完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
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 __1
4_ 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.
| 小题1: | | A．when | B．where | C．what | D．which |
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| 小题2: | | A．throughout | B．thought | C．though | D．although |
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| 小题3: | | A．say | B．reported | C．recorded | D．reading |
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| 小题4: | | A．eat | B．ate | C．eating | D．have eaten |
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| 小题5: | | A．used to | B．was used to | C．was used | D．used |
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| 小题7: | | A．think | B．consider | C．thoughtful | D．thought |
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| 小题8: | | A．law | B．glass | C．computer | D．time |
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| 小题9: | | A．pool | B．hill | C．prison | D．river |
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| 小题10: | | A．because | B．because of | | C．by | D．as |
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| 小题11: | | A．more | B．less | C．fewer | D．most |
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| 小题12: | | A．serious | B．bad | C．terrible | D．seriously |
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| 小题13: | | A．important | B．necessary | C．clever | D．cheerful |
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| 小题14: | | A．in the front of | B．behind | | C．in front of | D．before |
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| 小题15: | | A．when | B．as | C．however | D．while |
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