It seems school children all over the world complain about their school food. Cherie Blair, the wife of previous Prime Minister Tony Blair, said that she would prepare a packed lunch for her son if school dinners do not improve. So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?
Japan
High schools have canteens（食堂）, which serve everything from noodles to rice, but not burgers and chips. Other children bring food from home such as cold rice balls, meat or fish, pickles(泡菜) and vegetables.
Students take home a menu for the coming month containing notes on nutrition（營養(yǎng)）value. Twice a year parents are invited to have a taste of the food. The class with the fewest leftovers(剩飯) at the end of the month receives a prize.
Untied States
A typical menu from a US school is made up of a hamburger with fried potatoes or roast chicken, lettuce and pickles, fruit and cookies. School lunches must also provide at least one-third of the daily dietary allowances (定量) of protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium, and calories.
Australia
Meat pies, sausage rolls and hotdogs are all traditional dishes in Australian school shops. But as the nation pays more attention to children’s health, healthier foods have started to find their way onto school menus.
Many schools have used a traffic light system. The sale of red-labelled foods, including pastries, chocolate and soft drinks, is served only twice a week. Healthier green-labelled foods such as sushi (壽司), sandwiches, corn and watermelon, however, are available every day.
In some schools, students have a choice of up to 89 foods to choose from, including popcorn and rice.
South Africa
Most of South Africa’s schools do not serve meals at all. Classes end at 1:30pm and students get their own lunches. Many students bring food from home, usually sandwiches.
Fast food and fried food sell the best among students, which has led to a rise in obesity among children. But as more people began to realize the fact that being too fat may cause different diseases, some schools in towns have led the way towards better nutrition. Now students at these schools are provided with lunches of porridge with vegetables, such as cabbages, onions, beans, carrots and tomatoes.
小題1:What does the underlined word “obesity” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Nutrition.B．Addiction.C．Food shortage.D．Overweight.
小題2:We can infer from the passage that ________.
A．a(chǎn) typical menu from a US school consists of enough nutrition.
B．most students in South Africa eat their lunch at home.
C．many schools in Australia have traffic lights outside their school.
D．you can have whatever you like in school canteens in Japan.
小題3:What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Schools should try to satisfy the needs of students.
B．Schools serve different foods from country to country.
C．Food served in the US is the best of all.
D．School children all over the world dislike their school food.
小題4:The article is written for ________.
A．parentsB．schoolmasters
C．students of your ageD．nutritionists

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C
文章是關(guān)于世界各國學(xué)生的午餐。
小題1:猜測詞義題。根據(jù)前一句Fast food and fried food sell the best among students，可知快餐和油炸食品會導(dǎo)致肥胖。D正確。
小題2:推斷題。根據(jù)Untied States部分的School lunches must also provide at least one-third of the daily dietary allowances (定量) of protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium, and calories.
小題3:主旨大意題。通讀全文可知文章是關(guān)于世界各國學(xué)生的午餐的。
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?
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B．he couldn’t stand a clean appearance
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D．All the employers in the U.S. are for casual office wear.
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D．Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people.
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