07 高考英语语法填空真题汇编（上海卷）

高考英语语法填空（上海卷） 2020年1月上海卷 1 2020年7月上海卷 2 2019年1月上海卷 3 2019年6月上海卷 4 2018年6月上海卷 5 2018年1月上海卷 6 2017年1月上海卷 7 2017年6月上海卷 8 2016年上海卷 8 2015年上海卷 10 2020年1月上海卷 The Ball Game of Mesoamerica The sport known simply as the Ball Game was popular across Mesoamerica and played by all the major civilizations from the Olmecs to the Aztecs. The impressive stone courts became a staple feature of a city's sacred complex and there were often several playing courts in a single city.      1      it is more than just a game, the event could have a religious significance and featured in episodes of Mesoamerican mythology. The contests even supplied candidates for human sacrifice, for the sport could, quite literally, be a game of life or death. The game      2      (invent) sometime in the Preclassical Period (2500—100 BCE), probably by the Olmec, and became a common Mesoamerican-wide feature of the urban landscape by the Classical Period (300—900 CE). Eventually, the game was even exported to other cultures in North America and the Caribbean. In Mesoamerican mythology the game is an important element in the story of the Maya gods Hun Hunahpú and Vucub Hunahpú. The pair annoyed the gods of the underworld with their noisy playing and the two brothers were tricked into descending into Xibalba (the underworld)      3      they were challenged to a ball game.      4      (lose) the game, Hun Hunahpús had his head cut off; a foretaste of      5      would become common practice for players unfortunate enough to lose a game. In      6      legend, a famous ball game was held at the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan      7      the Aztec king Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (r. 1502—1520 CE) and the king of Texcoco. The latter      8      (predict) that Motecuhzoma's kingdom would fall and the game was set-up      9      (establish) the truth of this bold prediction. Motecuhzoma lost the game and did, of course, lose his kingdom at the hands of the invaders from the Old World. The story also supports the ide