Question

Scientists in China recently discovered the remains of a very old village 35.          salt was produced 4，000 years ago. At the site, called Zhongba which is located at the Gan River in the Chongqing Municipality,the scientists found small cups still 36.   (contain) traces of ancient salt. 37. (base) on this discovery, they believe that 4 ， 000 years ago people of the village used the cups to boil salty water. Once the water became steam, the salt 38.   (leave) be-

hind. The Zhongba settlement is 39.      (extreme) important because it is the first place we 40.     (know) of where people had a method for collectingsalt. Comparable evidence of ancient salt 41.     (produce) in the world comes from sites that not nearly as old. The Zhongba settlement is also very different

from other sites because of its unique source of salt.42.   in other places salt was dug from mines or obtained from sea water, the Zhongba salt was obtained from a salty river. Regardless of the source, the Zhongba people must have valued salt greatly because salty foods were not as common then as today. Such foods would have been difficult to find, and they were probably 43.    rare luxury. But even though salt was scarce, people knew about it, and it was appreciated in  the  past just  as  much  as  it  is today.44.   the discovery at Zhongba shows is that

people have had a taste for salt for thousands of years!

Answer 1

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43.  a   44. What