`Can people live without salt?__1_ .Salt is very important to us. We_2___ salt in our life. Animals need it,__3_.

Most of the salt comes from __4_ .People dig great pools and fill them with sea water. When the _5__ dries up the water, people can get salt_6_ the ground.

We__7 get salt from salt__8_. There are many salt likes in China,__9_ some of these lakes are very big. We are __10_ to get more salt from them.

(  )1.A.Yes     B.No.       C. Of course    D. Certainly

(  )2. A. want    B. eat       C. need       D. have

(  )3. A. either    B. also      C. only       D. too

(  )4. A. the sea    B. the lake   C. the hill    D. the river

(  )5. A. moon     B. sun      C. sky       D. wind

(  )6. A. from     B. out of     C. with      D. in

(  )7. A. often      B. ever     C. never      D. also

(  )8. A. land      B. field      C. factories   D. lakes

(  )9. A. but        B. and      C. then      D. or

(  )10. A. trying our best         B. trying the best

C. trying our better        D. working our best

What will the weather be like? Some people say they can know what the weather will be like from birds. When they see birds fly high out to the sea, they know it is a nice day, because birds don't like to fly out if it rains. When the weather is bad, the birds will come back to the beach. A big wind may come with a rain. Birds do not like to fly in a big wind. They may sit in a tree when rain is coming. Other animals can also tell the weather. It is a cloudy day. The rain is coming. Chickens are not quiet, and they are running here and there. Frogs are making big noise in the pool. If it is a nice day, the frogs will come out of the water.

1.How many kinds of animals can we find in the passage?

2.We can go and play beach volleyball when birds __________.

3.When there is rain, frogs are _________.

4.What does the underlined(划线的)  word ‘’tell” mean in the article?

5.What does the article mean?