4. When I returned to Beijing from Shanghai, the sandstorm had just ended.
My friends all said I was lucky____________________ (miss) it.

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You can make solar ovens from boxes or heavy-paper. They will not catch fire. Paper burns at 232 degrees Celsius. A solar cooker never gets that hot. Solar ovens cook food at low temperatures over long periods of time. This permits people to leave food to cook while they do other things.

To learn more about solar cooking, you can write to Solar Cookers International. The postal address is nineteen-nineteen Twenty- First Street , Sacramento , California, nine-five-eight-one-one, USA. Or you can visit the group's Internet website. The address is www. solarcooking. org.

1.    When was the first solar cooker invented?

A.    About 1767 years ago.

B.    More than 300 years ago.

C.    More than 250 years ago.

D.    Less than 250 years ago.

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C.  Health Report. D.  Education Report.

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A.    The first solar-cooker was made by a Swiss soldier.

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