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The Reform of School Meals in American Schools Kids will always grab pizza and dessert in the school lunch line, but those i

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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 does the bill mean to the schools?
选项 A、Their foods must come from local farms.
B、They will get financial aid for the first time.
C、Their school meals will take a 6% increase.
D、They will be subsidized under the new standards.
答案D
解析 推理判断题。根据题干关键词the bill mean to the schools定位到第五段。由该段第一、二句可知，学校会得到政府的补偿，但是补偿建立在遵守国家营养标准的基础上，[D]含义与之相符，故为正确答案。该段第三句只是提及encouraging schools to buy foodsfrom local farms，并非强制性的，故排除[A]；由该段首句the first such increase since 1973排除[B]；由该段首句a 6 cent increase in reimbursements to schools per meal排除[C]。
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