Exercise 5: Read the passage.
A school meal or school lunch is a meal provided to students and sometimes teachers at
a school, typically in the middle or beginning of the school day. Countries around the world offer various kinds of school meal programs. Because it is important for children to eat
nutritious and healthy food, school lunches around the world become one essential topic to
discuss.
Japan
This country is a world-wide known place of healthy eating. According to the teacher of
English in one of the Japanese districts, students in Japan usually eat a bowl of rice, some fish,
a salad made from pickles, some sort of soup and tofu added with vegetables and fruits.
Japanese students are also given a bottle of milk for every school lunch. This variety of
products is traditional for the Japanese people and represents quite a healthy and nutritious
range of foods.
The United States
The typical school lunch in the USA is burger and chips, which is not as nutritious as
expected. It leads to such health problems as obesity and overweight in the later years of life.
However, recently, the American government has passed an act according to which school
lunches should comprise of more nutritious and healthy foods. Hopefully, such measures will
help to improve the quality of school lunches in the US.
India
Schools in India do not provide school lunches. Therefore, children in India typically
eat lunch at home. There is also a service of providing fresh meals and delivering them to
school. The containers from school lunches are then picked up by the servicemen. A typical
school lunch in India comprises of flat bread known as “roti” and a meat or vegetable curry.
Such lunch can be considered a nutritious option being beneficial for the health of children.
South Korea
People in this country care much about school lunch. The country’s government has
actually banned the fast food advertisements because they might not be good for children and
make them eat unhealthy foods. The typical school lunch in South Korea consists of “kimchi”,
tofu, soybean sprouts and rice. Such lunch is absolutely healthy for children and sometimes
look alike Japanese school lunches. South Koreans are known for taking much care about
health and nutrition. So their school lunches definitely stand out compared to other countries.
a. Circle the best answer A, B, or C to each of the questions.
29. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Students in different countries
B. Meals in different countries
C. School lunches in many countries
30. When is school lunch typically served?
A. in the beginning of the school day
B. in the middle of the school day
C. both A&B
31. Why do people all around the world dicuss about school lunches?
A. Because eating healthy food is very essential for children
B. Because both teachers and students need to eat at school
C. Because the food in some schools are good and healthy
32. “Roti” is a food in _________ school lunches.
A. American B. Indian C. Japanese
33. According to the passage, which country has unhealthy school lunches?
A. India B. The United States C. South Korea