Many years ago，China had an energycrisis(危机)because it lost much of its wood due to over populationand poor management of its forests．This loss was verybad for the country，of course，butit turned out to be very good for the food．Wood becamevery expensive and hard to get，so the Chinese had toeither find a substitute(替代物)for their valuable wood，or learn how to use it better．There weren’tany substitutes so people found ways to—economize．
In order to economize in cookin9，they had touse very little wood．So they started cutting their meatand vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil．That way，the food cooked faster and theysaved their fuel。The food prepared in this way kept itsfresh flavor(味道)一and it's thisflavor that attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking．
64．This textis mainly about__________．
[A]what caused Chinese food to taste fresh
[B]how Chinese food is cooked in the US
[C]when the author started to make Chinesefood
[D]why most foreigners like cooking Chinesefood
65．Accordingto the text，what makes Chinese food attractive toforeigners?
[A]Its way of cooking．
[B]Its long history．
[C]Its special taste．
[D]Its lovely look．
66．The authormentioned the energy crisis to show__________．
[A]it is important to protect the forests
[B]it is necessary to find substitutes forwood
[C]why the Chinese changed their way ofcooking
[D]what problems a big population iscausing China today
67．It can beinferred from the text that before the energy crisis Chinese food__________．
[A]was cooked in rather large pieces
[B]was cooked in water but not oil
[C]didn’t taste good
[D] didn’t look fresh
68．Theunderlined word“economize”in paragraph 3 means__________．
[A]to meet energy crisis
[B]to find other forms of fuel
[C]to improve cooking methods
[D]to use carefully without waste
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