2020年高考英语阅读七选五专练(一) (2)

语法填空专练(二)

Test 1

[2019·潍坊市统一考试]There is a saying that goes, “All roads lead to Rome.”Roads were essential for the 1.________ (grow) of the Roman Empire. These roads enabled the Romans to move armies 2.________ (efficient). At its peak, the Roman road system 3.________ (cover) 53,000 miles and contained about 372 links. The Romans were good at constructing these roads, 4.________ were called viae (路)．

Prepared viae began in history as the streets of Rome. The Law of the Twelve Tables (十二铜表法), 5.________ (date) back to approximately 450 B．C., explains that a road shall be 8 feet wide where straight and 16 feet where curved. According to the Tables, Romans are commanded 6.________ (build) roads that would not need frequent repair.

The Romans had 7.________ preference for standardization whenever they could. A golden milestone was set up. 8.________ this milestone were listed all of the cities in the empire and the distances to them.

Roman roads 9.________ (consider) very important in maintaining both the stability and the expansion of the empire at that time. Even after over 1,000 years, these roads are still used. During the fall of the Roman Empire, the same roads offered 10.________ (avenue) of invasion to the foreigners. This contributed to the Roman military ruin.

体裁：说明文题材：历史文化主题：罗马帝国的陆路系统

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了罗马帝国的陆路系统。

1．答案与解析：growth考查名词。与该句中的定冠词“the”和“of”呼应可知，此处应用其名词形式，填growth。

2．答案与解析：efficiently考查副词。修饰动词应用副词，故填efficiently。

3．答案与解析：covered考查时态。与语境中的“contained”呼应可知，此处指的是发生在过去的事情，故用一般过去时，填covered。

4．答案与解析：which考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，空处引导非限制性定语从句，在从句中作主语，修饰表示物的先行词these roads，故填which。

5．答案与解析：dating考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，动词短语date back to和句子主语The Law of the Twelve Tables是逻辑上的主谓关系，故用现在分词形式，填dating。

6．答案与解析：to build考查非谓语动词。command sb. to do sth.固定短语“命令某人做某事”，此处应用不定式作宾语补足语，填to build。

7．答案与解析：a考查冠词。根据语境可知，此处“preference”意为“偏爱”，可作可数名词，其前无限定词修饰，且其发音以辅音音素开头，故用不定冠词，填a。

8．答案与解析：On考查介词。根据语境可知，此处表示“在石碑上”，故用介词On。

9．答案与解析：were considered考查时态语态。分析句子结构可知，consider和句子主语Roman roads构成被动关系，且与时间状语“at that time”呼应可知，此处应用一般过去时的被动语态，句子的主语为复数，故填were considered。

10．答案与解析：avenues考查名词的单复数。avenue是可数名词，且其前没有限定词修饰，故用其复数形式，填avenues。

Test 2

[2019·临川一中等六校联考]With the passing of 2018 and Spring Festival, we 1.________ (start) a new important year already.

This year is one of the final stepping stones to becoming a 2.________ (moderate) prosperous society in 2020. Meanwhile, 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. To prepare for 2019, the government made 3.________ (it) economic agenda (事项) clear at the Central Economic Work Conference, 4.________ (attend) by the country's leaders in Beijing in December.

Great attention will keep on 5.________ (pay) to China's growth performance in 2018. To meet the target of doubling 2010 GDP by the end of 2020, it needs to average about 6.3 percent this year and next.

Meanwhile, China will host the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in April. At this event, the Belt and Road Initiative, 6.________ has huge potential to drive economic