What do you know about salt? Today we 1 salt for granted, but
many years ago salt was scarce, it was used as money. African traders
2 it for twice its weight in gold. The soldiers in Julius Caesar’s
army received salt, called salarium, as part of their 3 . From this
came the word ‘salary’. In Great Britain four or five hundred years ago,
at the great feasts of the ruling families, the saler, or salt container, was
4 in the middle of the long dining tables. Those who were
seated above the saler, closest to the host, were the honoured guests.
Those who sat below the saler were the common people. Our name for
a salt container, “salt cellar”, comes from the word “saler.” When salt
was scarce, it was 5 bad luck to spill any of it. Many people still
6 this.

Вот слова которые надо вставить. Но тут 2 слова лишние:
A. believe
B. considered
C. exchanged
D. hold
E. pay
F. placed
G. take
H. wealth

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