B
(2014·宁波六校高一期中)
In the UK, most children have their midday meal at school, but in many schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can have a school lunch-a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a packed lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like sandwiches.
Often parents prepare lunches on_the_basis_of what their children want. Cathy, a mother of three children, told us, “My children have packed lunches, because they say they hate school dinners. I make 3 packed lunches every morning, so we're like a sandwich bar in our kitchen in the morning.”
However, another mother, Susan, made her choice based on the nutritious value of the food. She said, “My daughter always has school dinners. I think she probably gets healthier food by having a cooked lunch at school than she would if I made sandwiches.”
But how healthy are school dinners? Kaz, a father, wasn't impressed with them. “Fizzy (有泡沫的) drinks were offered and I think there were a lot of chips.”
The question of how healthy school food is was brought to Jamie Oliver, who launched a campaign to improve children's nutrition, after spending a year working in a school kitchen. The TV series about the campaign won an award this week.
He was horrified(惊恐的)at the junk food he saw being served, which included burgers, pizza and chips.He decided to ban the junk, and started cooking good stews(炖菜)and curries for the children instead.
Jamie improved the school dinners in that particular school, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food. Then he put pressure on the government to improve the standards of school food across the country. And it looks as if the changes have begun.
文章大意：你讨厌学校提供的饮食吗?让我们看看英国学校的情况如何?
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A.School Dinners B.Healthy Food
C.Dinners in the UK D.Research on Dinners
答案：A 主旨大意题。全文讲述的是学校饮食的问题，所以A项符合。
6.The underlined phrase “on the basis of” in the second paragraph probably means“________”.
A.by comparison B.according to
C.in spite of D.for the good of
答案：B 猜测词义题。所在句句意为“通常父母会按照孩子的要求准备午饭”。
7.We can learn from the passage that________.
A.in Britain, all children have their lunch at school
B.Cathy's children like school dinners
C.stews and curries are healthy food
D.Jamie Oliver works in a school kitchen
答案：C 细节理解题。由倒数第二段可知，Jamie非常吃惊地发现学校提供汉堡包、比萨和薯条这些垃圾食品。他决定禁绝这些垃圾食品，用stews和curries来代替垃圾食品，所以不难看出stews和curries是健康的饮食。
8.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A.There are many schools in Britain.
B.Susan chooses food for her daughter according to its nutrition.
C.In the past, the food provided by British schools was not healthy enough.
D.None of the parents in Britain like school food.
答案：C 推理判断题。由最后两段可推知，过去，英国学校提供的饮食是不健康的。
