2014河北省栾城县高考英语阅读理解训练（2）及答案阅读理解-------ARedheadedbirthdayboyJakeBalcom,newly11,walkedintotheprincipal’sofficeatCentennialLaneElementarySchoolinEllicottCityreadyforhisbigsurprise.Hisnamehadbeenannouncedovertheloudspeakermomentsearlier.Todaywasgoingtobespecial.Backintheday—like,beforefifthgrade—Jake’sparentswouldbringcupcakestoschoolinhishonor.Butthisyear,forthefirsttime,hisHowardCountyschoolhasforbiddenparentsfrombringing“edibletreats”forstudents’birthdays.Thatmeansnomorecupcakes,brownies,chocolatechipcookies,birthdaycake,icecream,RiceKrispiestreatsorpizza.Instead,JakegotahandshakefromPrincipalRobertBruceandacolorfulpencilandacard.“Wehopethatyouhaveaterrificbirthday,”thecardread.Jakejustsmiled,andwentbacktoclass.CentennialLaneispartofamovementacrosstheWashingtonareaandthecountrytotakethebattleagainstchildhoodobesitytooneofeducation’smostbelovedfunctions:theschoolparty.Butsomeareworriedthatthefightisgoingonesteptoofar—andtakingsomeofthefunoutofbeingakid.Schools,wheremanychildreneattwooftheirday’smeals,arebeingpushedtothefrontlinesofthebattleagainstkiddybulge.Afederallawrequiresschoolstocreatewellnesspoliciesthatencouragestudentstobemoreactiveandeatmorehealthfully.SomeschoolsinVirginiahavestartedexerciseclubs.InMaryland,schoolsarecrackingdownonvending-machinejunkfood.AccordingtotheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDCP),theproportionofoverweightchildrenages6to11hasskyrocketedinrecentdecades,from7percentin1980to16percentin2002.Among12to19-year-olds,therateofobesitymorethantripled,from5percentto16percent.Healthofficialshavecalledobesityapandemic(流行病).AtCentennialLane,theprincipalsaidsomeparentshavecomplainedabouttheschool’snewpolicy,andothershaveadaptedbybringinginnonfoodtreats—suchasrulersorerasers.JakeBalcomsaidhemissedbringingtreatstoschool.Buthewasn’ttoobotheredbytheirabsencebecausehehadcelebratedhisbirthdaywithfriends.Theywenttoseethemovie“Wallace&Gromit:TheCurseoftheWere-Rabbit”andsharedhisbirthdaycakeathishouse.1.WhatisJakeBalcom’sreactiontohisgiftsforhis11-year-oldbirthdayfromhisschool?A.Hefeltpuzzledbythegiftsquitedifferentfromtheformerones.B.Healmostfeltthesameasbeforebecausehehadcelebratedhisbirthdaywithfriends.C.Hepreferredchocolatechipcookies,birthdaycake,icecreamthanpencilsandcards.D.Hewouldratherhaveabirthdaypartythanahandshakefromtheprincipal.答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节推理题。由第四段“Jakejustsmiled,andwentbacktoclass.”和最后一段“Buthewasn’ttoobotheredbytheirabsencebecausehehadcelebratedhisbirthdaywithfriends.”可知，答案为B。2.Theunderlinedphrase“kiddybulge”(inParagraph6)means“______”.A.parents’giftsB.childrne’spartiesC.kids’overweightD.children’sexercises答案解析：答案为C。本题为词义推测题。结合该词所在的下文“…thatencouragestudentstobemoreactiveandeatmorehealthfully.SomeschoolsinVirginiahavestartedexerciseclubs.InMaryland,schoolsarecrackingdownonvending-machinejunkfood.”和下一段的首句“…theproportionofoverweightchildrenages6to11….”可知，答案为C。3.WhichofthefollowingisTUREaccordingtothepassage?A.Parentsallagreethatthefightagainstchildhoodobesityisgoingtoofar.B.AccordingtoCDCP,theproportionofoverweightchildrenhashadatendencyofincreasing.C.Forthisyear’sHalloweenparty,kidscanenjoywhattheylikeasusual.D.JakeBalcomisaprimaryschoolpupilinfourthgrade.答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由倒数第三段...
