专限时训练(二十七) [社会生活型阅读理解(一)]
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(一)
School meals are junk and don’t provide the nutrition a body needs to grow, says Jamie Oliver, and he decides to do something about it. Schoolchildren in France who eat school dinners are likely to have a wellbalanced, fourcourse meal with fresh ingredients (成分) costing up to ￡1.10 to make. But British schoolchildren are fed mainly cheapprocessed meat, frozen pizzas and potato smiley faces, costing on average just 37 pence per meal.
In fact the money spent on school dinners is so small that schools can afford only whatsome people describe as junk food rather than fresh natural ingredients. This means that their meals don’t provide the nutrients and goodness children’s bodies need to develop properly. No wonder there’s growing concern about the health of the nation’s schoolchildren.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was so concerned about school dinners that he decided to try to improve them by teaming up with the kitchen staff at Kidbrooke School in Grenwich. He took a lot of time to learn how to get the kids to stop eating the junk and move to healthy food. This is not easy! But it is possible with some hard work and determination! After a lot of hard work from both Jamie and the school’s cooks, Kidbrooke is now serving some of the best school food in Britain. The menu includes fresh butcher’s sausages with creamy mash and onion gravy, chilli corn with basmati rice and fresh fruit salad. Incredibly, Jamie and the staff managed to create this healthier menu with the same 37 pence budget. But the school chefs admit cooking healthy food isn’t as easy as simply putting burgers and chips in the oven.
Then came the good news! The government has promised to spend ￡280 million
to improve school dinners across the country. Well done Jamie! This means that the national average cost will rise from 37p to 50p in primary schools and from 37p to 60p in secondary schools.
()1.What does the author try to tell us in the first paragraph?
A．School meals in France are the most expensive in the world.
B．British schools don’t provide the students with healthy food.
C．School meals in Britain are cheaper than those in France.
D．British school meals include many kinds of healthy food.
()2.British schools provide students with such meals because________.
A．most of the school children are too fat
B．people show little concern about the health of schoolchildren
C．schools don’t have enough money
D．schools don’t want to spend much money
()3.From the passage we can see that________.
A．the British government ignores schoolchildren’s health
B．Jamie creates a healthy menu with the help of the government
C．schoolchildren in Britain will have the best meals
D．cooking healthy food is not an easy job
()4.The good news for the British is that________.
A．schoolchildren will have the best food in Britain
B．the menu Jamie Oliver created is the best
C．parents have begun to pay attention to children’s food at school
D．the government has begun to do something about the fact
()5.What is the best title for this newspaper story?
A．A Healthier Menu for School Dinners
B．Schoolchildren in Britain Can’t Develop Properly
C．Dinners Lacking Nutrients in School
D．Schools with the Best Food
(二)
Most people nowadays are persistently seeking for opportunities that will assist them in reaching their goals. Marketing yourself is when there is a demand for you and your services that will help you achieve your goals.
Marketing yourself means you are simply “selling” yourself! The common problem in marketing yourself is that most people think that it is nasty to do this.They think that marketing concerns only to a business. Of course, this is absolutely not true. People who want to attain the success they desire must promote themselves.
In every attempt you make, just think that marketing yourself is a very useful tool. The better you market yourself, the more opportunities you will have. Marketing yourself does not really mean telling every person how beautiful and wonderful you are. It simply means telling your prospective employer that you exist, that you have the possibility of generating much greater income than your prospective employer makes. Or maybe you have the chance of doing something better. There are actually several different ways of marketing yourself.But there are only two primary approaches that you implement(实施)．The first is you find ways to reach out to others and the second is to construct ways in order for the people to find you and make connection with you.
In order for you to reach out and touch the lives of others, you have to be a good person and a good employee.In that way your good reputation will follow naturally. Have a brief and concise(简明) message that you can share with others.When you market yourself, you tell people who you are and what you can do for others.Plan well and practice your message.
B．wear appropriately
C．have a brief and clear message
D．be open to others
()9.It can be concluded from the passage that________.
A．there are only two ways of marketing yourself
B．communication plays an important part in marketing yourself
C．you needn’t spent plenty of time to decide what you will wear
D．marketing yourself simply means telling your employer you must earn much greater than him
()10.Which is the best title for this passage?
A．Achieving Your Goals
B．Knowing the Appropriate Dress
C．Ways of Marketing Yourself
D．Marketing Yourself
(三)
Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to handle various situations.
Love
Love plays a pivotal role in our life. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could go hayward(不归路) and also become cruel and ferocious. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care; they teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad. But we always tend to take this for granted. It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others’ feelings. Kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better.
Happiness and Sorrow
Materialistic happiness is shortlived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others’ face gives a certain level of fulfillment. Peace of mind is the main link to happiness. No mind is happy without peace. We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are temporary and pass away.
Failure and Success
Failure is the path to success. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Success brings in money, fame, pride and selfrespect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on our shoulder. The only way to show our gratitude to God for bestowing success on us is by being humble, modest, courteous and respectful to the less fortunate ones.
Hope and Despair
Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well. Hope makes us dream. Hope builds in patience. Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day. Nothing remains the same. We have only one choice keep moving on in life and be hopeful.
Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. So_the_only_alternative_is_to_work_hard_today,_so_that_we_will_enjoy_a_better_tomorrow.
()11.In the passage, the author compares life to ________.
A．a package B．joy and sorrow
C．failure and success
D．hope and despair
()12.In which section can readers probably read the passage?
A．Opinions.
B．Politics.
C．Education.
D．Lifestyles.
()13.How is the passage organized?
A．In order of rules.
B．In order of frequency.
C．By making comparison.
D．In order of importance.
()14.What’s the general meaning of the last sentence of the whole passage?
A．If you work hard, you’ll have a better life in the future.
B．When choosing between “today” and “tomorrow”， you’d better enjoy tomorrow.
C．What you only can choose is to work hard today rather than tomorrow.
D．Enjoying a better tomorrow is your only choice.
()15.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A．To encourage people to love each other.
B．To tell people how to deal with happiness and sorrow.
C．To remind people of keeping having a beautiful dream.
D．To give readers some information about life.
专限时训练(二十七)
(一)