阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
We have no idea about men
first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different
ways _____ the history.
For example, in many history books it is ____
that people who lived three thousand years ago ____salted fish. Thousands of
years ago in Egypt（埃及）, salt ____ keep the dead. It can keep the
dead bodies ____ decay.（腐烂）
In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was
____ to have broken the ____. if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be
thrown into ____. Books also record that in England about ten thousand people
were put into prison during that century ____ stealing salt! In the year 1553,
if a man took ____ than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken
the law and would be ____ punished(惩罚).
Salt was very ____ on the dinner table of a king. It
was always put ____ the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors
sat near the salt _____ less important visitors were given seats farther away
from it.
1.A. when B.
where C.
what
D. which
2.A. throughout
B. thought C. though
D. although
3.A. say
B. reported C. recorded
D. reading
4.A. eat
B.ate C. eating
D. have eaten
5.A. used to
B. was used to C. was
used D. used
6.A. off
B. from
C. on
D. out
7.A. think
B. consider C. thoughtful
D. thought
8.A. law
B. glass C. computer D.
time
9.A. pool
B. hill C. prison
D. river
10.A. because
B. because of C. by
D. as
11.A. more
B. less C. fewer
D. most
12.A. serious
B. bad C. terrible
D. seriously
13.A. important B.
necessary C. clever
D. cheerful
14.A. in the front of B.
behind C. in front of
D. before
15.A. when B.
as C. however D.
while
