Millions of people around the world cook their food on fire every day. People must spend lots of money on cooking fuel. However, there is a much easier and cheaper way to cook food using energy from the sun.
Sun-cookers have been used for centuries. A Swiss scientist made the first sun-cooker in 1777. Today, people are using sun-cookers in many countries around the world. People use them to cook food and to heat drinking water.
There are three kinds of sun-cookers. The first is a box cooker. It is designed with a special wall that collects sun-shine into the box. A box cooker is good for slow cooking of a lot of food.
The second kind of sun-cooker is a panel cooker. It has several flat walls that concentrate the sun-shine on the food. People can build panel cookers quickly. They do not cost much. In Kenya, for example, panel cookers cost just two dollars.
The third kind of sun-cooker is a parabolic cooker. It has rounded walls that concentrate sunlight into the bottom of the cooker. Food cooks quickly in parabolic cookers. However, these cookers are hard to make. They must be moved again and again to follow the sun. Parabolic cookers can also cause burns and eye injuries if they are not used correctly.
You can make sun-cookers from boxes or heavy paper. They will not catch fire. Paper burns at 232℃. A sun-cooker never gets hotter than that. Sun-cookers cook food at low temperatures over long periods of time. This allows people to cook food and do other things at the same time.
小題1:What does the underlined word fuel mean?
A．燃料B．菜譜C．調(diào)料D．糧食
小題2:If you want to cook food quickly, which kind of sun-cooker is your best choice?
A．a(chǎn) box cookerB．a(chǎn) panel cooker
C．a(chǎn) parabolic cookerD．fire cooker
小題3:Which kind of sun-cooker costs very little?
A．a(chǎn) box cookerB．a(chǎn) panel cooker
C．a(chǎn) parabolic cookerD．fire cooker
小題4:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The first sun-cooker was made by a Swiss soldier.
B．Sun-cookers often get hotter than 232℃.
C．Parabolic cookers can be dangerous sometimes.
D．It is more expensive to cook with a sun-cooker than on fire.
小題5:What is the best title of this passage?
A．How to Be a Good Cook?B．Cooking Meals With the Sun
C．How to Save Energy?D．Different Ways of Cooking

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了利用太陽能做飯的問題，并重點描述了三種太陽灶的特點與效能。
小題1:聯(lián)系下文there is a much easier and cheaper way to cook food using energy from the sun.利用來自太陽的能量，可知選A。
小題2:根據(jù)Food cooks quickly in parabolic cookers.描述可知選C。
小題3:根據(jù)They do not cost much. In Kenya, for example, panel cookers cost just two dollars.描述可知選B。
小題4:根據(jù)Parabolic cookers can also cause burns and eye injuries if they are not used correctly.描述可知拋物面炊具有時很危險，故選C。
小題5:這篇短文主要講述的即使利用太陽能做飯的事情，故選B，用太陽能做飯。
點評：本文淺顯易懂，各個小題都能在文中找到適當依據(jù)。只要認真閱讀短文，注意前后聯(lián)系，就能順利完成閱讀。文章所設試題主要考察細節(jié)查找，做題關鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認真核查小題和原文的異同。
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