Did you hear the ________? A scientist will visit our school.

A. advice B. news C. praise D. choice

This dog looks ________. It’s wearing red shoes.

A. clever B. brave C. funny D. careful

Bob, dinner is ready. Please wash your hands ________ you eat.

A. until B. after C. while D. before

Gary is the best singer in my class. No one else ________ so well.

A. sings B. sang C. will sing D. is singing

–The bread is really delicious.

--Thank you I ________ it myself.

A. make B. made C. will make D. am making

Can you help me ________ the pen? It’s under the chair.

A. ask for B. look for C. pick up D. put up

I ________ an invitation to the concert. I can’t wait to go.

A. receive B. will receive C. was receiving D. have received

Look at the picture. The top five TV plays ________ in it.

A. list B. are listed C. will list D. will be listed

– Hi, Ken. Did Mrs. Zhang tell us ________?

--Yes. She said we should meet there at nine.

A. which was the way to the station B. why we should meet at the station

C. when we should get to the station D. who we should meet at the station

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