Passage Four
The young man who came to the door—he was about thirty, perhaps, with a handsome, smiling face—didn’t seem to find my lateness offensive, and led me into a large room. On one side of the room sat half a dozen women, all in white; they were much occupied with a beautiful baby, who seemed to belong to the youngest of the women. On the other side of the room sat seven or eight men, young, dressed in dark suits, very much at ease, and very imposing. The sunlight came into the room with the peacefulness that one remembers from rooms in one’s early childhood—a sunlight encountered later only in one’s dreams. I remember being astounded by the quietness, the ease, the peace, and the taste. I was introduced, they greeted me with a genuine cordiality and respect—and the respect increased my fright, for it meant that they expected something of me that I knew in my heart, for their sakes, I could not give—and
A. Enthusiastic
B. Hostile
C. Impressive
D. Anxious
The first man who cooked his food, instead of eating it raw, lived so long ago that we have no idea who he was or where he lived. We do know, however, that 56 thousands of years food was always eaten cold and 57 . Perhaps the cooked food was heated accidentally by a 58 fire or by the melted lava from an erupting 59 . When people first tasted food that had been cooked, they found it tasted better. However, 60 after this discover, cooked food must have remained a rarity 61 man learned how to make and light 62 .
Primitive men who lived in hot regions could depend on the heat of the sun 63 their food. For example, in the desert 64 of the southwestern. United States, the Indians cooked their food by 65 it on a flat 66 in the hot sun. They cooked piece of meat and thin cakes of com meal in this 67 . We surmise that the earliest kitchen 68 was stick 69 which a
A. food
B. a fire
C. himself
D. it
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