问答题 Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

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Salt

We do not know when men first began to use salt. /But we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout history. /Historical evidence shows, for example, that people who lived over 3,000 years ago ate salted fish. /Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve the dead. /Stealing salt was considered a major crime during some periods of history. /In 18th century for instance, /if a person was caught stealing salt, he could be put in jail. /History records that about 10,000 people were put in jail during that century for stealing salt. /About 150 years before, in the year 1553, /taking more salt than one was allowed to was punishable as a crime, /the offender's ear was cut off. /Salt was an important item on the table of royalty. /It was traditionally placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat. /Important guests at the king's table will sit near the salt. /Less important guest will be given a seat farther away from it.