单选题 School Lunch

Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do not eat properly in the (51) of the day. In Britain (52) have to provide meals at lunchtime. Children can choose to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.
One shocking (53) of this research is that school meals are much (54) than lunches prepared by parents. There are strict (55) for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one portion of fruit and one of (56) , as well as meat, a dairy item and starchy food like bread or (57) . Lunchboxes (58) by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolate bars. Children consume twice as (59) sugar as they should at lunchtime.
The research will provide a better (60) of why the percentage of (61) students in Britain has increased in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot criticise parents, but it can (62) them of the (63) value of milk, fruit and vegetables. Small changes in their children's diet can (64) their future health. Children can easily develop bad eating (65) at this age, and parents are the only ones who can prevent it.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本句意为“……一项令人震惊的发现显示……”，number意为“号码、数字”，figure意为“数字、人物”，factor意为“因素、要素”．只有B项finding为“发现”，符合题意，选B。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本句意为“然而被检查的学生自带的饭盒中含有甜饮料、薯条和巧克力棒”，D选项investigated意为“研究，调查”，A选项examined更符合句意，故选择A。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】由于家里准备的便当含热量高，超重孩子的比例应该是上升的。D选项fat主要指形体上的“胖”，而且显得口语化和粗鲁，C选项overweight更为合适。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】tell意为“告诉”；inform…of…意为“通知”；remind…of…意为“提醒”；appreciate意为“感激”，牛奶、水果和蔬菜的营养家长都是知道的，无需政府告知或通知，A、B选项不合适，故选择C。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本文主要论述了关于学生饮食的营养搭配问题的研究，habit意为“习惯”；food意为“食物”；style意为“风格”，均不适用于句子，A选项diet表“饮食”，为正确选项。