C．They should preserve them with butter as desired.

　　D．They should use the smoke for less than half an hour.

　　6．Which of the following things need(s) the highest temperature when being smoked?

　　A．Meat.　　　　　 B．Fish.

　　C．Nuts. D．Cheddar.

　　7．We can learn from the passage that nuts ________.

　　A．should be made wet before being smoked

　　B．should be smoked with a great deal of salt

　　C．should be smoked for more than three hours

　　D．should be placed in a butter pot after smoking

　　8．What does the passage mainly tell us?

　　A．Some great cooking skills.

　　B．Some foods that can be smoked.

　　C．The best way of preserving foods.

　　D．The detailed steps of smoking foods.

　　C

　　I met the old man at a café."Did you hear the radio news yesterday？" he asked me."No，" I replied."Anything exciting？""Exciting? No! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend."

　　"Oh, dear！" I cried."How did it happen？""He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. Since he didn't return, I went to the hillside and found ...""His body？" I asked. The old fellow drank half of his coffee. "No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn't I? The big bones were lying everywhere. But they found this." He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man's thumb, lying on some white bloody material.

　　"This is my friend's right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him." The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the café. I drank mine and called the waiter."I'll pay the gentleman's bill. His poor friend - how terrible！""You've heard the news？" The waiter laughed. "Sure. There's a hole in the bottom of the match box. He put his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir？""But he held the box in his right hand.""Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can't take their sight off that terrible thing.""And when he tells the story, he gets a free cup of coffee！" I said, laughing."Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm！"

9．We can learn from this passage ________.