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Salt is very important to us．1．Without enough salt，we will get ill．Animals need salt，too．They need salt to grow strong．

Most of salt comes from the sea．2．People dig very big pools and let sea water in．When the sun dries up the water，people can get the salt from the ground．

There are a lot of salt wells （井） in our country．People bring the well water up to the ground and then dry it up in big jars（ 罐子） over fire．3．用这种方式，人们得到食盐

We can also get salt from salt mines（矿）．The salt mines are under the ground．4．A few years ago，people found a big salt mine in China．

In the northwest of China ，there are a great number of salt lakes．5．其中有些湖很大。The salt in these lakes will be enough for all the people in our country for as long as hundreds of years．

We have no idea about  1 men first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different ways    2  the history.

For example, in many history books it is  3   that people who lived three thousand years ago 4 salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt（埃及）, salt 5  keep the dead. It can keep the dead bodies  6 decay.（腐烂）

In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was   7  to have broken the   8 . if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into   9  . Books also record that in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century   10  stealing salt! In the year 1553, if a man took   11  than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be   12  punished(惩罚).

Salt was very  13  on the dinner table of a king. It was always put   14 the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors sat near the salt   15 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

 

 

 --- Can you tell me _____ so many boxes of salt?

--- In “Legou Supermarket”

  A. why you bought   B. where you bought  

C. where did you buy   D. who bought

 

--Mum, we have to buy some more salt.                                      

--         .There is enough salt in our country.

A．Why not?

B．Sure.

C．I think so.

D．Don't worry.

 

The world is not only hungry but also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70% of the earth’s surface is covered with water. But about 97% of that is sea water or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% of fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground and so on. And we can not even use all of that because some of it has been made dirty.

Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days, we must also remember how important water is. The water that we use is the most important natural resource on the earth. Today we face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too.

How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First they pollute the air. Then when it rains, the rain water makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain is also bad for plants, animals and buildings. Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won’t have enough clean water. We have to learn how to stop wasting water. One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it. Today in most large cities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system (下水道). From there it returns to the sea or goes underground.

But even though every large city reused its water, we would still not have enough. So we should make use of sea water by removing the salt in it. If we can take these steps, fresh water won’t be used up.

1.The world is thirsty for water because _______.

A. we don’t have enough fresh water      B. a lot of water goes into sewer systems

C. only 70% of the earth’s surface is water                  D. sea water is widely used rather than fresh water

2.From this passage, we know acid rain _______.

A. is only bad for living things       B. is not bad for buildings and factories

C. can be produced in factories        D. is bad for people, animals, plants and buildings

3.One difficult way we can solve the problem is to _______.

A. use the water with salt in it           B. remove the salt from sea water

C. get water from underground              D. reuse the water in cities

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A. Fresh water and sea water               B. A thirsty country

C. The importance of water  D. The world’s water problem