首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
The Reform of School Meals in American Schools Kids will always grab pizza and dessert in the school lunch line, but those i
The Reform of School Meals in American Schools Kids will always grab pizza and dessert in the school lunch line, but those i
admin
2013-07-08
42
问题
The Reform of School Meals in American Schools
Kids will always grab pizza and dessert in the school lunch line, but those items may be healthier in coming school years if Democrats in Congress succeed in toughening rules governing the nation’s school lunches. Legislation approved Wednesday by the Senate Agriculture Committee would allow the Agriculture Department to create new standards for all foods in schools, including vending-machine items, to give students healthier meal options. The legislation would spend $4.5 billion more over 10 years for nutrition programs.
New standards are not expected to push popular foods off the cafeteria line completely, just to make them healthier. For example, pizza may be made with whole wheat crust and low-fat mozzarella, while desserts could have fewer calories. Hamburgers could be made with leaner meat, and vending-machines could be stocked with less candy and fewer high-calorie sodas. The legislation would also expand the number of low-income children eligible for free or reduced cost meals, a step Democrats say would help President Barack Obama reach his goal of ending childhood hunger by 2015.
Creation of new standards, which public health advocates have sought for a decade, has unprecedented support from many of the nation’s largest food and beverage companies, including Mars Inc. and Pepsi Co. The two sides came together on the issue as a heightened interest in nutrition has made it difficult for anyone, especially the companies themselves, to push junk foods in schools. Still, congressional action is only the first step. Many of the most difficult decisions, including what kinds of foods will be sold and what ingredients may be limited, will be left up to the Agriculture Department.
When New York Sen Kirsten Gillibrand offered an amendment to ban artery-clogging trans fats from schools, for example, Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. , said Congress should let the Agriculture Department tackle the issue. "We provide the broad outline, and the department is going to fill in those details," she said. "Once we open the door to trying to dictate trans fats, we are opening the door to try and micromanage other things." Gillibrand withdrew her amendment and said she would try again on the Senate floor.
The bill would provide a 6 cent increase in reimbursements to schools per meal, the first such increase since 1973, according to Lincoln. Schools would have to show comp-liance with the national nutrition standards to receive the reimbursement. The legislation would also provide money for farm-to-school programs, encouraging schools to buy foods from local farms and grow food gardens on campus. It would be partly paid for by reducing conservation subsidies paid to farmers for using environmentally friendly farming practices.
What can we learn about the new standards?
选项
A、Pizza will be replaced by whole wheat bread.
B、There will be no desserts supply in school.
C、The foods in school will be healthier than before.
D、All low-income children will get free meals.
答案
C
解析
事实细节题。根据题干关键词the new standards定位到第一、二段。该段首句提及,如果议会通过关于学校供餐的规则,食物将会变得更加健康,由此可推知[C]含义与之相符,故为正确答案。第二段第二句只是提及pizza may be made with whole wheat crustand low-fat mozzarella,而非被面包取代,故排除[A];第二段第二句只是提及dessertscould have fewer calories,而非取消,故排除[B];由第二段末句expand the number of lowincome children可知,[D]“All”含义扩大化,故排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/3zO4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
TryingtogetAmericanstoeatahealthydietisafrustratingbusinesscanbeeasilyprovedbythefactthatItcanbeinferre
Politicalcontroversyaboutthepublic-landpolicyoftheUnitedStatesbeganwiththeAmericaRevolution.(1)_____,evenbefore
Politicalcontroversyaboutthepublic-landpolicyoftheUnitedStatesbeganwiththeAmericaRevolution.(1)_____,evenbefore
Politicalcontroversyaboutthepublic-landpolicyoftheUnitedStatesbeganwiththeAmericaRevolution.(1)_____,evenbefore
Whichofthefollowingadjectivesmaybestdescribethetoneofthistext?Whatthepeoplereallyignoreinthedebateisthat
Mostofuswouldliketobeboth(1)_____andcreative.WhywasThomasEdisonabletoinventsomanythings?Washesimplymore
OurvisittotheexcavationofaRomanfortonahillnearCoventrywasofmorethanarchaeologicalinterest.Theyear’sdighad
Whethertoteachyoungchildrenasecondlanguageisdisputedamongteachers,researchersandpushyparents.Ontheonehand,ac
GeneralWesleyClarkrecentlydiscoveredaholeinhispersonalsecurity—hiscellphone.Aresourcefulblogger,hopingtocall
Theswinefluwillprobablyreturninforceearlierthanseasonalfluusuallybegins,federalhealthofficialspredictedFriday,
随机试题
易燃气体有氢气、乙炔气、一氧化碳、液化石油气等,其按火灾危险性分为()级。
联言推理合成式的推理形式是:()
全身麻醉未清醒的病人采用去枕仰卧位的目的是
直径为d的实心圆轴受扭,在扭矩不变的情况下,为使扭转最大切应力减小一半,圆轴的直径应改为:
社会评价中,调查与收集社会信息必须遵循一定的基本程序,一般都要经历确定调查对象、调查方法设计、调查实施和()等阶段。
下列代理行为中,不属于无权代理行为的是()。
根据经济学、金融学、投资学的基本原理推导出结论的分析方法称为( )。
根据以上两表,可知下列说法错误的是()。各月份中,平均每起火灾导致的损失和死亡人数最多的月份分别为()。
下列组合正确的一组是:
设某数据库管理员设计了如下图所示的数据库服务器容错架构,此架构一般被称为()。
最新回复
(
0
)