1．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 epidemic（流行的），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 50 years，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.

（1）According to this passage， are to blame for the childhood obesity.
A．weight-related disorders
B．high calorie snacks
C．parents' bad habits
D．unhealthy lunches and breakfast
（2）Which is the main idea of Paragraph 3？
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
（3）The passage is concerned mainly with .
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
（4）The tone of the passage is .
A．negative
B．indifferent
C．ironic
D．positive

2．A primary school in rural China with more than 1，000 teachers and students has achieved food self-sufficiency by offering farming for students.
（1）（equip） with farmland where students can participate in manual labor，Jingwai Mingde Primary School in Xuanwei，Yunnan province， （2）（feed） itself for 15 years.
    Each class is allocated a piece of land to plant seasonal vegetables or raise livestock， （3） will become ingredients for their （4）（day） meals.Students do farm chores twice （5） week under the guidance of the teachers.
    There is also a zoo in the school keeping sika deer，ostriches and other animals （6） （help） students expand their horizons （7） get along with animals.
    The school set up a greenhouse （8） fruit trees and medicinal herbs for students to learn about botanical knowledge in nature （9）（happy），instead of listening to teachers in the classroom.
    "Children who have not kissed the land will not have a complete childhood，" said school principal Lei Yingfei. "The farm labor will build excellent （10）（character） that last a lifetime."

3．Some high school students think it useless to receive higher education.Therefore，they choose not to go to college.If you're one of them，think again.Here are some reasons why you should go to college and receive a good education there.
   Schools and universities are the first places to get knowledge.We take that knowledge later on to build our careers after graduation.More knowledge will be gained after you start working，but without education，that job will not be within easy reach.Knowledge leads to knowledge.
   While limited within the walls of the educational places，we openly explore other cultures of the world!We come to know that ours is not the only culture.Other cultures have valuable things to share，enriching our own.Education also makes us want to travel and exchange with various cultures，getting more experience.
   When there's a recession in the economy（經(jīng)濟），those who attended college will be more likely to find a new job than those who only finished high school and have a limited skills set.The more education you have，the more chances you will get to improve the quality of your life as you have a better job and earn a higher salary.
   When you're skillful and knowledgeable，you gain access to people of similar backgrounds and tastes.It means a good education leads to excellent networking.Good networking can benefit you a lot in your later life.
   A good education makes you a more interesting person.You can talk about ideas and events instead of just other people and what's on sale in stores.An educated person doesn't gossip（說閑話），having a preference to discuss ideas and listen to what other people have to say.

（1）What can we learn about college education from Paragraph 2？
A．It offers you a chance to study abroad.
B．It can allow you to gain more knowledge.
C．It can improve the quality of your daily life.
D．It encourages you to travel around the world.
（2）What does the underlined word "recession" in Paragraph 4 probably mean？
A．change.
B．drop.
C．growth.
D．support.
（3）How can one benefit from a good education？
A．You can gossip about others' affairs.
B．You are likely to study well at school.
C．You can work well with your coworkers.
D．You get to know excellent people with similar interests.
（4）What is the main idea of the passage？
A．The benefits of attending college.
B．The exchange with other cultures.
C．The access to good networking.
D．The ways of college education.