Question

【題目】

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】

大多數(shù)的細(xì)菌都不能生活在鹽水中，因此鹽幾乎可以保存任何東西，這種能力使鹽變得珍貴、不可或缺，所以鹽是非常重要的。

【1】句意：就像其他的生物一樣，大多數(shù)導(dǎo)致食物變質(zhì)的細(xì)菌需要水來(lái)生存。survive 生存，幸存，是一個(gè)動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)句意可知，生物都需要水才能生存。故應(yīng)選E。

【2】句意：從埃及到中國(guó)，每一種文化都依賴(lài)鹽。根據(jù)上句話(huà)For much of human history, this ability has made salt treasured and indispensable.和下句話(huà)Even today可知，這里說(shuō)的是古代的時(shí)候，故應(yīng)填ancient，古代的，選D。

【3】句意：甚至今天，我們把努力工作、有用的人比作鹽，稱(chēng)他們?yōu)椤暗厍蛏系柠}”。compare ….to是固定短語(yǔ)，意為“把…比作…”，故應(yīng)選B。

【4】句意：由于幾乎每個(gè)人都需要鹽，鹽貿(mào)易是一項(xiàng)很重要的業(yè)務(wù)。business商業(yè)，貿(mào)易。根據(jù)句中the salt trade可知應(yīng)選A。