人教版专题 21 阅读理解：七选五 段中句--英语复习讲练测--测 （解析版）.docx

专题 21 阅读理解：七选五段中句
备考2023年高考英语二轮复****讲练测--测

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时间 60分钟 共 40小题 （每小题2分, 共80分）
班级____________ 姓名____________
名校最新测试卷 七选五（共八篇）
( 山东省东营市第一中学2022-2023学年10月月考 )
I believe that writing is the most important invention in history. It is the most important for two reasons. First, it helped governments and businesses work better. Second, it helped ideas to spread.
Writing was invented by the Sumerians around 5,000 years ago. ____16____ One example is The Code of Hammurabi. It was a list of laws written on a huge stone block for all to see. The law was written down, so every person knew what the law was. They knew what would happen if they broke it.
The Sumerians also wrote down rules about their government. The rules described how the government should work. ____17____ The rule said that the worker would have to pay a fine. This made the government act more responsibly.
The Sumerians also wrote down business contracts (合同). That’s because a contract explains what both sides promise to do. Written contracts helped the Sumerians run better businesses. This helped their civilization to grow.
____18____ It was an epic poem (史诗) called The Epic of Gilgamesh. The work is about more than just two friends on an adventure. It is also about life and death, happiness and sadness. It’s full of big ideas about the world. When the Sumerians wrote these ideas down, they spread. As a result, the Sumerians could study and talk about these big ideas. ____19____ Writing helped the Sumerians become great thinkers.
As you have read, writing helped the Sumerians become a great civilization. ____20____ That is why writing is the most important invention in human history.
They could also improve these ideas.
Writing continues to improve our lives today.
They used writing to make their government work better.
The Sumerians also created the world’s first written story.
Writing is so common to us that we hardly think ab