Question

【题目】( 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(细菌) 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.

任务2：阅读短文（B），根据英文释义及首字母提示，拼写单词。

【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

任务3：阅读短文（B），完成同义句转换，每空一词。

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

___________a__________, salt protects food and many other things.

任务4: 根据短文(B)内容回答问题。

【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：这篇文章通过古时候的一个故事，说明盐的重要性，以及盐在日常生活中的重要的用处。

【1】拼写单词。根据英文释义及首字母提示，“thing or object made by a nature or persons” 自然或人制造的东西或物体，可知，“产品;制品”故答案为product。

【2】拼写单词。根据英文释义及首字母提示，“to say what something is like or give a picture of in words” 说某事的样子或用文字描绘。可知，“描述”故答案为describe。

【3】句意：因此，盐可以保护食物和其他许多东西。

完成同义句转换。根据Therefore= as a result因此。可知，首字母要大写，故答案为As ； result。

【4】细节理解题。根据文中“She said that she loved him as much as she loved salt. Her answer made the king very happy.” 她说她爱他就像爱盐一样。她的回答使国王非常高兴。可知，故答案为The king felt very happy.

【5】细节理解题。根据文中“But for many years, salt’s most important job was to protect food.” 但多年来，盐最重要的工作是保护食物。可知，故答案为Salt’s most important job was to protect food.

【6】细节理解题。根据文中“For centuries, salt was also hard to get because its usefulness made it very expensive.” 几个世纪以来，盐也很难买到，因为它的用处使它非常昂贵。可知，故答案为Because its usefulness made it very expensive.