热点03 饮食健康以及食品安全原卷版备战中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练.docx

1、热点03 饮食健康以及食品安全原卷版备战中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练备战2021年中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练热点03 饮食健康以及食品安全一、阅读理解1Teenagers need to eat nutritious (有营养的) food while they re still young so that they will grow up to be healthy adults. Therefore, it is necessary for school cafeterias (食堂) to provide healthy food. With this in mi

2、nd, the government has introduced a new food safety regulation (规定) that will improve nutrition and health standards in schools.The regulation took effect on April 1. It requires those who are in charge of kindergartens, primary and secondary schools to eat with students in their cafeterias. Schools

3、 will also be required to make information regarding food sources and suppliers (供应商) public.The regulation also suggests that parents should eat with students at school in order to provide advice on food safety and nutrition. Schools must find out food safety problems and solve them in a timely man

4、ner.If a school is caught buying low-quality food or failing to report food safety incidents (事件), the people in charge of the school will be warned, fired or handed over to law enforcement (执法机关), the regulation says.Parents across China have become increasingly angry about food safety incidents in

5、 schools, according to The Beijing News.The most recent example occurred in March at the Chengdu No 7 High Development School. Parents posted videos and photos of moldy (发霉的) food that was served in the schools cafeteria, China Daily reported. The schools principal was eventually fired.In October, t

6、he head of an international school in Shanghai was fired after health and education authorities found moldy tomatoes and onions in the schools kitchen.1. The story is mainly about a new regulation about _.A. students eating habits B. school principalsC. food safety in schools D. parent-teacher relat

7、ionships2. The new regulation requires schools to _.A. show the public where their food comes fromB. improve the conditions of their cafeteriasC. allow teachers and students to eat togetherD. build more than one cafeteria3. What do we know from Paragraph 3?A. Teenagers should go home to eat meals ev

8、ery day.B. Parents should play a part in improving food safety in schools.C. Food safety problems can be easily solved.D. Parents are angry about food safety incidents in schools.4. From the example of Chengdu No 7 High Development School, we can learn that _.A. the punishment for food safety violat

9、ions is seriousB. school principals nationwide are not doing their jobs wellC. food can get moldy more easily in the south than in the northD. school cafeterias often serve rotten food to cut their costs2Where does your food come from? How is it made? These days, many people worry about food safety.

10、 But food safety is not a new worry. In 1906, Upton Sinclair(辛克莱，美国作家) wrote the Jungle. The book is the story of a poor family in Chicago. It is also about the dangerous ways that food was prepared. People were so worried that the U.S. started testing food.These days, most food in the world is safe

11、. Laws control where food comes from. They also control how food is managed and prepared. Laws are important. But its more important to make sure the rules are followed. A good food safety system(系统)keeps people safe. It also helps them eat healthy food. Labels(标签)on food give people important infor

12、mation. Then they can make good choices about their food.Although food safety systems usually work, there can be problems. Sometimes mistakes are made. For example, a truck might carry eggs and then ice cream. The ice cream could make people sick when the truck isnt cleaned before carrying it. Other

13、 problems are not mistakes. Sometimes companies break rules to make more money. When this happens, people dont know if their food is safe.As we all know, food is closely connected to our daily life. We should take actions to make food safer！5. Why did the US start testing the food?A. Because food sa

14、fety is not a new worry. B. Because food was prepared in dangerous ways.C. Because the people were so worried. D. Because most food in the world isnt safe.6. What can people do after reading the information on food labels?A. They can control how food is prepared. B. They can keep food safe.C. They c

15、an eat healthy food. D. They can make good choices about food.7. When could ice cream make people sick in the example?A. When the truck carries eggs. B. When the truck is cleaned after carrying eggs.C. When the truck isnt cleaned before carrying it. D. When the truck isnt cleaned after carrying it.8

16、. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?A. Food safety systems usually work, but there can be mistakes.B. The ice cream could make people sick when the truck isnt cleaned.C. Sometimes companies break rules to make more money.D. Although food safety systems usually work, there can be problems.9. Whats t

17、he best title of the passage?A. Food. B. Food safety. C. Food problems. D. Testing food.3Teachers and headmasters in Chinese schools are asked to eat with students in dining rooms at every meal. The new rule was carried out on April 1, 2019. According to the Ministry of Education, the introduction o

18、f the rule is a way of making sure of the safety, nutrition and health levels of school food.School leaders from kindergartens to high schools should get together with students during school meals. The plan will guide them to pay more attention to food safety at school.This move came after a list of

19、 school food safety problems in the past few years. In March, 2019, moldy (发霉的) food was found in a primary school dining room in Chengdu. The news led to peoples worries. Parents asked to make sure of school food safety.Under the new rule, schools are asked to tell where the food comes from, who of

20、fers it and other information. The rule says schools should help students get into healthy eating habits. It also invites parents to eat with students at school to make them less worried.In the United States, obesity rates(肥胖率) have kept rising over the past thirty years. The new law introduced by M

21、ichelle Obama has pushed schools to make low-calorie(卡路里) menus. Even the healthiest choices are commonly provided by large food companies.Schools in Japan also give children a homemade meal for lunch. The food is grown locally and almost is never frozen. The meals are often made by cooks from the b

22、eginning. And theyre balanced but heavy on rice, vegetables and fish.10. The purpose of asking teachers and headmasters to eat with students at every meal is EXCEPT making sure of _.A. students food safety B. avoiding students noiseC. the nutrition of school food D. The health levels of school food1

23、1. The rule that teachers and headmasters eat with students at every meal is made _.A. because of a number of fights and arguments among some studentsB. because of a list of school food safety problems in the past few yearsC. because a lot of students usually act against some school rulesD. because

24、a lot of students are too young to take care of themselves12. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to “_”.A. the rule B. the informationC. the school D. the food13. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. School rules. B. School education.C. School food safety. D. School eating environm

25、ent.4If you bought some candies months ago but never ate it, how can you tell whether its still eatable? The easiest way is to check theexpiration（截止） date （EXP）printed on the cover. If that date has already passed, youre likely to throw the candies away. But is that really necessary?According to a

26、new report from the NRDC, tons of food is wasted each year, largely because people dont fully understand what expiration dates, or useby dates, actually mean, so they think the food is not safe to eat. Food dating was introduced in 1975 because customers wanted more information about the things that

27、 they were eating. When they first showed up, useby dates only showed freshness because producers wanted their products to be tasted in their best conditions. However, most customers mistakenly believed that useby dates showed how safe the food was. But the truth is that these dates arent related to

28、 the danger of food poisoning（中毒）. Eggs, for example, can still be eaten three to five weeks after being bought, even though the useby date is much earlier. When their useby dates pass, cookies may lose their crunch （松脆 的口感）, but they are not harmful. Its an unclear subject, the difference between f

29、ood quality（质量） and food safety, said Jena Roberts from a US food testing company. Even the workmates in the food factory are not sure about it. This is why the useby dates must be printed on the covers of products. We hope it can help customers understand the information so that they wont waste a l

30、ot of food. Another problem is that the quality levels of different foods change differently. Some are still eatable long after their useby date while others are not. As a result, food factory officials are now thinking of changing the useby date to a date which can show when food is most likely to

31、be thrown away.14. Which of the following pictures can show the meaning ofexpiration date （EXP）?A. B. C. D. 15. What did the useby dates show at first according to the passage?A. Food freshness. B. Food quality.C. Food safety. D. Food producer.16. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?A. Most customers

32、 care more about freshness than food safety.B. Most customers fully understand what expiration dates mean.C. Expiration dateswere first used to show when food was likely to go bad.D. Even after their expiration dates pass, some foods are still safe to eat.17. What is probably the best title for this passage?A. Customers and Food B. Food Quality and FreshnessC. Food Dating D. Expiration Dates and Food Safety