题目内容
The National School Lunch Program
The majority of America’s schools participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), which provides low-cost or free lunches to more than 30 million kids a day. Signed into law in 1946 by President Harry S. Truman, the government originally started the program to absorb remaining farm products, while providing meals to school age children.
Any school district or independent nonprofit school participating in the NSLP receives cash and food from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In turn, the school’s meals must meet national nutrition requirements which are as follows:
No more than 30 percent of the meal’s calories may come from fat. Meals must provide one-third of the recommended protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, iron and calorie intakes.
It is worth noting that many experts feel these national nutrition guidelines are out of date and that some fast food provided by the NSLP isn't much healthier than some fast food. President Obama’s White House chef , for example, states the NSLP meals are high in fat. Parents and nutrition experts alike are calling for a complete review of the program.
Budget Challenges
Providing healthy school lunches within a limited budget is a challenge. Most schools today don’t even have full kitchens due to school lunch budget drops. Food is instead prepared outside or simply heated up and served at the school.
School Lunch Alternatives
Some school districts may find the NSLP unsatisfactory and instead provide other options. For example, the Farm-to-School Program aims to connect schools with local farms. Students can learn about the journey of their food “from farm to fork”, and local products appear in school meals. School gardens also provide opportunities for nutrition education, as well as produce food that can be offered at the school cafeteria. Of course, these programs require money and resources, and it is up to the school district to figure out how to get them.
60. According to the text, the NSLP _________.
A. provides completely free food to children
B. applies to all of America’s schools
C. did not come into force legally until 1946
D. mainly provided school meals when it first started
61. What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?
A. Obama’s chef likes NSLP food very much.
B. Food from the NSLP is healthier than fast food.
C. Many parents are worried about the program.
D. The national nutrition guidelines are still good.
62. Sometimes schools prepare food for their students outside because _______.
A. parents asked the schools to do so
B. the government allows the school to do so
C. it is cleaner and healthier than food produced on campus
D. the school lunch budget is limited
63. What can we learn about the Farm-to-School Program?
A. Students can learn a lot from it. B. It is based on a free-of-charge rule.
C. It has replace the NSLP in most places. D. The school cannot buy local products.
CCDA
The website FarmersOnly.com calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers.
As he tells it, the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him one day that she was recently divorced and would like to date. But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine o’clock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning.
So, in 2005, Jerry Miller launched his website. “You don’t have to be a farmer to be on FarmersOnly.com, but you do have to have the good old-fashioned traditional values of America’s Heartland.”
You also have to live in the United States or Canada to be a member of the site. Some services are free, but a full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. As of last week the site listed more than 58,000 members. Many of them are farmers in the United States. Others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. Jerry Miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website.
Some farmers have also found love through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986. It organizes gatherings that usually end with a dance, but is not a dating service. The purpose is to support educational and social activities that offer people a chance for friendship. Its website, singlesinag.org, says there are more than 1,000 members across the nation and as far away as France.
【小题1】Jerry Miller started singlesinag.org in order to .
A.help farmers | B.support traditions |
C.understand farmers | D.represent farmers |
A.She dislikes city lifestyle. |
B.She prefers late night coffee. |
C.Country life isn’t well understood. |
D.It’s tiring to get up early. |
A.Its services are free. |
B.It provides dating services. |
C.Only farmers can become its members. |
D.Farmers in France can’t benefit from it. |
A.advertise for the two websites |
B.introduce two websites |
C.encourage social activities |
D.urge readers to help farmers |
A.all farmers desire marriage |
B.farmers are easy to meet new people |
C.more farmers get divorced in the USA |
D.the Internet helps improve farmers’ social life |