Exercise 7: Read the passage and circle the correct answer
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.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Students in different countries
B. Meals in different countries
C. School lunches in many countries
2. 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
3. Why do people all around the world discuss 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
4. “Roti” is a food in _______ school lunches.
A. American B. Indian C. Japanese
5. According to the passage, which country has unhealthy school lunches?
A. India B. The United States C. South Korea