.D 9. B 10. C
11. A 12. D 13.A 14.C 15. C 16. A 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. B