"I believe that every child in this world needs to have a relationship with the land...to know how to nourish themselves...and to know how to connect with the community around them," says Waters. The middle school has become a model in itself. The students work the land and harvest the crops, while the cafeteria(食堂) buys and prepares the produce for school lunches. This program will go a long way in teaching kids to value fresh food and their own contributions. This project is sure to inspire a national change in school curricula(课程). In fact, many middle and high schools in California and Ohio have launched similar projects. In 1997, Alice Waters received the Humanitarian Award from the James Beard Foundation in recognition of her dedication and contribution towards environment. In 1999, the U.S. Department of Education Secretary, Richard Riley, honored her with a John H. Stanford "Education Hero" award.

11. It was in Paris that Alice Waters ___________.

A. made up her mind to be a farmer

B. learned about cooking delicious food

C. took a fancy to a unique food culture

D. opened Chez Panisse, a Berkeley restaurant 12. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph indicated that __________.

A. the jail authorities could make some money from the Garden Project B. Alice Waters started the Garden Project at the San Francisco County Jail C. Alice Waters taught the prisoners gardening at the San Francisco County Jail D. the Garden Project was designed to transform prisoners by connecting them with the land 13.The school project is intended to ____________.

A. teach students not to waste food B. provide students with free lunches C. teach students agricultural knowledge D. provide Chez Panisse with fresh food 14. Which of the following best explains why Waters was awarded the title"Education Hero"?

A. She had helped popularize healthy eating. B. She had made great contributions to the environment. C. Her principles had brought great benefits to farmers. D. She had brought school children into a new relationship with land and food. 15. We can infer from the passage that .

A. Alice Waters carried out his plan in the market.

　B. Menus served were fresh ingredients, and purchased from local farmers at Chez Panisse.

C. 120 people came to help plant the crop at the Martin Luther King Middle School.

D. We can draw a conclusion that a great change in school curricula is certain to take place soon.

For hundreds of years, textbooks have put a world of knowledge in the hands of students. Paper textbooks are expensive to produce and expensive for schools to buy. Nowadays information changes so quickly that some textbooks are out of date almost before they're published. And as books are passed along from one student to the next, they get more highlighted, dog-eared, tattered, and worn.