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Inseventeenth-centurycolonialNorthAmerica,allday-to-daycookingwasdoneintheGenerallylarge,fireplaceswereplannedforcookingaswellasforThoseintheNortheastwereusuallyfourorfivefeethigh,andintheSouth,theywereoftenhighenoughforapersontowalkAheavytimbercalledthemanteltreewasusedasalinteltosupportthestoneworkabovethefireplaceThistimbermightbescorchedoccasionally,butitwasfarenoughinfrontoftherisingcolumnofheattobesafefromcatching

TwoledgeswerebuiltacrossfromeachotherontheinsideoftheOntheserestedtheendsofalugpolefromwhichpotsweresuspendedwhenWoodfromafreshlycuttreewasusedforthelugpole,soitwouldresistheat,butithadtobereplacedfrequentlybecauseitdriedoutandcharred,andwasthusSometimesthepolebrokeandthedinnerfellintotheWhenironbecameeasiertoobtain,itwasusedinsteadofwoodforlugpoles,andlaterfireplaceshadpivotingmetalrodstohangpots

BesidethefireplaceandbuiltaspartofitwastheItwasmadelikeasmall,secondaryfireplacewithaflueleadingintothemainchimneytodrawoutSometimesthedooroftheovenfacedtheroom,butmostovenswerebuiltwiththeopeningfacingintotheOnbakingdays(usuallyonceortwiceaweek)aroaringfireofovenwood,consistingofbrownmaplesticks,wasmaintainedintheovenuntilitswallswereextremelyTheemberswerelaterremoved,breaddoughwasputintotheoven,andtheovenwassealedshutuntilthebreadwasfully

Notallbakingwasdoneinabigoven,Alsousedwasanironbakekettle,whichlookedlikeastewpotonlegsandwhichhadanironThisissaidtohaveworkedwellwhenitwasplacedinthefireplace,surroundedbyglowingwoodembers,withmoreemberspiledonits

WhichofthefollowingaspectsofdomesticlifeincolonialNorthAmericadoesthepassage

mainlydiscuss?

(A)methodsofbakingbread

(B)fireplacecooking

(C)theuseofironkettlesinatypicalkitchen

(D)thetypesofwoodusedinpreparingmeals

TheauthormentionsthefireplacesbuiltintheSouthtoillustrate

(A)howthematerialsusedweresimilartothematerialsusedinnortheasternfireplaces

(B)thattheyserveddiversefunctions

(C)thattheywereusuallylargerthannortheasternfireplaces

(D)howtheyweresaferthannortheasternfireplaces

Thewordscorchedinline6isclosestinmeaningto

(A)burned

(B)cut

(C)enlarged

(D)bent

Theworditinline6refersto

(A)thestonework

(B)thefireplaceopening

(C)themanteltree

(D)therisingcolumnofheat

Accordingtothepassage,howwasfoodusuallycookedinapotintheseventeenthcentury?

(A)Byplacingthepotdirectlyintothefire

(B)Byputtingthepotintheoven

(C)Byfillingthepotwithhotwater

(D)Byhangingthepotonapoleoverthefire

Thewordobtaininline12isclosestinmeaningto

(A)maintain

(B)reinforce

(C)manufacture

(D)acquire

Whichofthefollowingismentionedinparagraph2asadisadvantageofusingawoodenlug

pole?

(A)Itwasmadeofwoodnotreadily

(B)Itwasdifficulttomoveor

(C)Itoccasionally

(D)Itbecametoohotto

Itcanbeinferredfromparagraph3that,comparedtootherfirewood,ovenwoodproduced

(A)lesssmoke

(B)moreheat

(C)fewerembers

(D)lowerflames

Accordingtoparagraph3,allofthefollowingweretrueofacolonialovenEXCEPT:

(A)Itwasusedtoheatthekitchenevery

(B)Itwasbuiltaspartofthemain

(C)Thesmokeitgeneratedwentoutthroughthemain

(D)Itwasheatedwithmaple

Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingwasanadvantageofabakekettle?

(A)Itdidnottakeupaloto