Question

Once there was a king and his daughter. The king asked his daughter how much she loved him. She said that she loved him as much as the loved ______. Her answer made the king very happy. Salt is simple thing, ______ it is very important. So the king thought his daughter cared a lot about him.

Salt has many______. Bodies need salt. If we don’t have enough, our bodies can’t work properly. We put salt on icy roads to make them ______. We also use salt to produce other products, like paper and glass. But for many years, salt’s most important job was to ______ food. Like other living things, most bacteria(细菌) need water to live. Salt takes in plenty of water, so most bacteria(细菌) can not live _______a salty environment. As a result, salt protects food and many other things. For much of humans history, this ability has made salt _______ Every ancient culture from Egypt to China depended on salt. Even today, the hard working useful people are ______ as “the salt of the earth”.

For centuries, salt was also hard to ______. It’s usefulness, together with rarity(稀有) made it very expensive. Salt could even be used like ______. In fact, the word salary (薪水) comes from the word salt.

Today, salt is used more widely and it still plays an important role in our life.

1.A. salt B. air C. gold D. sugar

2.A. or B. so C. and D. but

3.A. forms B. secrets C. uses D. skills

4.A. wide B. safe C. smooth D. thick

5.A. protect B. provide C. produce D. prepare

6.A. in B. outside C. for D. without

7.A. hopeful B. comfortable C. valuable D. successful

8.A. saved B. dreamed C. invited D. described

9.A. sell B. get C. take D. keep

10.A. money B. medicine C. earth D. food

1.A 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A 【解析】试题本文从一个小故事入手，讲了盐在日常生活上的用途和它的药用价值。同时因为它的稀有性使得盐在古今中外都起着很重要的作用并且很受重视。 1.句意：她说她爱他就像爱盐一样爱他。考查名词辨析题。根据下文Salt is simple thing, bu...

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