Martha Payne is nine years old. She lives and goes to school in Scotland. In the past, Martha had lunch in the school canteen every day; and every day she and her classmates had to eat really terrible food.
Then one day, Martha decided to start a blog. She called it Neverseconds. Martha had a simple idea: to take a photo of lunch at school every day, and then to put it in on her blog. Very quickly, Martha’s blog became very popular, and in seven weeks it had two million hits.
The blog’s popularity was great news for Martha, but it wasn’t very good news for the school. Every day, people around the world could see the terrible meals that they were serving. After a while, the school decided to do something to stop this.
Martha describes what happened on her blog: “This morning the head teacher took me out of the Maths class and I went to her office. She said that I could not take any more photos of my school dinners because of a headline in a newspaper today. I only write my blog, not newspapers, and I am sad I can no longer take photos.”
However, the story has a happy ending. People from around the world began to protest (反对) against the actions of the school and Martha was able to write her blog again. What’s more, meals at the school have now got much better. At the age of only nine, Martha is someone who has already made a big difference.
【小题1】Why did Martha start her blog?| A．To show her school meals to others. | B．To raise two million dollars for her school. |
| C．To make herself a popular student. | D．To express opinions about her classmates. |
| A．The fact that Martha’s blog received too much attention. |
| B．The fact that Martha got terrible test results for many times. |
| C．The opinion that students should eat lunch at their homes. |
| D．The opinion that the environment of the canteen was bad. |
| A．Stop writing passages for the newspaper. |
| B．Stop taking the math classes in school. |
| C．Stop putting photos of school meals online. |
| D．Stop taking photos of the head teacher. |
| A．Having School Meals Together | B．Running a Successful Blog |
| C．Communicating with Teachers | D．Making a Difference |
