2014考研英语：完型填空专项练习及答案(九)

九、罗马人的建国

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