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【題目】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(細菌) need water to live. Salt takes in plenty of water, so most bacteria(細菌) 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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【6】A

【7】C

【8】D

【9】B

【10】A

【解析】試題本文從一個小故事入手，講了鹽在日常生活上的用途和它的藥用價值。同時因為它的稀有性使得鹽在古今中外都起著很重要的作用并且很受重視。

【1】句意：她說她愛他就像愛鹽一樣愛他�？疾槊�詞辨析題。根據(jù)下文Salt is simple thing, but it is very important. So the king thought his daughter cared a lot about him.，可知女兒是拿鹽設喻，故選A。

【2】句意：鹽是簡單的東西，但它是非常重要的。考查連詞辨析題。根據(jù)simple和important可以看出是相反關系，需用but連接。可知選D。

【3】句意：鹽有許多用途�？疾槊�詞辨析題。根據(jù)下文“We also use salt to produce other products”可知鹽有很多用途。故選C。

【4】句意：我們把鹽放在結冰的路上以使它們安全�？疾樾稳菰~辨析題。A. wide寬的；B. safe安全的；C. smooth滑的；D. thick厚的。根據(jù)put salt on icy roads把鹽放在結冰的路上，可知是為了使路面不那么光滑而保持安全。故選B。

【5】句意：但是多年來，鹽的最重要的工作是保護食物�？疾閯釉~辨析題。根據(jù)下文As a result, salt protects food and many other things.，結合句意語境，可知選A。

【6】句意：鹽需要大量的水，所以大多數(shù)細菌不能生活在咸的環(huán)境中�？疾榻樵~辨析題。A. in在……里面；B. outside在……的外面，表位置；C. for為了，表目的；D. without沒有。根據(jù)科學常識可知，在有鹽的環(huán)境里大部分細菌不能存活，故選A。

【7】句意：對于人類的許多歷史，這種能力使鹽變得有價值�？疾樾稳菰~辨析題。A. hopeful有希望的；B. comfortable充裕的；C. valuable有價值的；D. successful成功的。根據(jù)下文Its usefulness, together with rarity made it very expensive. 有用和稀有使鹽非常昂貴，可知選C。

【8】句意：即使在今天，辛勤工作的有用的人被稱為“地球之鹽”。A. saved節(jié)省；B. dreamed做夢；C. invited邀請；D. described描述。考查動詞辨析題。be described as被描述成……；根據(jù)句意結構和語境，可知選D。

【9】句意：幾個世紀以來，鹽也很難買到。考查動詞辨析題。A. sell售賣；B. get得到；C. take拿走；D. keep保持。根據(jù)下文Its usefulness, together with rarity made it very expensive. 鹽很稀有，可知不易買到，故選B。

【10】句意：鹽甚至可以像錢一樣使用�？疾槊�詞辨析題。根據(jù)下文In fact, the word salary comes from the word salt.鹽被當成薪水，可知是當錢使用的，故選A。