men don't smoke,white to live in the world.

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—I saw a ______of men go out just now .Do you know what happened ?
----Sorry ,I don’t know .
A. few B. little C. couple

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 14 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

小题2:	A．throughout B．thought C．though D．although

小题3:	A．say B．reported C．recorded D．reading

小题4:	A．eat B．ate C．eating D．have eaten

小题5:	A．used to B．was used to C．was used D．used

小题6:	A．off B．from C．on D．out

小题7:	A．think B．consider C．thoughtful D．thought

小题8:	A．law B．glass C．computer D．time

小题9:	A．pool B．hill C．prison D．river

小题10:

A．because B．because of C．by D．as

小题11:

A．more B．less C．fewer D．most

小题12:A. serious B. bad C. terrible D seriously

小题13:

A．important B．necessary C．clever D．cheerful

小题14:A. in the front of B behind C. in front of D. before

小题15:

A．when B．as C．however D．while

Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, no one liked it more than James Wilson did. He _1__ slept with his window open even when snow was falling outside.
One winter, he went to Finland on business. When he _2__ his room in the hotel, he found that the windows were closed to __3__ the icy air out. He did his best to open one but failed. The bed was really __4___, but Wilson couldn’t sleep. He __5__ forget the closed windows. No fresh air! It was __6___ to think of.
At about one o’clock in the morning, he was __7__ awake. Worrying about the air in the room. He became very angry. Where was the __8__ ? He could see something that looked like __9___ over there. He threw a shoe at it through the darkness with all the force of his strong right arm. A terrible sound of breaking glass _10__ the room, but to Wilson’s sad heart, it seemed like the sound of __11___ music.
When daylight came through the window, he __12___ and lay with his eyes close. There was __13__ to worry about. __14___ was it ? Oh, the broken window! Yes, indeed. He would have to pay __15__ that. He opened his eyes to look.
Suddenly he sat up in __16__. The window was not broken at all. The __17__ was all in one piece, just as good as it had been the night before. __18__ fresh air was entering the room through the window!
He then turned his eyes to the __19__ and saw a broken picture __20__ on the wall. There was a shoe on the floor below it, and a lot of broken glasses around the shoe.
1. A. seldom B. often C. sometimesD. always
2. A. left B. cleaned C. enteredD. examined
3. A. preventB. keep C. stop D. send
4. A. cold B. comfortable C. badD. terrible
5. A. shouldn’tB. wasn’t able toC. couldn’tD. wouldn’t
6. A. unluckyB. anxious C. difficultD. terrible
7. A. alreadyB. nearlyC. hardly D. still
8. A. waiter B. manager C. window D. light
9. A. paperB. glass C. a pictureD. a man
10. A. destroyedB. covered C. filled D. entered
11. A. funny B. strange C. beautifulD. famous
12. A. got upB. woke up C. went inD. came down
13. A. a lot B. littleC. somethingD. someone
14. A. WhatB. HowC. WhereD. Who
15. A. to B. with C. from D. for
16. A. silenceB. surpriseC. troubleD. pain
17. A. windowB. picture C. glassD. shoe
18. A. MuchB. No C. StillD. Yet
19. A. outsideB. topC. side D. bottom
20. A. lying B. hanging C. fallingD. put