Question

In the UK, most children have their lunches at school, but in some schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can have a school dinner-a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a packed(包装的) lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like sandwiches.

Often parents know what their children want. Cath, a mother of three children, told us, “My children have packed lunches because they say they don’t like to have school dinners. So I make three packed lunches every morning.”

However, another mother, Susan, made a different choice. She said, “My daughters always have school dinners. I think they probably get healthier food at school than a few sandwiches I make for them.”

But how healthy are school dinners? Kaz, a father, thought poorly of them. He said, “Fizzy(起泡的) drinks were offered and I think there were a lot of chips.”

Jamie Oliver spent a year working in a school kitchen. He was worried about the unhealthy food which included burgers, pizzas and chips. So he tried to cook healthy food such as good stews and curries for the children instead.

So Jamie improved the school dinners, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food in that school. Then he advised the government to improve school food across the country. And it seems that the changes have begun.

Anna, a pupil, told us, “We used to have a fast food window where you got chips and coke, but they stopped that this year. There’s a salad restaurant, which is good, so it’s healthier than it was.”

1.What does the underlined work “ them” refer to ?

A. Susan’s daughters.    B. School dinners.    C. Susan’s sons.    D. Sandwiches.

2.What did Jamie think were healthy food?

A. Stews and curries.    B. Burgers and pizzas.

C. Chips and fizzy drinks.    D. Sandwiches and coke.

3.What do the last two paragraphs(段落) show ?

A. There’s a salad restaurant in every school.

B. Salad is the only healthy food for students.

C. Schools have begun to cook healthier food.

D. The government doesn’t care about school dinners.

4.What is the best title for this text?

A. Healthy Food.    B. Unhealthy Food.    C. Packed Lunches.    D. School Dinners.

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】这篇短文讲述了学生们用餐的选择，有的学生选择让家长给他们做好饭打包带到学校；有的学生选择在学校用餐。而且现在学校已经开始行动，制作更加健康的食物给孩子们。

1.词义猜测题。根据短文中However, another mother, Susan, made a different choice. She said, “My daughters always have school dinners. I think they probably get healthier food at school than a few sandwiches I make for them.”可知，这段话是Susan说的，她更乐意让自己的女儿们在学校吃饭，她觉得学校里的食物比她为孩子们准备的食物更健康。这里的them指代的是Susan的女儿们。故应选A。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中Jamie Oliver spent a year working in a school kitchen. He was worried about the unhealthy food which included burgers, pizzas and chips. So he tried to cook healthy food such as good stews and curries for the children instead.可知，Jamie觉得像炖汤和咖喱对孩子们来说是健康的食物。故应选A。

3.细节理解题。根据短文最后两段中So Jamie improved the school dinners, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food in that school以及so it’s healthier than it was可知，学校已经开始为学生们制作更加健康的食物。由此可知应选C。

4.主旨大意题。这篇短文讲述了学生们用餐的选择，有的学生选择让家长给他们做好饭打包带到学校；有的学生选择在学校用餐。而且现在学校已经开始行动，制作更加健康的食物给孩子们。因此全文都是围绕学校用餐这个话题展开的，故应选D。

点睛：这篇短文是一篇说明文，介绍了关于在学校用餐的情况。短文篇幅较长，阅读的时候，要注意把握文章的中心，其实在短文的第一段就点明了短文的中心话题，下面是围绕这一话题举了一些例子，因此第4小题在选择题目的时候，只要把握住了这一中心，就能找到正确答案。再例如第2小题，这是一个细节理解题，我们根据题目中的人名Jamie去原文定位相关信息，就可以找到答案。