Few people I know seem to have much desire or time to cook. Making Chinese 36．(dish) is seen as especially troublesome. Many westerners 37． come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap 38． can be to eat out. I still remember 39． (visit) a friend who’d lived here for five years and I 40．(shock) when I learnt she hadn’t cooked once in all that time.
While regularly eating out seems to 41．(become) common for many young people in recent years, it’s not without a cost. The obvious one is money; eating out once or twice a week may be 42．(afford) but doing this most days adds up. There could be an even 43． (high) cost on your health. Researchers have found that there is a direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in 44．(weigh) problems.
If you are not going to suffer this problem, then I suggest that the next time you go to your mum’s home 45． dinner, get a few cooking tips from her. Cooking food can be fun. You might also begin to notice the effects not only on your health but in your pocket.
36．dishes
37．who/that
38．it
39．visiting
40．was shocked
41．have become
42．affordable
43．higher
44．weight
45．for
【分析】
作者描述了人们喜欢在外面吃饭的现象，分析了其对身体和花费的不良影响，建议我们在家做饭。
36．考查名词。此处指中国菜，表示泛指应该用名词复数，故填dishes。
37．考查关系代词。句中包含定语从句，先行词是westerners指人，在定语从句中做主语，用关系代词who/that引导，故填who/that。
38．考查it用法。句子为感叹句，正常语序应该是it can be how cheap to eat out.其中不定式to eat out是真正主语，it是形式主语。故填it。
39．考查动词形式。此处指我记得去拜访一个在这里住了五年的朋友，表示记得做过某事用remember doing sth.，故填visiting。
40．考查时态和语态。此处表示我被震惊了。shock的主语是I，两者关系是被动，动作发生在过去。故填was shocked。
41．考查动词时态。根据时间状语in recent years可知，用现在完成时，seems to后用动词原形，故填have become。
42．考查形容词。此处表示一周一两次外出吃饭是负担得起的。系动词be后用形容词作表语，表示“负担得起的”，故填affordable。
43．考查形容词比较级。此处修饰名词cost用形容词，even表示程度，修饰比较级，故填higher。
44．考查名词。此处指体重问题，用名词修饰problems，故填weight。
45．考查介词。表示去母亲家去吃饭，表示去向、目的用介词for，故填for。
请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
School lunches in Japan
Japan manages a rare achievement for a developed country when it comes to feeding its children — high scores for nutrition but very low obesity rates. One major key? School lunches.
A landmark report by the UN's children agency UNICEF released Tuesday shows Japan topping the charts for childhood health indicators, with low rates of infant mortality and few underweight children.
Experts say there are various factors at work, including a health-conscious society and regularly check-ups for children required by law, but a nationwide school lunch program also plays a key role.
"School lunches with menus that are created by nutritionists are provided to all primary schools and the majority of junior high schools throughout Japan,," Mitsuhiko Hara, a pediatrician and professor at Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University, told AFP.
The lunches are mandatory — no packed lunches allowed — and while they are not free for most, they are heavily subsidized 补助）.Each meal is designed to have around 600-700 calories balanced between carbohydrates, meat or fish and vegetables.
"School lunch is designed to provide nutrition that tends to be lacking in meals at home," Education Ministry official Mayumi Ueda told AFP. "I think it contributes to the nutritional balance necessary for children."
Unlike the cafeteria system operated in some Western countries, Japanese school lunches are usually served in the classroom. Pupils frequently dish out the food to each other and clean up the room afterwards. There is no choice of meal, and no concessions offered for vegetarians, or anyone with religious restrictions.
The lunches are intended not only to feed children, but to teach them. "There's also a daily broadcast at school to explain the nutritional elements contained in the school lunch of the day, and this is a good way to educate kids,” Hara said.
"School lunch is positioned as part of education under the law,'? Ueda said. "It's not just about eating food, but children learn to serve, and clean up on their own?"
The Japanese government studies nutrition and eating habits in Japan annually, and uses the results to shape what goes into the school meals, she added.
And there are other factors at work, Hara acknowledged. "Because many Japanese are health-conscious, they try to eat a variety of food, which is good," he said. "And we're taught to eat seasonal food, which also contributes to good health. Japan is one of the rare countries that pay so much attention to food that is associated with specific seasons," he added.
Hara said another factor in Japan is regularly mandated childcare health checks. Parents of infants receive reminders from the local government, and children are given health checks at school, including measuring height and weight.
Still, even Japan has not escaped entirely the growing trend toward overweight children and childhood obesity, which in Japan, like elsewhere, tends to affect those from less wealthy families.
"Children in poverty are more likely to be overweight because families try to cut costs," Hara said. "As a result, they eat less protein but consume more carbs and sugar, which leads to obesity."
School lunches are all the more important to children in such situations, he said.
| School lunches in Japan | ||
| Introduction | As is reported by the UNICEF. Japan 51． high in childhood health: A social awareness of health, regular and 52． check-ups for children and a nationwide school lunch program are main 53． | |
| Details of school lunches | Regarding health | • Menus created by nutritionists and 54． annually by government • Meals 55． innutrition • Food of great 56． and seasonal food • Official reminders of childcare health checks |
| Regarding57． | The lunches are intended to improve • students' service consciousness and 58．. • students' knowledge of nutritional elements. | |
| Problems to be solved | 59． of less protein but more carbs and sugar in 60． families leads to the increasing number of overweight children in Japan. | |