サラダもソースもソーセージも、語源はぜんぶ「塩」。カップの受け皿ソーサーまで

Q1. What is the passage mainly about?

1. AHow to cook sausages at home
2. BFood words that come from the word for salt
3. CWhy people should eat less salt
4. DThe history of French cooking

salad・sauce・sausage が「塩」を意味する sal から来ている話なので B。

Q2. What was a saucer long ago?

1. AA big pot for soup
2. BA cup for coffee
3. CA little dish for sauce
4. DA box for salt

Long ago, it was a little dish for sauce とあるので C。

Q3. In the passage, what does "jump" mean?

1. ATo push off the ground and go up into the air
2. BTo put salt on food
3. CTo cut food into small pieces
4. DTo cook something for a long time

jump は「跳ぶ」。地面をけって空中に上がること、なので A。sauté はこの意味のフランス語から来ている。

Q1. Why, according to the dictionary, was salad named after salt?

1. ABecause salad was first eaten by salt workers
2. BBecause salt was an important part of salad dressing
3. CBecause salad was kept in salt water
4. DBecause salt was cheaper than vegetables

salt was so important in salad dressing that the dish was named after it とあるので B。

Q2. What did "saucer" mean in the Middle Ages?

1. AA plate for a cup
2. BA kind of dance
3. CA small dish for sauce
4. DA type of lamp

In the Middle Ages, it meant a small dish for sauce とあるので C。

Q3. What does the writer suggest in the last two sentences?

1. AAll words that start with "sa" are about salt.
2. B"Sauté" and "sauce" share the same history.
3. CFrench cooks never use salt.
4. DTwo words can look alike but have different origins.

Not every word that starts with "sa" is related と述べ、sauté は「跳ぶ」から来た例を挙げているので D。

Q1. What is the main point of the passage?

1. ASalt was the most expensive food in ancient Rome.
2. BMany English food words come from the Latin for salt, but not every look-alike does.
3. CEnglish borrowed all of its food words from Italian.
4. DRoman soldiers were paid in salt instead of money.

前半で sal から来た食べ物の語を並べ、後半で salary の話や sauté・salmon のような「似ているが違う語」に注意をうながしているので B。

Q2. Why does the writer say "saltcellar" says "salt" twice?

1. ABecause "cellar" once meant a place to keep salt underground
2. BBecause the word was written twice in the 1399 cookbook
3. CBecause it began as "salt-saler," and "saler" was itself a word for a salt dish
4. DBecause "salt" and "cellar" both come from Greek

It began as "salt-saler," and "saler" was already an old word for a salt dish とあるので C。

Q3. What can be inferred about the story that Roman soldiers were paid in salt?

1. AThe dictionary clearly supports it.
2. BIt was invented by the writer of the 1399 cookbook.
3. CIt explains why "salad" is named after salt.
4. DIt goes beyond what the dictionary actually says.

the dictionary only says the money was probably meant for buying salt, and it says nothing about paying anyone in salt とあり、この話は辞書の記述より先に行っていると読めるので D。