Question

【題目】( B )

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 she loved salt. Her answer made the king very happy. Salt is simple thing, but it is very important. So the king thought his daughter cared a lot about him.

Salt has many uses. Bodies need salt. If we don’t have enough, our bodies can’t work properly. We put salt on icy roads to make them safe. We also use salt to produce other products, like paper and glass. But for many years, salt’s most important job was to protect food. Like other living things, most bacteria(細(xì)菌) need water to live. Salt takes in plenty of water, so most bacteria can’t live in a salty environment. Therefore, salt protects food and many other things. For much of humans history, this ability has made salt valuable. Every ancient culture from Egypt to China depended on salt. Even today, the hard working useful people are described as “the salt of the earth”.

For centuries, salt was also hard to get because its usefulness made it very expensive. Salt could even be used like money, 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.

任務(wù)2：閱讀短文（B），根據(jù)英文釋義及首字母提示，拼寫單詞。

【1】p ____________ thing or object made by a nature or persons

【2】d____________ to say what something is like or give a picture of in words

任務(wù)3：閱讀短文（B），完成同義句轉(zhuǎn)換，每空一詞。

【3】Therefore, salt protects food and many other things.

___________a__________, salt protects food and many other things.

任務(wù)4: 根據(jù)短文(B)內(nèi)容回答問題。

【4】How did the king feel when he knew his daughter’s answer?

_________________________________________________________________________.

【5】What was salt’s most important job for many years?

__________________________________________________________________________.

【6】Why was salt also hard to get for centuries?

__________________________________________________________________________.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】product

【2】describe

【3】 As result

【4】The king felt very happy.

【5】Salt’s most important job was to protect food.

【6】Because its usefulness made it very expensive.

【解析】

文章大意：這篇文章通過古時候的一個故事，說明鹽的重要性，以及鹽在日常生活中的重要的用處。

【1】拼寫單詞。根據(jù)英文釋義及首字母提示，“thing or object made by a nature or persons” 自然或人制造的東西或物體，可知，“產(chǎn)品;制品”故答案為product。

【2】拼寫單詞。根據(jù)英文釋義及首字母提示，“to say what something is like or give a picture of in words” 說某事的樣子或用文字描繪�？芍�，“描述”故答案為describe。

【3】句意：因此，鹽可以保護(hù)食物和其他許多東西。

完成同義句轉(zhuǎn)換。根據(jù)Therefore= as a result因此。可知，首字母要大寫，故答案為As ； result。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“She said that she loved him as much as she loved salt. Her answer made the king very happy.” 她說她愛他就像愛鹽一樣。她的回答使國王非常高興�？芍�，故答案為The king felt very happy.

【5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“But for many years, salt’s most important job was to protect food.” 但多年來，鹽最重要的工作是保護(hù)食物�？芍�，故答案為Salt’s most important job was to protect food.

【6】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“For centuries, salt was also hard to get because its usefulness made it very expensive.” 幾個世紀(jì)以來，鹽也很難買到，因為它的用處使它非常昂貴�？芍�，故答案為Because its usefulness made it very expensive.