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. places
B. realms
C. areas
D. domains
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.
It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, "I have failed agai
A. very critical
B. unpopular
C. very popular
D. very courteous
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