VI.完形填空(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　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 36 .Her answer made the king very happy, Salt is a simple thing, 37 it is very important. So the king thought his daughter cared a lot about him.

　　Salt has many 38 . Our bodies need salt. If we don’t have enough, our bodies can’t work properly. We put salt on icy roads to make them 39 . We also use salt to produce other products, like paper and glass. But for many years, salt’s most important job was to 40 food. Like other living things, most bacteria(细菌)need water to live. Salt takes in plenty of water, so most bacteria cannot live 41 a salty environment. As a result, salt protects food and many other things. For much of human history, this ability has made salt 42 . Every ancient culture from Egypt to China depended on salt. Even today, the hard-working, useful people are 43 as “the salt of the earth”.

　　For centuries, salt was also hard to 44 . Its usefulness, together with rarity (稀有)made it very expensive. Salt could even be used like 45 . 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.

　　36. A. salt B. air C. gold D. sugar

　　37. A. or B. so C. and D. but

　　38. A. forms B. secrets C. uses D. skills

　　39. A. wide B. safe C. smooth D. thick

　　40. A. protect B. provide C. produce D. prepare

　　41. A. in B. outside C. for D. without

　　42. A. hopeful B. comfortable C. valuable D. successful

　　43. A. saved B. dreamed C. invited D. described

　　44. A. sell B. get C. take D. keep

　　45. A. money B. medicine C. earth D. food

　　【参考答案】：36-40 ADCBA 41-45 ACDBA

　　【语篇解读】：本文从一个小故事入手，讲了盐的用途，不仅在日常生活上，而且也讲了它的药用价值。同时因为它的稀有性使得盐在古今中外都起着很重要的作用并且很受重视。

　　【逐题解析】：

　　36.【解析】考查名词辨析，从下面一句话能看出来应该是“像爱盐一样爱他的爸爸”故选A。

　　37.【解析】考查连词，从“simple”和“important”可以看出来是相反关系，所以选D

　　38.【解析】考查名词辨析。根据下文“We also use salt to produce other products”可知：在讲它有很多用途。故选C。

　　39.【解析】考查形容词辨析。根据句意“把盐放在结冰的路上”可推知：是为了使路面不那么光滑而保持安全。故选B。

　　40.【解析】考查动词辨析。根据下文“As a result, salt protects food and many other things.”可知：选A。

　　41.【解析】考查介词辨析。根据句意，可知：在有盐的环境里，大部分细菌不能存活。故选A。

　　42.【解析】考查形容词辨析。根据下文“Its usefulness, together with rarity (稀有)made it very expensive.”可知：使得盐是有价值的。故选C。

　　43.【解析】考查动词辨析。句意：即使在今天，努力的，有价值的人们被认为是“地球之盐”。故选D。

　　44.【解析】考查名词辨析。根据下文：“Its usefulness, together with rarity (稀有)made it very expensive.”说明很稀有,很难得到，故选B。

　　45.【解析】考查名词辨析。根据下文：“In fact, the word salary(薪水)comes from the word salt.”被当成薪水，也就是钱的意思。故选A。