Chinese people are eating too much salt. On general, people in China eat about 10.5 grams of salt each day, much higher than the 6 grams advised by Chinese Dietary Guidelines (2016). To solve this, China issued (发布) the first salt reduction guide for its food industry on April 18. The government hopes that can help people have salt in a proper way.       

If the guide is followed properly, the salt intake (摄入量) for Chinese people will drop by 20 percent by 2030. The salt we take in mainly comes from processed food. For example, there is about 0.66 grams of salt in a 104-gram can of Lay’s potato chips. That is about 10 percent of the daily salt intake. A 100-gram bag of Kang Shi Fu instant noodles has nearly 2 grams of salt. Therefore, it’s necessary for the companies to reduce salt in their products.

A small amount of salt makes food taste better and is important for good health, but eating too much increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes (中风), the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Less salt leads to better health. And there’s no need to worry that food will be less tasty in the future. A study found that it’s easy for people to reduce their salt intake. Although you may think your food is not salty enough at first, you will get used to the new taste soon.

【小题1】What does the underlined word “that” in the first paragraph refer to?

A．The salt intake.	B．The food industry.
C．6 grams of salt.	D．Salt reduction guide.

【小题2】Which of the following pictures shows the relationship between salt and diseases?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【小题3】If people have less salt, they will _________.

A．have less food	B．get used to the taste
C．dislike the taste	D．worry about their food

【小题4】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Eat salt properly to stay healthy.

B．How people can stay away from diseases.

C．Companies should add less salt to their products.

D．The less salt you have, the healthier you will be.