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1、2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项50-36ARedheadedbirthdayboyJakeBalcom,newly11,walkedintotheprincipal’sofficeatCentennialLaneElementarySchoolinEllicottCityreadyforhisbigsurprise.Hisnamehadbeenannouncedovertheloudspeakermomentsearlier.Todaywasgoingtobespecial.Backintheday—like,b
2、eforefifthgrade—Jake’sparentswouldbringcupcakestoschoolinhishonor.Butthisyear,forthefirsttime,hisHowardCountyschoolhasforbiddenparentsfrombringing“edibletreats”forstudents’birthdays.Thatmeansnomorecupcakes,brownies,chocolatechipcookies,birthdaycake,icecream,Ri
3、ceKrispiestreatsorpizza.Instead,JakegotahandshakefromPrincipalRobertBruceandacolorfulpencilandacard.“Wehopethatyouhaveaterrificbirthday,”thecardread.Jakejustsmiled,andwentbacktoclass.CentennialLaneispartofamovementacrosstheWashingtonareaandthecountrytotaketheb
4、attleagainstchildhoodobesitytooneofeducation’smostbelovedfunctions:theschoolparty.Butsomeareworriedthatthefightisgoingonesteptoofar—andtakingsomeofthefunoutofbeingakid.Schools,wheremanychildreneattwooftheirday’smeals,arebeingpushedtothefrontlinesofthebattleaga
5、instkiddybulge.Afederallawrequiresschoolstocreatewellnesspoliciesthatencouragestudentstobemoreactiveandeatmorehealthfully.SomeschoolsinVirginiahavestartedexerciseclubs.InMaryland,schoolsarecrackingdownonvending-machinejunkfood.AccordingtotheCentersforDiseaseCo
6、ntrolandPrevention(CDCP),theproportionofoverweightchildrenages6to11hasskyrocketedinrecentdecades,from7percentin1980to16percentin2002.Among12to19-year-olds,therateofobesitymorethantripled,from5percentto16percent.Healthofficialshavecalledobesityapandemic(流行病).At
7、CentennialLane,theprincipalsaidsomeparentshavecomplainedabouttheschool’snewpolicy,andothershaveadaptedbybringinginnonfoodtreats—suchasrulersorerasers.JakeBalcomsaidhemissedbringingtreatstoschool.Buthewasn’ttoobotheredbytheirabsencebecausehehadcelebratedhisbirt
8、hdaywithfriends.Theywenttoseethemovie“Wallace&Gromit:TheCurseoftheWere-Rabbit”andsharedhisbirthdaycakeathishouse.1.WhatisJakeBalcom’sreactiontohisgiftsforhis11-year-oldbirthdayfrom
