________.

　　A. was glad that he could share them with his friend

　　B. was angry because they might damage his beloved plants

　　C. was excited about being able to give his friend a surprise

　　D. was depressed because it was hard to extinguish them all

　　7. The author finds that snails ________.

　　A. are as delicious as octopus

　　B. are disliked in his hometown

　　C. are the most controversial (争议的) food

　　D. are as popular as fried potatoes

　　C

　　In the UK, most children have their midday meal at school, but in many schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can have a school lunch - a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a packed lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like sandwiches.

　　Often parents prepare lunches on_the_basis_of what their children want. Cathy, a mother of three children, told us, "My children have packed lunches, because they say they hate school dinners. I make 3 packed lunches every morning, so we're like a sandwich bar in our kitchen in the morning."

　　However, another mother, Susan, made her choice based on the nutritious (有营养的) value of the food. She said, "My daughter always has school dinners. I think she probably gets healthier food by having a cooked lunch at school than she would if I made sandwiches."

　　But how healthy are school dinners? Kaz, a father, wasn't impressed with them. "Fizzy (有泡沫的) drinks were offered and I think there were a lot of chips."

　　The question of how healthy school food is was brought to Jamie Oliver, who launched a campaign to improve children's nutrition, after spending a year working in a school kitchen. The TV series about the campaign won an award this week.

　　He was worried about the junk food he saw being served, which included burgers, pizza and chips. He decided to ban the junk, and started cooking good stews (炖菜) and curries for the children instead.

　　Jamie improved the school dinners in that particular school, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food. Then he put pressure on the government to improve the standards of school food across the country. And it looks as if the changes have begun.

　　8. What would be the best title for the passage?

　　A. School Dinners

　　B. Healthy Food

　　C. Dinners in the UK

D. Research on Dinners