Question

【題目】

A.business B. compare C.modern D.ancient E. survive

Like other living things, most bacteria (細(xì)菌) that cause food to go bad need water to 【1】. Salt takes in large amounts of water, so most bacteria cannot live in a salty environment. As a result, salt has the ability to preserve almost anything. For much of human history, this ability has made salt treasured and indispensable. Every 【2】 culture from Egypt to China rely on salt. Even today, we【3】 hardworking, useful people to salt by calling them “the salt of the earth”.

Since almost everyone needed salt, the salt trade was an important 【4】. Salt could even be used like money. In fact, the word salary comes from the word salt. And valuable people are still said to be “worth their salt.” Today, salt is easy to get. It is no longer expensive, but it is still both important and useful.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

文章大意：和其他生物一樣，大多數(shù)導(dǎo)致食物變質(zhì)的細(xì)菌（細(xì)菌）都需要水才能生存。鹽吸收了大量的水，所以大多數(shù)細(xì)菌不能在含鹽的環(huán)境中生存。因此，鹽幾乎可以保存任何東西。

因?yàn)閹缀趺總�(gè)人都需要鹽，所以鹽貿(mào)易是一項(xiàng)重要的生意。鹽甚至可以像錢一樣使用。今天，鹽很容易得到。它不再昂貴，但仍然是重要和有用的。

【1】句意：和其他生物一樣，大多數(shù)導(dǎo)致食物變質(zhì)的細(xì)菌都需要水才能生存。

根據(jù)固定用法need sth. to do sth. 需要某物做某事。可知，此空應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞原形，根據(jù)句意和給出的單詞選項(xiàng)可知，此空是“生存，存活”意思，故填 survive。

【2】句意：從埃及到中國(guó)的每一種古文化都依賴鹽。

根據(jù)空后名詞culture可知，此空應(yīng)填形容詞，根據(jù)句意和給出的單詞選項(xiàng)可知，此空是“古代的”意思，故填ancient 。

【3】句意：即使在今天，我們也把勤奮、有用的人比作鹽，稱他們?yōu)椤暗厍蛏系柠}”。

根據(jù)空前we 可知，此空應(yīng)填謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，根據(jù)句意和給出的單詞選項(xiàng)可知，此空是“比較，比作”意思，故填compare。

【4】句意：因?yàn)閹缀趺總�(gè)人都需要鹽，所以鹽貿(mào)易是一項(xiàng)重要的生意。

根據(jù)空前形容詞important 可知，此空應(yīng)填名詞，根據(jù)句意和給出的單詞選項(xiàng)可知，此空是“生意”意思，故填business