Do you have lunch at school? Do you like having lunch at school? School dinners (that means “lunch”) are a hot topic in the UK these days and there are lots of different opinions about what young people eat at lunchtime. Some people think that school meals are unhealthy; some people say that they are much better than in the past and others say that midday meals should be free for all school children.

A typical school dinner costs about 2 pounds a day for a secondary pupil in the UK. There is usually a main course, a dessert and a drink. Parents often pay in advance online. School dinners must include food groups such as fruit and vegetables, protein (for example meat, fish or cheese) and carbohydrate (for example rice or pasta). There are rules about how the food is prepared, for example there are limits on the quantity of fried food.

Martha Payne, from Scotland, started a blog called Neverseconds about her school dinners when she was just nine years old. She posts photographs of her lunch every day and gives the food a grade out of ten. The grade depends on the quality and quantity of the food and how healthy it is. She doesn't always give good grades. Her complaints include too much fried food, small quantities and hair in the food. Many people read her blog and young people from all over the world post pictures, of their school meals on Neverseconds.

Jamie Oliver, the celebrity British chef, is concerned about school dinners. He thinks that they need to be healthier and tastier. Jamie helped to promote Martha's blog by tweeting (在推特上写) about it and Neverseconds became very popular, very quickly on social media websites. On the blog, Martha also collects money for charity. The money is used to provide food for more than 600,000 poor children around the world.

【1】School dinners can be a hot topic in the UK these days because ________.

A．parents cannot afford to pay for them

B．they have led to many healthy problems

C．people have different opinions about them

D．there are no rules about how the food is prepared

【2】What do you know about the typical school dinner in the UK?

A．It's free for all school children.

B．It costs about 2 pounds a day for a secondary pupil.

C．It's low in protein and carbohydrate.

D．It has no fruit or vegetables.

【3】Which of the following is the example of the underlined word “complaints”？

A．He has never phoned me since we parted.

B．She posts photographs every day in her blog.

C．They are always doing their work pretty well.

D．Today we had pizza, salad, then an apple for dessert.

【4】How did Martha Payne's blog become popular?

A．Jamie Oliver helped to promote it.

B．Many people collected money for it.

C．Poor children could get free food from it.

D．Martha Payne spent most of her time on it.

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】

试题分析：

【1】解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“School dinners ... what young people eat at lunchtime.”可知，因为人们对学校午餐有不同的意见，所以这成了热门话题。故答案选C。

【2】解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“A typical school dinner costs about 2 pounds a day for a secondary pupil in the UK.”可知，对于一个英国中学生而言，标准的学校午餐每天要花费大约2英镑。故答案选B。

【3】解析：选A 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“She doesn't always give good grades ... too much fried food, small quantities and hair in the food.”可知，她也会抱怨食物不好。画线词意为“抱怨”。故只有A项符合此意。

【4】解析：选A 细节理解题。根据最后一段第三句“Jamie helped to promote ... very quickly on social media websites.”可知，Jamie通过推特宣传Martha的博客Neverseconds，使之广受欢迎。故答案选A。