When I was a child growing up in India, every year my father took my mother and me to the village where he grew up. He thought it was important for us kids to see rural living and to learn how basic life could be. 

His village, Dev Gaon, is about 60 miles from Lucknow — the city where I was born . We usually took a bus for about two hours to get there. When we arrived at my grandmother's house, we saw her waiting in the yard.She had a U-shaped stove(炉子) that was made of earth and nothing else. She threw dried cow dung cakes, along with wood, into the stove to start the fire. 

The dried cow dung cakes(牛粪饼) came from the cows she owned. As a kid, I stood and watched how other women from the village, collected the dung from the barn, mixed it with hay and rolled it into large balls and then made in a cake. It took about three days for the cow dung to dry. Even in the city of Lucknow, I have seen cow dung drying on walls in some streets and in some areas, I have seen people using it to cook. That's not a good thing. Cow dung cakes can create a lot of smoke and pollution. 

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1.Where does the story happen?

A Japan.

B Kenya.

C America.

D India.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句 When I was a child growing up in India, every year my father took my mother and me to the village where he grew up.可知，故选D。

2.The writer took a_______to Dev Gaon.

A bus

B train

C plane

D ship

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句We usually took a bus for about two hours to get there. 可知，故选A。

3.My grandmother’s house used_______to cook meals.

A gas

B cow dung cakes

C leaves

D grass

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句She threw dried cow dung cakes, along with chopped wood, into the stove to start the fire.. 可知，故选B。

4.Where can you see the passage?

A In a daily report.

B In a story book.

C In a fashion magazine.

D In a talk show.

解析：选B。文章出处题。根据文章可以判断，它不可能出现在日常报告中，或者在时尚杂志中，也不能在脱口秀中出现，故选B 。

5.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A It took us two hours to get to Dev Gaon.

B The writer lived in the city.

C Cow dung cakes can make a lot of pollution.

D It took about 5 days to dry the cow dung cakes.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第三段第三句It took about three days for the cow dung to dry.可知，故选D。