Question

In a class discussion not long ago, I asked my students the following question, “How long could you feel comfortable and right without food?” One student quickly answered, “About two hours.” The answer is true. For most of us, we begin to feel hungry in a few hours after each meal. We can’t imagine starting our day by waking up hungry, going all day without food and going to bed with even greater hunger.

The statistics (数据) on hunger in the United States are much surprising to all of us. According to Feeding America, “50,000,000 Americans don’t know where their next meal is coming from. That’s the number in one of the wealthiest nations on the planet. And one in four of these 50,000,000 people are children.”

No Kid Hungry surveyed more than 1,000 teachers and principals around the country and found that 73 percent of teachers said they regularly teach hungry students who don’t have enough food to eat at home, and 87 percent of principals said they often see hungry students in school. As a result of so many hungry students, teachers spend nearly $40 a month buying food for kids with their own money.

This is the time of the year when children do not have the benefit (好处) of school lunch programs. Here are some ways we can do to help change this situation: First, we can give money to the local food bank. Next, we can donate food in our local area. Third, we can volunteer our time at a local food bank. So, on our next visit to the grocery store, add an extra food idem that can be donated to a food bank. Don’t wait to make a difference in a child’s life.

1.Which of the following is true?

A. Many Americans don’t have enough food to eat.

B. Most children in the US don’t want to eat breakfast.

C. American children are in hunger right now.

D. American schools don’t provide free breakfast.

2.The writer’s purpose of writing this text is to ______.

A. show the importance of school lunch programs

B. ask us to make some changes for children’s food

C. ask us to buy some more food when shopping next time

D. ask us to do something for students’ lunch programs

Answer

1.A

2.D

【解析】这篇短文给我们介绍的是很多美国的孩子们都在没有吃饱的情况下去上学，他们在学校没有免费的午饭，因此很多老师拿自己的钱去给孩子买吃的。为此，作者在短文中提出了他的建议。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中According to Feeding America, “50,000,000 Americans don’t know where their next meal is coming from. And one in four of these 50,000,000 people are children.”可知，很多美国人没有足够的食物吃，因此应选A。

2.细节理解题。根据短文的最后一段中This is the time of the year when children do not have the benefit (好处) of school lunch programs. Here are some ways we can do to help change this situation可知，现在孩子们没有了在学校吃午饭的这个项目，很多孩子都饿着上学，作者题提议我们可以做一些事情去改变这种状况，这也是作者写这篇短文的目的，故应选D。

点睛：这篇短文介绍了一种社会现象，很多美国的孩子都饿着去上学，由于没有了午餐项目，很多情况都是老师自己拿钱给孩子买吃的。因此作者在短文里提了一些建议，让我们帮助这些孩子改变这种状况。题目的设置以细节理解题为主，我们可以根据短文的一些细节，仔细阅读，并结合选项作答。例如第1小题，这个题目的答案主要集中在短文的第二段，通过阅读这一段我们可以知道，这里作者提供一些数字，告诉了我们这个事实。B选项在短文中并没有提到孩子们不吃早餐的情况，故不对；C选项里right now不对；D选项错在breakfast。