most of us use salt everyday.We use.英语阅读题

most of us use salt everyday.We use.英语阅读题
Most of us use salt every day.We use it to make our food taste better.We think nothing of it and we use it.There was a time,however,when salt was no so common.
In the ancient world,salt was luxury and only for the royal.Greek tales tell of people who did not live near the sea.They used no salt in their food.Salt was once so hard to get that it was used as money.Roman workers were once put all or part of their wealth in salt.That is why we have the expression"not worth his salt".The English word"Salary" comes from the Latin word "salarium",which means"salt money
26.Although people now think salt is common,it use to be ____.
A.completely unknown B.only used in Greece
C.illegally used D.something dear to people
27.In the ancient world,only___ used salt
A.people of wealth B.people who lived near the sea
C.Roman workers D.people who got salary
28.The passage implies that ancient people got salt mostly form____.
A.rome B.mines C.the sea D.near the sea
29.The writer explains the word "salary" to show___.
A.how quickly languages change
B.how close English is to Latin
C.That we no longer value salt
D.That the word comes from the Latin word salarium ,which means "salt money"
30.The best title of this passage should be____.
A.Valuable Salt B.Salt Money
C.An I(i)llegally Used Luxury D.The Origin of the Word "Salary"

26.D.something dear to people
27.B.people who lived near the sea
28.C.the sea
29.D.That the word comes from the Latin word salarium ,which means "salt money"
30.A.Valuable Salt
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