7.The federal school lunch program for 30 million low-income children was created more than half a century ago to combat malnutrition(營養(yǎng)不良).A breakfast program was added during the 1960s,and both attempted to improve the nutritional value of food served at school.
More must be done to fight the childhood obesity(肥胖) epidemic,which has caused a frightening peak in weight-related disorders like diabetes,high-blood pressure and heart disease among young people.The place to start is schools,where junk food sold outside the federal meals program-through snack bars and vending machines-has pretty much canceled out the benefits of all those efforts.
Federal rules that govern the sales of these harmful foods at school are limited and have not been updated for nearly 40 years.Until new regulations are written,children who are served healthy meals in the school cafeteria will continue to buy candy drinks and high sodium(鈉) snacks elsewhere in school.
Many states'school districts have taken positive steps,but others are likely to resist,especially districts that sell junk food to finance athletic program extracurricular activities,and even copier expenses.
Those districts should take note of a study released in 2009 in West Virginia showing that the budgetary costs of switching from sodas to healthy drinks such as fruit juice,milk,and water were very little.Even if the switch costs money,so be it.The school should not be trading their students'health to buy office supplies.
Over the last five decades,the obesity rates for adolescents have tripled.Unless there is decisive action,weight and inactivity-related disorders will bother a steady larger proportion of the work force and replace smoking as the leading cause of premature death.
32.According to this passage,Bare to blame for the childhood obesity.
A.weight-related disorders B.high calorie snacks
C.parents'bad habits D.unhealthy lunches and breakfast
33.Which is the main idea of Paragraph 3?B
A.Federal governments deserve high praise for their school lunch program.
B.New regulations are badly in need of updating.
C.Children should be forbidden to buy snacks in school.
D.Federal rules encourage snacks outside the school program.
34.The passage is concerned mainly withC.
A.Malnutrition in low-income children
B.The federal school lunch program
C.obesity at school
D.the nutritional value of food served at school
35.The tone of this passage isA.
A.negative B.indifferent C.optimistic D.ironic.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章向我們敘述了開始于學校的兒童肥胖疫情,已在體重相關的疾病如糖尿病引起的可怕的高峰,雖然許多政府學校已采取積極措施,但可能受到阻礙,改善兒童肥胖疫情的前景并不樂觀.
解答 32.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段"children who are served healthy meals in the school cafeteria will continue to buy candy drinks and high sodium(鈉) snacks elsewhere in school",他在學校的自助餐廳提供健康食物的孩子會繼續(xù)在學校其他地方買糖果飲料和高鈉小吃;可知兒童肥胖癥是由于高卡路里零食;故選B.
33.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第三段"Federal rules that govern the sales of these harmful foods at school are limited and have not been updated for nearly 40 years",聯(lián)邦規(guī)則里關于這些有害食品在學校的銷售是有限的,但是沒有更新已近40年;可推測新的規(guī)章制度急需更新;故選B.
34.C.主旨大意題.通讀全文,可知文章主要在描述開始于學校的兒童肥胖疫情,講述了引起病癥的原因和改善的方法以及并不樂觀的未來前景;故選C.
35.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后一段"Unless there is decisive action,weight and inactivity-related disorders will bother a steady larger proportion of the work force and replace smoking as the leading cause of premature death",除非有決定性的行動,體重和不活動引起的疾病將困擾一個穩(wěn)定的更大比例的工作力量,并取代吸煙作為過早死亡的主要原因;可推測作者的態(tài)度是消極的;故選A.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.