Question

【題目】 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(細胞)in your body has it .Tears and sweat(眼淚和汗水)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】

本文介紹了鹽的用途以及關(guān)于鹽的表達。

【1】句意：通常它是白色的，味道很重。

A. smell氣味，B. taste味道，C. voice嗓音，D. feeling感情。根據(jù)后文的“it's salt.”可知，它是鹽，因此有很重的味道，故選B。

【2】句意：你可能已經(jīng)猜到了，這是鹽。

A. decided決定，B. planned 計劃，C. guessed猜想，D. mentioned提到。根據(jù)“What's it?”和“it's salt”可知，此處猜出它是鹽，故選C。

【3】句意：一開始，鹽一直是人們生活中重要的一部分。

A. Since自從，B. At在，C. For 為了，D. With和……一起。at the beginning of “在……的開始”，故選A。

【4】句意：在非洲的一些地方，它被用來代替錢來買東西。

A. sell out賣完，B. pay for支付，C. care about 在乎，D. spend on在……方面花費。根據(jù)“it was used instead of money”可知，代替錢來使用，因此是用來付錢的。故選B。

【5】句意：你也可以從巖石中得到它。

A. water水，B. rock巖石，C. forest森林，D. earth地球。根據(jù)“The oceans are filled with it.”和“as well”可知，表示鹽可以從巖石里獲得，故選B。

【6】句意：倒在食物上，你可以防止食物變壞。

A. nice美好的，B. delicious 可口的，C. awful可怕的，D. salty咸的。結(jié)合句意，此處表示食物上面撒上鹽，應(yīng)是防止食物變壞，故選C。

【7】句意：有時它甚至被用來做衣服。

A. still仍然，B. even甚至，C. again再，D. just僅僅。根據(jù)“Today, salt is used to make thousands of products.”可知，此處強調(diào)鹽的用途，用副詞even，故選B。

【8】句意：在冬天冰雪覆蓋的寒冷地區(qū)，人們在路上混合鹽來融化冰。

A. mix混合，B. serve服務(wù)，C. heat加熱，D. spread傳播。根據(jù)“to melt(使融化)the ice.”可知，把鹽和冰雪混合在一起，故選A。

【9】句意：英語中的許多表達都與鹽有關(guān)。

A. signs標志，B. communities社區(qū)，C. expressions 表達，D. stories故事。根據(jù)"worth his salt”.可知，此處表示與鹽有關(guān)的表達，故選C。

【10】句意：這意味著這個人工作很努力，很重要。

A. means意思是，打算；B. warns警告；C. seems似乎；D. suggests建議。根據(jù)前文的For example, it's said that a person is "worth his salt”.可知，此處表示短語的意思，故選A。

這篇短文介紹了鹽的用途。文章主題明確，結(jié)構(gòu)清晰，內(nèi)容貼近學生們的日常生活，比較容易理解。題型是完形填空，考查學生們在具體語境中運用語言的能力，綜合性較強。做題時，應(yīng)先通讀短文，了解文意；然后根據(jù)上下文語境做題，注意空前后的搭配，并仔細辨析選項中單詞的意思和用法；最后將答案代入原文，再讀一遍，檢查答案是否正確。例如第3小題，考查了at the beginning of “在……的開始”，故選A。再如第8小題，考查動詞辨析及語境。mix混合，serve服務(wù)，heat加熱，spread傳播。根據(jù)前后文的語境可知，要融化冰雪，應(yīng)是把鹽和它們混合在一起，故選A。