2 Early peoples who lived in hot regions could depend on the heat of the sun to cook their food.For example,in the desert areas of the southwestern United States,the Indians cooked their food by placing it on a flat stone in the hot sun.They cooked pieces of meat and thin cakes of corn meal in this fashion. 3 We can imagine that the earliest kitchen utensil was a stick to which a piece of meat could be attached and held over a fire.Later this stick was replaced by an iron rod or spit which could be turned frequently to cook the meat on all sides. 4 Cooking food in water was impossible before man learned to make water containers that could not be destroyed by fire.The first cooking pots were reed or grass baskets in which soups and stews could be cooked.As early as 1600 B.C.,the Egyptians had learned to make more permanent cooking pots out of sandstone.Many years later,the Eskimos learned to make similar pans. 5 The North American Indians adopted a different method of cooking their food.They placed their food in skin bags or birch bark kettles,then dropped hot stones in with the food.When the stones cooled off,the Indians replaced them with hot stones.The Indians continued to add fresh hot stones to the containers until the food was cooked. 6 Records left by the ancient Egyptians show that they knew how to cook food in many ways.Their frescoes (wall-paintings)portray people baking,boiling,roasting,frying and stewing food.The Egyptians also knew how to preserve meat by smoking and salting it. 7 The Bible tells us that the Jews were skilled cooks.The Book of Genesis,for instance,relates the story of Rebecca,who put food in a pan and placed it over burning charcoal.The Jews also knew the art of.baking at an early point in their history.Carvings left by the ancient Jews show dough being put into a small round oven to be baked. Questions 31-35 are based on Passage 4. 31.How was food eaten thousands of years ago? 32.How did early peoples living in hot regions cook their food? 33.What were used as the first cooking pots? 34.What did the Egyptians use to make cooking pots? 35.What were frescoes? 5512 Early peoples who lived in hot regions could depend on the heat of the sun to cook their food. For example , in the desert areas of the southwestern United States, the lndians cooked their food by placing it on a flat stone În the hot sun. They cooked pieces of meat and thin cakes of corn meal in this fashion. 3 We can imagine that the earliest kitchen utensil was a stick to which a piece of meat could be attached and held over a fire. Later this stick was replaced by an iron rod or spit which could be turned frequently to cook the meat on a11 sides. 4 Cooking food in water was impossible before man learned to make water containers that could not be destroyed by fire. The first cooking pots were reed or grass baskets in which soups and stews could be cooked. As early as 1600 B. C. , the Egyptians had learned to make more permanent cooking pots out of sandstone. Many years later , the Eskimos learned to make simi1ar pans. 5 The North American Indians adopted a different method of cooking their food. They p1aced their food in skin bags or birch bark kettles , then dropped hot stones in with the food. When the stones cooled 日， the lndians replaced them with hot stones. The Indians continued to add fresh hot stones to the containers until the food was cooked. 6 Records le[t by the ancient Egyptians show that they knew how to cook food in many ways. Their frescoes (wall-paìntings) portray peop1e bakìng , boì1ìng , roasting , frying and stewing food. The Egyptians a1so knew how to preserve meat by smoking and salting it. 7 The Bib1e tells us that the J ews were skilled cooks. The Book o[ Genesis, for instance , relates the story of Rebecca , who put food in a pan and placed it over burning charcoal. The J ews also knew the art 0[. baking at an early point in their history. Carvings lef t by the ancient J ews show dough being put into a small round oven to be baked. Questions 31-35 are based on Passage 1. 31. How was food eaten thousands of years ago? 32. How did early peoples living in hot regions cook their food? 33. What were used as the first cooking pots? 31. What did the Egyptians use to make cooking pots? 35. What were frescoes? 551