2017年山东省济宁市微山县第二中学高三下学期第三学段模拟考试英语试题.docVIP

2017届山东省济宁市微山县第二中学高三下学期第三学段模拟考试英语试题 注意：本试卷共6页，满分100分，时间90分钟 第I第部分 阅读理解Scientists know it as sodium chloride. We know it as salt. Without salt our muscles would not move. Our nervous systems would not operate. Our hearts would not beat. Salt means life. But do not think rubbing salt in a wound will help. Doing that would be painful and not heal the wound. Those who lived near the ocean or other natural sources for salt were lucky. Those who did not had to trade for salt. In fact, people used salt as a method of payment in many parts of the ancient world. The word “salary” comes from the word “salt”. Salt meant money. Salt also changed the way nations fought. With preserved (腌制的) food with salt on ships, nations could sail to distant lands ... and then attack them. Salt meant power. Salt was so important that it was traded pound-for-pound for gold. Today, people still use the expressions “to be worth one’s salt” or “worth one’s weight in salt”. The expressions describe a person who is useful, a person of value. A person might also be called “salt of the earth”. That description means he or she is dependable and trustworthy. 1. What’s the main idea of the passage? A. The meanings of salt B. The advantages of salt C. The history of salt D. The development of salt 2. “Rubbing salt in a wound” means ______. A. to make a bad situation worse on purpose B. to heal or cure the wound by accident C. to comfort someone by a special way D. to help reduce the feeling of pain 3. The word “salary” come from salt because ______. A. salt is a necessary in people’s daily life B. people must buy salt every day C. salt was ever used as a way of payment D. salt is easy to found everywhere 4. If someone says “John is worth his salt”, we can know that John must be _____. A. valuable B. friendly C. selfless D. mean 5. Why did salt mean power? A. Salt can make people stronger. B. Salt can cure wound. C. Salt can change for gold. D. Salt can