Understanding the TestChoose the best answer for each of the following questions according to the test.How to Camp out1. Before going into camp there are many things for the camper to learn if he does not know how, and one of these things is how to make a fire. If one has matches, kindling and wood there is no trick in making a campfire, but there is a good trick in making a fire where there are no matches and the wood is green or wet.2. Our own Indians get fire by rotating a hard upright stick in a cup-shaped hollow of lighter wood, in which dry charcoal or the shavings of punk were placed. Cotton and any other substances that catch a flame easily would answer as well. This is getting fire by friction.3. Every hunter in the West and among the Indians and Mexicans of two continents now carries a flint and steel, and a dry substance to catch and retain the spark. This substance with a full outfit can now be had in most stores that supply sporting goods, and every camper should have a supply.SHELTER4. Camps are either temporary,that is changed from day to day, or they are permanent and may be visited year after year, or they may be used for a few weeks at a time. Temporary camps are the ones we are considering, and these can be elaborate or very, very simple. I prefer the latter, and I am sure the boys will agree with me.5. During the autumn and when the weather is dry and the nights not too cool, the best way to camp is in the open, sleeping on beds of boughs, about a roaring fire, and with one blanket under and another over.6. Small dog tents, like the ones our soldiers carried in the Civil War, are cheap and very convenient. Each man carried a section, and two made a tent, into which two men crawled when it rained, but in dry weather they preferred to sleep in the open, even when it was freezing.7. Shelters of boughs, arranged in an A-framed fashion from a ridge pole make good temporary shelters and are first rate as windbreaks at night.8. A shack built of crossed logs requires some time to build and some skill to make,but it is not beyond the reach of any boy who has seen — and who has not - an old-fashioned log shanty.IF LOST9. But all boys, even trained foresters, are apt to get lost in strange woods. Every one, however, should know what to do in such a circumstance. As a rule the denser growth of moss on trees is on the north side. This knowledge may help find the direction, but it is better to carry a small pocket compass.10. When the sky is clear, the sun and the stars help to guide the course, and if they are followed one is saved from traveling in a circle, as the lost are pretty sure to do in a dense forest.11. If twigs are broken from bushes they will serve to show the course to those out searching. A good plan is to follow down the course of a stream, which always flows into a larger body of water and will lead to some abode If a hill is accessible, the lay of the land may be had from its summit.12. In any event, should you be lost, do not get rattled . You will be missed in camp and a search will be made by your friends. If you have to stay in the woods all night, make the best of it. Others have made the best of it by sleeping near the foot of a tree or beside a log. It will be more cheery if you can make a fire without danger to the woods. THE OUTFIT13. Now the camping outfit”, including enough provisions for the proposed stay,must be carried, and unless the stay is to be short, a wagon or pack animals should be provided for this purpose. For a journey of ten miles or more I would not advise you to make the pack load more than two hundred pounds, though I have known mules to carry three hundred pounds at a pace of twenty miles a day over rough trails.14. If the pack is heavy,it may be lightened by having each camper carry his own blankets in a roll, with the case resting on the right shoulder. I would advise each to carry a can-teen if there is danger of your being long away from good water.15. You should have the following articles: A long-handled frying pan, a broiler ;a tin coffee pot; a long iron fork; a long iron spoon; some cheap tin cups, plates and spoons, and some forks and knives.16. Do not depend upon the fish and game for food supply, but take along some boneless bacon and fat pork, which are good for a relish with whatever fish or fresh meat you may secure.Then you should have some good ground coffee in a tightly closed box. Some tea in a screw-top glass preserve jar, sugar, salt, prepared flour, corn meal, rice, beans, oatmeal, condensed milk, evaporated cream, crackers, and as much canned or dried fruits as you cantransport without overloading — these are not necessaries, but all of them will come handy. 17. Worth Remembering. It is not well for a 10lot of boys, no matter how strong and intelligent, to go off camping unless one of them has had practical experience in that kind of life.1. Lead-in part of the passage indicates that camping is( )
A.A. not a real game but just as delightful B.B. fun for boys and men of young heart C.C. not well thought for a good vacation D.D. delightful for boys only CEOT正确答案A
