Question

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。
Pollution inside homes and other buildings kills more than 4 million people each year．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”，”It is four square meters of mirrors，six to eight meters in length．It is quite a large cooler．”
The“Sol.4”works by reflecting （反射）light from the sun off large mirrors．The mirrors direct （把…對準）the light at 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．Suchindividualswould 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 $2000，which is a large amount of money for most Africans．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．

（1）This passage is mainly about ．
A.solar cookers
B.smoke pollution
C.solar power experts
D.breathing illnesses
（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 means“”
A.cookers
B.mirrors
C.people
D.experts
（4）Which of the following about the“Sol﹣4”is TRUE？
A.It is six to eight square meters of mirrors．
B.It can work in any weather condition now
C.It can also heat the pan by lighting firewood
D.It is more environment﹣friendly than other cookers．
（5）From the passage，we can infer that ．
A.the“Sol﹣4”will be designed in a smaller size
B.more African can use the solar cookers 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】短文主要介紹了一種可以減少污染的通過太陽能來烹飪的設備的工作原理。目前，炊具只是在陽光燦爛的時候工作，但工程師們正在努力工作，使它在沒有陽光的情況下也能工作．
（1）主旨大意題．根據(jù) 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”，”聯(lián)系全文內(nèi)容可知本文是介紹一種新型的太陽能灶具，能夠減少污染對身體的傷害，故答案是A．
（2）細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)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主要是用于減少因有害氣體引起的死亡，故答案是D．（3）詞義猜測題．根據(jù)．And people can prepare meals without having to collect firewood or spend money on coal．人們可以不必收集柴火或花錢買煤做飯和后面的would be less likely to have breathing illnesses from harmful smoke．不太可能有來自于有害煙霧引起的呼吸病．individuals作為主語，表示人不可能得病，故選C．
（4）細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)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．Suchindividualswould be less likely to have breathing illnesses from harmful smoke可知這種新灶具比其他灶具更環(huán)保，故選D．
（5）推理判斷題．根據(jù)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．可以推斷將來越來越多的非洲人會用上太陽能灶，故答案是B．