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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 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.[多选题]____
  • A. inhabit
  • B. live
  • C. reside
  • D. lodge
2.[多选题]____
  • A. introduction
  • B. transaction
  • C. Distribution
  • D. provision
3.[多选题]____
  • A. Unpredictable
  • B. Unforgivable
  • C. unlimited
  • D. unlikely
4.[多选题] _____
  • A. alternative
  • B. secondary
  • C. Intermediate
  • D. fundamental
5.[多选题].____
  • A. along
  • B. anyway
  • C. afterwards
  • D. alike
6.[多选题]____
  • A. supervised
  • B. held
  • C. managed
  • D. presided
7.[多选题]____
  • A. consist
  • B. compose
  • C. compile
  • D. consume
8.[多选题]____
  • A. additional
  • B. vital
  • C. singular
  • D. exceptional
9.[多选题]____
  • A. Hence
  • B. Thereafter
  • C. Somehow
  • D. Incidentally
10.[多选题]_____
  • A. vanished
  • B. recovered
  • C. declined
  • D. attained
11.[多选题] ______
  • A. on
  • B. In
  • C.. with
  • D. about
12.[多选题]____
  • A. as
  • B. For
  • C. under
  • D. of
13.[多选题]____
  • A.use
  • B.turn
  • C.give
  • D.back
14.[多选题] ____
  • A. pacify
  • B. tempt
  • C. suppress
  • D. manipulate
15.[多选题]____
  • A. leading
  • B. Noble
  • C.. controlling
  • D. principal
16.[多选题]____
  • A.creatures
  • B.animals
  • C.men
  • D.mortals
17.[多选题] ____
  • A. Around
  • B. Under
  • C. Above
  • D. Outside
18.[多选题]_____
  • A.. Unless
  • B. As
  • C. Lest
  • D. Although
19.[多选题]_____
  • A.worship
  • B.reverence
  • C.admiration
  • D.gratitude
20.[多选题].____
  • A. Beside
  • B. Beyond
  • C. Below
  • D. Before
参考答案: A,C,A,C,D,A,B,B,A,C,B,B,C,A,B,D,D,D,D,C
解题思路:本文介绍了苏美尔人对神的崇拜及由此引起的社会阶层的划分。第一句至第四句为一个意群,主要介绍了苏美尔人对神的崇拜,以及神凌驾于人之上。第五句至倒数第二句为一个意群,介绍了由于对神的崇拜而出现的社会上层阶层及其职能。末句附带说明了在宗教体系之外的社会阶层。
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