TPO72阅读真题+题目+答案下载：Cities and Kingdoms in Alexander's Empire

TPO72阅读真题+题目+答案下载：Cities and Kingdoms in Alexander's Empire

As Alexander the Great spread his empire (the Hellenistic empire) from Macedon and Greece over a large swath of southwestern Asia and northern Africa, he established a number of Kingdoms that became subjects of the empire. One of the major developments of these new kingdoms was the resurgence of monarchy, which had many repercussions. For most Greeks, monarchs were something out of the heroic past, something found in Homer's mythical epic the Iliad but not in daily life. Furthermore, most Hellenistic kingdoms embraced numerous different peoples who had little in common. Hellenistic kings thus needed a new political concept to unite them. One solution was the creation of a ruler cult that linked the king’s authority with that of the gods. Thus, royal power had divine approval and was meant to create a political and religious bond between the kings and their subjects. These deified kings were not considered gods as mighty as Zeus or Apollo, and the new ruler cults probably made little religious impact on those ruled. Nonetheless, the ruler cult was an easily understandable symbol of unity within the kingdom.

Monarchy also included royal women, who began to play an active part in political and diplomatic life. █Some of them did so in their own right, others in collaboration with their husbands. █For the most part they served as examples that women too were capable of shouldering vast responsibilities and performing them successfully. █Although Alexander’s generals created huge kingdoms, the concept of monarchy, even when combined with the ruler cult, never replaced the ideal of the polis (the ancient Greek city-state).█

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1.According to paragraph 1, all of the following are true of the ruler cult EXCEPT:

A It was based on an idea of monarchy that Greeks associated with their mythic past

B It caused a fundamental change in the way people thought about and related to the gods

C It symbolized unity and connection among a diverse group of people

D It was meant to inspire loyalty to and faith in a new system of government

2.The word "vast" in the passage is closest in meaning to

A additional

B great

C special

D shared

3.Paragraph 2 suggests which of the following about women in Greek society before the Hellenistic empire?

A They were not directly involved in politics or diplomacy

B Their roles were much the same as in the empire

C They had some legal rights that were not granted to men

D They were often successful and influential community leaders

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