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 __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.

1.                A．when          B．where          C．what D．which

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

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

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

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

6.                A．off            B．from           C．on   D．out

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

8.                A．law            B．glass           C．computer D．time

9.                A．pool           B．hill            C．prison    D．river

10.                                A．because    B．because of

C．by                              D．as

11.               A．more          B．less            C．fewer D．most

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

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

14.                                A．in the front of    B．behind

C．in front of                        D．before

15.               A．when          B．as             C．however  D．while