Question

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…对准）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.A

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文主要介绍了一种可以减少污染的通过太阳能来烹饪的设备的工作原理。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.A主旨大意题．根据 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”，”联系全文内容可知本文是介绍一种新型的太阳能灶具，能够减少污染对身体的伤害，故答案是A．

2.D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气体引起的死亡，故答案是D．

3.C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.D细节理解题．根据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可知这种新灶具比其他灶具更环保，故选D．

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考点：环境保护类短文阅读。