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Fast Reading Materials for Senior Grade I．完形填空（共；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 If you didn’t know anything about it, a place with a name like the Dead Sea might not sound very attractive. But the reality is that the Dead Sea is a very 36 place. The main thing is the salt. I had 37 a little about the place, so I knew the Dead Sea is so 38 that it’s hard for 39 to live in it, which is 40 it’s called the Dead Sea. And I knew that it’s seven times as salty as the ocean. I was eager to 41 there, because the salt does more than keep the sea fish-free, it makes you 42 like you’re full of air. 43 my friends and I got tired of floating like soap bubbles, we put big rocks between our legs. The rocks helped us 44 lower in the water. We thought we looked really funny, 45 then we noticed something that wasn’t so funny. Salt stings (刺痛). Even my friend’s 46 face began to hurt, so we 47 the Dead Sea as fast as we could. And that’s when we found the 48 . The mud by the Dead Sea is 49 many minerals — nor just salt — and these minerals are good for your 50 . So people 51 in the mud, like puppies (小狗) playing in the grass. We 52 every inch of our bodies with black, sticky mud 53 began to laugh very hard. And we 54 , so we can always remember how we look 55 our suits of mud. A. common B. special C. beautiful D. dangerous A. read B. seen C. heard D. found A. strange B. wide C. deep D. salty A. plants B. animals C. anything D. everything A. how B. why C. because D. thus A. live B. swim C. visit D. travel A. float B. lie C. sleep D. rise A. Before B. Until C. After D. While A. sing B. dance C. drop D. sink A. as B. but C. since D. even A. frozen B. shocked C. lost D. shaved A. jumped into B. dived into C. got out of D. looked out of A. fish B. water C. rock D. mud A. lack of B. full of C. bad for D. harmful to A. breath B. stomach C. taste D. health A. roll B. dive C. drink D. cry A. struck B. moved C. cover