Using Monte-Carlo method we have calculated the gamma-ray sensitivity of a newly developed cascading Si-PIN detector.The results indicate that the cascading detector has a higher sensitivity than the single Si-PIN detectors. The sensitivity of cascading detector is related to the thickness of teflon piece.The measured sensitivities of the cascading Si-PIN detector and the general single Si-PIN detector to 1.25MeV gamma-rays are very close to the calculated values.