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 she 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 lakes 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 depends on suit. Even today, the hard-working useful people are ______ as “the salt of the earth”.

For centuries, salt was also hard to ______ .Its 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 fs used more widely and it still plays an important role in our life.

1.A.salt B.air C.gold

2.A.and B.so C.but

3.A.forms B.secrets C.uses

4.A.wide B.safe C.smooth

5.A.protect B.provide C.produce

6.A.in B.outside C.for

7.A.hopeful B.comfortable C.valuable

8.A.saved B.dreamed C.described

9.A.sell B.get C.take

10.A.money B.medicine C.earth

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】

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。

salt盐； air空气；gold金子。根据下文“Salt is simple thing, but it is very important. So the king thought his daughter cared a lot about him.”，可知女儿是拿盐设喻，故选A。

2.句意：盐是简单的东西，但它是非常重要的。

and和，又；so因此； but但是。根据simple和important可以看出是相反关系，需用but连接。故选C。

3.句意：盐有许多用途。

forms形式； secrets秘密； uses使用，用途。根据下文“We also use salt to produce other products”可知盐有很多用途。故选C。

4.句意：我们把盐放在结冰的路上以使它们安全。

wide宽的；safe安全的； smooth光滑的。根据“put salt on icy roads”把盐放在结冰的路上，可知是为了使路面不那么光滑而保持安全。故选B。

5.句意：但是多年来，盐的最重要的工作是保护食物。

protect保护；provide提供； produce生产。根据下文“As a result, salt protects food and many other things.”，结合句意语境，可知选A。

6.句意：盐需要大量的水，所以大多数细菌不能生活在盐的环境中。

in在……里面； outside在外面；for为了。根据科学常识可知，在有盐的环境里大部分细菌不能存活，故选A。

7.句意：对于人类的许多历史，这种能力使盐变得有价值。

hopeful有希望的；comfortable舒适的； valuable有价值的。根据下文“Its usefulness, together with rarity made it very expensive.”有用和稀有使盐非常昂贵，故选C。

8.句意：即使在今天，辛勤工作的有用的人被称为“地球之盐”。

saved节省；拯救； dreamed梦想；described描述；根据“the salt of the earth”可知，be described as被描述成……；根据句意结构和语境， 故选C。

9.句意：几个世纪以来，盐也很难买到。

sell卖； get得到； take带去；根据下文“Its usefulness, together with rarity made it very expensive.”可知盐很稀有，可知不易买到，故选B。

10.句意：盐甚至可以像钱一样使用。

money金钱； medicine药； earth地球；根据下文“In fact, the word salary comes from the word salt.”盐被当成薪水，可知是当钱使用的，故选A。