When a king had his dinner, salt was placed （）

单项选择题During the 18th century about ten thousand people were put into prison in England because （）

A．they had been caught stealing salt
B．they had sold salted fish
C．they had taken salt from the king' s table
D．they had used salt to preserve dead bodies

单项选择题The best title of the passage is （）

A．Nobody Knows When Salt Began to Be Used
B．The Uses and Importance of Salt in History
C．Thousands of People Were Punished Because of Salt
D．Salt Was Important in History