Lunch is an important meal for growing students .In the US, schools a 1 the country are changing their menus to serve h2 food ,but most schools give students little time to eat .

A new survey by the School Nutrition Association of the US s3 primary school students  have about 25 minutes for lunch and middle school and high school students about 30 minutes. That includes the time students need to go to the restroom, wash their hands, walk to the cafeteria and stand in l 4 or their meals.

In f 5 , students may have only about 10 to 15 minutes left to eat their meals, but they need at l 6  20,the association says.

Many students feel r 7 at lunchtime.Jamie Taylor.a 15-year-old student at an Oklahoma middle school,thinks that healthy foods often takes m8  time to eat.

“For example,it takes more time to c9  a whole apple than some applesauce[苹果酱]，and eating a salad takes longer than eating a cheeseburger or chicken nuggets”.Taylor said.”you always have to rush to the cafeteria and rush to eat every time.”

Besides,some kids eat their favorite foods first, and if they run out of time, those vegetables may get left behind..

“It has made it impossible to have the j10 of sitting down and enjoying a lunch,”says Helen Phillips,president of the Association.

Phillips thinks that,nowadays,the attiude is to make students sit down and eat and get it over with quickly.”I don’t know if there is a perfect way,but we will try to make it as perfect as we can.”Phillips said.

Lunch is an important meal for growing students .In the US, schools a 1 the country are changing their menus to serve h2 food ,but most schools give students little time to eat .

A new survey by the School Nutrition Association of the US s3 primary school students  have about 25 minutes for lunch and middle school and high school students about 30 minutes. That includes the time students need to go to the restroom, wash their hands, walk to the cafeteria and stand in l 4 or their meals.

In f 5 , students may have only about 10 to 15 minutes left to eat their meals, but they need at l 6  20,the association says.

Many students feel r 7 at lunchtime.Jamie Taylor.a 15-year-old student at an Oklahoma middle school,thinks that healthy foods often takes m8  time to eat.

“For example,it takes more time to c9  a whole apple than some applesauce[苹果酱]，and eating a salad takes longer than eating a cheeseburger or chicken nuggets”.Taylor said.”you always have to rush to the cafeteria and rush to eat every time.”

Besides,some kids eat their favorite foods first, and if they run out of time, those vegetables may get left behind..

“It has made it impossible to have the j10 of sitting down and enjoying a lunch,”says Helen Phillips,president of the Association.

Phillips thinks that,nowadays,the attiude is to make students sit down and eat and get it over with quickly.”I don’t know if there is a perfect way,but we will try to make it as perfect as we can.”Phillips said.

Lunch is an important meal for growing students .In the US, schools a 1 the country are changing their menus to serve h2 food ,but most schools give students little time to eat .

A new survey by the School Nutrition Association of the US s3 primary school students  have about 25 minutes for lunch and middle school and high school students about 30 minutes. That includes the time students need to go to the restroom, wash their hands, walk to the cafeteria and stand in l 4 or their meals.

In f 5 , students may have only about 10 to 15 minutes left to eat their meals, but they need at l 6  20,the association says.

Many students feel r 7 at lunchtime.Jamie Taylor.a 15-year-old student at an Oklahoma middle school,thinks that healthy foods often takes m8  time to eat.

“For example,it takes more time to c9  a whole apple than some applesauce[苹果酱]，and eating a salad takes longer than eating a cheeseburger or chicken nuggets”.Taylor said.”you always have to rush to the cafeteria and rush to eat every time.”

Besides,some kids eat their favorite foods first, and if they run out of time, those vegetables may get left behind..

“It has made it impossible to have the j10 of sitting down and enjoying a lunch,”says Helen Phillips,president of the Association.

Phillips thinks that,nowadays,the attiude is to make students sit down and eat and get it over with quickly.”I don’t know if there is a perfect way,but we will try to make it as perfect as we can.”Phillips said.

Lunch is an important meal for growing students .In the US, schools a 1 the country are changing their menus to serve h2 food ,but most schools give students little time to eat .

A new survey by the School Nutrition Association of the US s3 primary school students  have about 25 minutes for lunch and middle school and high school students about 30 minutes. That includes the time students need to go to the restroom, wash their hands, walk to the cafeteria and stand in l 4 or their meals.

In f 5 , students may have only about 10 to 15 minutes left to eat their meals, but they need at l 6  20,the association says.

Many students feel r 7 at lunchtime.Jamie Taylor.a 15-year-old student at an Oklahoma middle school,thinks that healthy foods often takes m8  time to eat.

“For example,it takes more time to c9  a whole apple than some applesauce[苹果酱]，and eating a salad takes longer than eating a cheeseburger or chicken nuggets”.Taylor said.”you always have to rush to the cafeteria and rush to eat every time.”

Besides,some kids eat their favorite foods first, and if they run out of time, those vegetables may get left behind..

“It has made it impossible to have the j10 of sitting down and enjoying a lunch,”says Helen Phillips,president of the Association.

Phillips thinks that,nowadays,the attiude is to make students sit down and eat and get it over with quickly.”I don’t know if there is a perfect way,but we will try to make it as perfect as we can.”Phillips said.

How can you buy a meal for lunch without any money in your pocket？Students in Class 9,Grade 8 at Mountain and Lake Middle School in Chengdu,Sichuan,have their ways. They give out flyers(传单), draw portraits(人物素描) and work as waiters.

The class, working in eight groups, finished the activity. Experiencing Life for Seven Hours,on March 18, “I found students waste their food in the dining?hall, ”the class teacher, Deng Guiyong said, “So I held this activity to help them understand how hard it is to make money.”

Jiang Yao, 15, and his group members stood in the streets giving out flyers for about two hours and got the money for their lunch. Then they worked as waiters in a pizza restaurant?cleaning the floor；and toilets and getting food for guests, “We were busy all along, so we were terribly exhausted after the day’s hard work.”said Jiang.“We each got a pizza as a prize, which tasted much better than one I ate with my parents before.”

When Xie Ni’s group didn't make any money in three hours, the members became nervous about their lunch. The 14?year?old girl came up with the idea of drawing portraits to sell, “I sold four portraits and one tourist even paid us 100 yuan for his portrait, ”said Xie.

Xie realized that life is really hard. “We have to work hard to get the money to pay for even a simple meal.” Xie said, “We must value the happy life today.”

On top of making money, each group was asked to do at least five good deeds during the seven hours. Students helped the old cross the road, gave directions to tourists and turned in a lost bus card.

56. From the teacher’s words, we can see that the students ________.

A. usually waste food in their daily life　 B. realize life is really not easy

C. know it’s hard to make money　　　　 D. have their own ways to get food without money

57. The underlined word“exhausted”in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A. happy 　　　　B. crazy 　　　 C. tired 　　　　 D. boring

58. In order to make money, the students have done all except ________.

A. help the old cross the road 　　　 B. give out flyers

C. draw portraits　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. work as waiters

59. The purpose of this activity is to ________.

A. let the students get food　 B. help the students learn to value their today’s life

C. help people in need　　　　 D. give the students a chance to learn to work

60. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Life Is Really Hard 　　　　　　B. It’s Good To Be A Volunteer

C. How To work For People　 D. Experiencing Life For Seven Hours