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【题目】 Pollution inside homes and buildings kills more than 4 million people each year. Many people die as a result of breathing smoke or from cooking over wood-powered or coal-powered stoves.

One way to reduce the number of deaths is through cooking equipment powered by the sun. Crosby Menzies, a solar power expert in a South African company, described his latest solar cooker called the “Sol-4”. “It’s four square meters of mirrors, six to eight meters in length. It is quite a large cooker.”

The “Sol-4” works by reflecting (反射) light from the sun off large mirrors. The mirrors direct（把……对准）the light as a cooking pan. Then the light heats the pan with solar energy. Within two minutes, the pan is hot enough to cook sausages and onions. In just four minutes, water can be boiled. That is as fast as cooking with natural gas or electricity.

The cooker is also much “friendlier” than other models because people do not have to stand in the sun to use it. And people can prepare meals without having to collect firewood or spend money on coal. Such individuals would be less likely to have breathing illnesses from harmful smoke.

At present, the cooker only works when the sun is shining. But engineers are working on a way to make it work without sunlight. Each cooker costs about $2,000, which is a large amount of money for most Africans. To solve that problem, Crosby Menzies has created a non-governmental organization called Solar Cookers for Africa. It plans to raise money through donations to provide poor people with solar cooking equipment.

【1】This passage probably comes from .

A.a magazineB.a storybookC.a guidebookD.a textbook

【2】The “Sol-4” is mainly used to .

A.shorten the time of cooking

B.reduce the cost of making cookers

C.raise money through donations to help African people

D.reduce the number of deaths caused by harmful smoke

【3】The underlined word “individuals” most probably refers to .

A.cookersB.mirrorsC.peopleD.experts

【4】How soon can water be boiled in the “Sol-4”?

A.That is much faster than cooking with natural gas.B.Within two minutes.

C.That is as slow as cooking with electricity.D.In only four minutes.

【5】From the passage, we can infer that .

A.the “Sol-4” will be designed in a smaller size

B.more Africans can use the solar cooker in the future

C.the “Sol-4” is the first product of the South African company

D.the African government will provide poor people with solar cookers

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

本文介绍的是一种新型的太阳能灶具，能够减少污染对身体的伤害。一个南非公司的太阳能专家Crosby Menzies描述了他最新的太阳能炊具，称为“Sol.4”，“它是四平方米的镜子，长度六到八米，相当大的灶具。”“Sol.4”由大镜子反射的太阳光运作的。镜子直接把光对准炒菜的锅，然后光用太阳能加热锅。两分钟后，锅热得能够烤香肠和洋葱。在短短的四分钟，水可以煮沸，和用天然气或电做饭一样快。目前，炊具只是在阳光灿烂的时候工作，但工程师们正在努力工作，使它在没有阳光的情况下也能工作。

【1】细节理解题，本文介绍的是一种新型的能够减少污染对身体的伤害的太阳能灶具。结合选项A. a magazine 杂志；B. a storybook故事书；C. a guidebook旅游指南；D. a textbook教科书，应该最有可能出现在杂志上，故选A。

【2】细节理解题，根据Many people die as a result of breathing smoke or from cooking over wood-powered of coal-powered stoves．One way to reduce the number of deaths is through cooking equipment powered by the sun．Crosby Menzies，a solar power expert in a South African company, described his latest solar cooker called the"Sol.4"可知Sol-4主要是用于减少因有害烟尘引起的死亡，故选D。

【3】词义猜测题，根据And people can prepare meals without having to collect firewood or spend money on coal．人们可以不必收集柴火或花钱买煤做饭和后面的would be less likely to have breathing illnesses from harmful smoke．不太可能有来自于有害烟雾引起的呼吸病。 individuals 作为主语，表示人不可能得病，故选C。

【4】细节理解题，根据In just four minutes, water can be boiled.可知只要四分钟，水就可以烧开了。故选D。

【5】推理判断题，根据To solve that problem, Crosby Menzies has crated a non-governmental organization called solar Cookers for Africa．It plans to raise money through donations to provide poor people with solar cooking equipment．可以推断将来越来越多的非洲人会用上太阳能灶，故选B。