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【题目】 Nearly everyone in the world eats some of it every day. In fact, you cannot live without it. It's usually white and it has a strong _________ . Every cell(细胞)in your body has it .Tears and sweat(眼泪和汗水)have it, too. What's it? As you may have _________, it's salt.

_________ the beginning of time, salt has been an important part of people's lives. It was once used by the Romans to pay their soldiers. In parts of Africa, it was used instead of money to _________ things.The oceans are filled with it. You can get it from the _________ as well. Pour it on food, and you can stop the food from going _________

Today, salt is used to make thousands of products. Sometimes it's _________ used to make clothes.

In cold places that are covered with snow and ice in winter, people_________ salt on the roads to melt(使融化)the ice. Driving would be much more dangerous if not for salt.

Many _________in English are connected to salt. For example, it's said that a person is "worth his salt”. That________ the person works very hard and is important. Remember that the Roman soldiers were paid in salt? This is probably where the expression comes from.

【1】A.smellB.tasteC.voiceD.feeling

【2】A.decidedB.plannedC.guessedD.mentioned

【3】A.SinceB.AtC.ForD.With

【4】A.sell outB.pay forC.care aboutD.spend on

【5】A.waterB.rockC.forestD.earth

【6】A.niceB.deliciousC.awfulD.salty

【7】A.stillB.evenC.againD.just

【8】A.mixB.serveC.heatD.spread

【9】A.signsB.communitiesC.expressionsD.stories

【10】A.meansB.warnsC.seemsD.suggests

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】B

【6】C

【7】B

【8】A

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

本文介绍了盐的用途以及关于盐的表达。

【1】句意：通常它是白色的，味道很重。

A. smell气味，B. taste味道，C. voice嗓音，D. feeling感情。根据后文的“it's salt.”可知，它是盐，因此有很重的味道，故选B。

【2】句意：你可能已经猜到了，这是盐。

A. decided决定，B. planned 计划，C. guessed猜想，D. mentioned提到。根据“What's it?”和“it's salt”可知，此处猜出它是盐，故选C。

【3】句意：一开始，盐一直是人们生活中重要的一部分。

A. Since自从，B. At在，C. For 为了，D. With和……一起。at the beginning of “在……的开始”，故选A。

【4】句意：在非洲的一些地方，它被用来代替钱来买东西。

A. sell out卖完，B. pay for支付，C. care about 在乎，D. spend on在……方面花费。根据“it was used instead of money”可知，代替钱来使用，因此是用来付钱的。故选B。

【5】句意：你也可以从岩石中得到它。

A. water水，B. rock岩石，C. forest森林，D. earth地球。根据“The oceans are filled with it.”和“as well”可知，表示盐可以从岩石里获得，故选B。

【6】句意：倒在食物上，你可以防止食物变坏。

A. nice美好的，B. delicious 可口的，C. awful可怕的，D. salty咸的。结合句意，此处表示食物上面撒上盐，应是防止食物变坏，故选C。

【7】句意：有时它甚至被用来做衣服。

A. still仍然，B. even甚至，C. again再，D. just仅仅。根据“Today, salt is used to make thousands of products.”可知，此处强调盐的用途，用副词even，故选B。

【8】句意：在冬天冰雪覆盖的寒冷地区，人们在路上混合盐来融化冰。

A. mix混合，B. serve服务，C. heat加热，D. spread传播。根据“to melt(使融化)the ice.”可知，把盐和冰雪混合在一起，故选A。

【9】句意：英语中的许多表达都与盐有关。

A. signs标志，B. communities社区，C. expressions 表达，D. stories故事。根据"worth his salt”.可知，此处表示与盐有关的表达，故选C。

【10】句意：这意味着这个人工作很努力，很重要。

A. means意思是，打算；B. warns警告；C. seems似乎；D. suggests建议。根据前文的For example, it's said that a person is "worth his salt”.可知，此处表示短语的意思，故选A。

这篇短文介绍了盐的用途。文章主题明确，结构清晰，内容贴近学生们的日常生活，比较容易理解。题型是完形填空，考查学生们在具体语境中运用语言的能力，综合性较强。做题时，应先通读短文，了解文意；然后根据上下文语境做题，注意空前后的搭配，并仔细辨析选项中单词的意思和用法；最后将答案代入原文，再读一遍，检查答案是否正确。例如第3小题，考查了at the beginning of “在……的开始”，故选A。再如第8小题，考查动词辨析及语境。mix混合，serve服务，heat加热，spread传播。根据前后文的语境可知，要融化冰雪，应是把盐和它们混合在一起，故选A。