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1、www.ylongedu.com老托福阅读真题及答案：PASSAGE20Inseventeenth-centurycolonialNorthAmerica,allday-to-daycookingwasdoneinthefireplace.Generallylarge,fireplaceswereplannedforcookingaswellasforwarmth.ThoseintheNortheastwereusuallyfourorfivefeethigh,andintheSouth,theywereoftenhighenoughforapersontowalkinto.Ahea
2、vytimbercalledthemanteltreewasusedasalinteltosupportthestoneworkabovethefireplaceopening.Thistimbermightbescorchedoccasionally,butitwasfarenoughinfrontoftherisingcolumnofheattobesafefromcatchingfire. Twoledgeswerebuiltacrossfromeachotherontheinsideofthechimney.Ontheserestedtheendsofa"lugpole"f
3、romwhichpotsweresuspendedwhencooking.Woodfromafreshlycuttreewasusedforthelugpole,soitwouldresistheat,butithadtobereplacedfrequentlybecauseitdriedoutandcharred,andwasthusweakened.Sometimesthepolebrokeandthedinnerfellintothefire.Whenironbecameeasiertoobtain,itwasusedinsteadofwoodforlugpoles,andla
4、terfireplaceshadpivotingmetalrodstohangpotsfrom. Besidethefireplaceandbuiltaspartofitwastheoven.Itwasmadelikeasmall,secondaryfireplacewithaflueleadingintothemainchimneytodrawoutsmoke.Sometimesthedooroftheovenfacedtheroom,butmostovenswerebuiltwiththeopeningfacingintothefireplace.Onbakingdays(us
5、uallyonceortwiceaweek)aroaringfireof"ovenwood,"consistingofbrownmaplesticks,wasmaintainedintheovenuntilitswallswereextremelyhot.Theemberswerelaterremoved,breaddoughwasputintotheoven,andtheovenwassealedshutuntilthebreadwasfullybaked. Notallbakingwasdoneinabigoven,however.Alsousedwasaniron"bakek
6、ettle,"whichlookedlikeastewpotonlegsandwhichhadanironlid.Thisissaidtohaveworkedwellwhenitwasplacedinthefireplace,surroundedbyglowingwoodembers,withmoreemberspiledonitslid. 1.WhichofthefollowingaspectsofdomesticlifeincolonialNorthAmericadoesthepassagemainlydiscuss?www.ylongedu.com (A)methodsof
7、bakingbread (B)fireplacecooking (C)theuseofironkettlesinatypicalkitchen (D)thetypesofwoodusedinpreparingmeals 2.TheauthormentionsthefireplacesbuiltintheSouthtoillustrate (A)howthematerialsusedweresimilartothematerialsusedinno
