2016届高三英语二轮复习周测卷：17（含解析）（河北衡水）_高考复习指南

2016届高三英语二轮复习周测卷：17（含解析）（河北衡水）

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　　Mrs．Nelson likes going shopping very much and often makes a day of it．Mr．Nelson prefers to stay home，but sometimes asks Mrs．Nelson to look for an item and find out its price for him．One morning Mrs．Nelson was leaving for shopping．She asked her husband if he wanted her to look at anything．“Yes，dear, ”he replied．“Your watch!”

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　　Many people have heard of Robinson Crusoe，the adventures of a sailor．His ship sank and he was left on a desert island．The author，Daniel Defoe(11)，was the son of a London butcher called James Foe．Daniel changed his name to Defoe because it sounded better．Robinson Crusoe was based upon the experiences of a young man called Alexander Selkirk who had been rescued after spending five years on a desert island．Defoe wrote several other novels．He also wrote many short books and newspaper articles about the problems of the day．Defoe was in prison several times，mostly for debt．Much of his best work was written in the last 15 years of his life．

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　　Some reports from the western world say a grown-up person needs ten to twenty grammes of salt a day．In our country，some people follow this idea and don’t dare to have a bit more，though that is much more than they used to take．But I don’t think that’s all right because there is difference between Chinese and people in the western world．People in China，especially the farmers and the workers，usually do much more physical work which often makes them sweat and some salt runs away from their bodies with the sweat．So I suggest people not always copy the ideas from others and you can have a bit more salt if you need．Of course not too much．