New Zealand offers free school lunches to thousands of kids

WELINGTON， Feb． 20 （ Xinhua） ﹣"Thousands of children have begun receiving a free lunch on schooldays under the government's free and healthy school lunch program，" Prime Minister （首相）Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday．

"The program is for 7 ，000 students at 31 schools right now． The number will extendto 21 ，000 students in 120 schools by the start of 2021 ，"Ardern said while she was serving up lunch at a school in Hawke's Bay．

"A full stomach makes all the difference to a child's learning，" Ardern said．

"Providing a free and healthy lunch at school is one way to help New Zealand become the best place in the world for school children． And people can see that difference right away，" she said． She added that providing these lunches was also a great way for local families to have jobs．

"The program is one of 75 plans from New Zealand's CYWS （ Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy）． It started last year and developed with the money from 10 ，000 New Zealanders including 6，000 young people ，"said Education Minister Chris Hipkins．

（1）What kind of writing is it？ 　　

A．	Story．
B．	News．
C．	Email．
D．	Invitation．

（2）The underlined word "extend" here means " 　　"．

A．	increase
B．	double
C．	remain
D．	fall

（3）From the second paragraph， we know that Ardern was 　　when she explained the program．

A．	planning for the free lunch program
B．	giving lunch to the school children
C．	thinking how to provide jobs for local families
D．	collecting money from New Zealanders

（4）By "A full stomach makes all the difference to a child's learning," Ardern meant that     " 　　"．

A．	learning well mainly depends on eating
B．	learning to eat a proper lunch is important
C．	eating has nothing to do with learning
D．	children will learn better if they eat well