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A Different Kind of Spring Break

For many American university students, the weeklong spring break holiday means an endless party on a sunny beach. In Panama City Beach, Florida more than half a million university students arrive during the month of March to play and party, making it the number one spring break place in the United States.

A weeklong party is not for everyone, however, and a growing number of American university students have found a way to make spring break matter. For them, joining or leading a group of volunteers to help? solve problems such as homelessness or environmental damage makes spring break a special learning experience that university students can feel good about.

During one spring break week, students from James Madison University in Virginia took part in 15 “spring break” trips to nearby states, three others to more distant parts of the United States, and five international trips. One group of JMU students traveled to Bogalusa, Louisiana, to help rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane (颶風(fēng)) Katrina. Another group traveled to Mississippi to organize creative activities for children living in a homeless shelter. One group of students did go to Florida, but not to lie on the sand. They did some work to help protect the native Florida plants.

Students who take part in spring break projects find them very rewarding (值得的). While most university students have to get their degrees before they can start helping people, student volunteers are able to help people right now without degrees. On the other hand, the buildings or rooms they live or stay are far from attractive. Students often sleep on the floor of a school or church. But they only pay around $250 for meals and transportation, which is much less than some of their friends spend traveling to more traditional spring break hot spots.

Spring break projects appear to be growing in popularity at universities across the United States. Some students take the opportunity to meet new friends. Others want to exercise their beliefs to make the world a better place. Whatever their reasons, these students have discovered something that give them rich rewards along with a break from school work.

【1】What?s the number one spring break place in the United States?

【2】What is the way to make spring break matter for some students?

【3】How did the students help in Bogalusa, Louisiana?

【4】Where do the student volunteers often sleep?

【5】What makes the spring break projects more rewarding?

【答案】

【1】Panama City Beach, Florida.

【2】Joining or leading a group of volunteers to help solve problems.

【3】By rebuilding homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

【4】On the floor of a school or church.

【5】Student volunteers can help people right now without degrees, spend less money, meet new friends and exercise their beliefs.

【解析】試題分析：短文介紹的是在美國，越來越多的大學(xué)生在春假期間去做一些有意義的活動，有組織地去幫助他人或改善環(huán)境，而不是休閑享受美景。

【1】問題：在美國，春假的第一大去處是什么地方？根據(jù)短文中的句子“In Panama City Beach, Florida more than half a million university students arrive during the month of March to play and party, making it the number one spring break place in the United States.”可知，佛羅里達(dá)州巴拿馬城海濱是美國春假的最大度假地。答案為Panama City Beach, Florida.

【2】問題：對于一些學(xué)生來說，使春假更有意義的方式是什么？根據(jù)短文中的句子“however, and a growing number of American university students have found a way to make spring break matter. For them, joining or leading a group of volunteers to help solve problems”可知，組織或參加志愿者來幫助解決救助或環(huán)保問題是大學(xué)生更愿意做的。答案為Joining or leading a group of volunteers to help solve problems.

【3】問題：在路易斯安那州巴嘉魯斯市的學(xué)生是怎么幫助的？根據(jù)短文中的句子“One group of JMU students traveled to Bogalusa, Louisiana, to help rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane (颶風(fēng))”可知，幫助重建被颶風(fēng)損壞的家園。故答案為By rebuilding homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

【4】問題：學(xué)生志愿者常常睡在哪里？根據(jù)短文中的句子“Students often sleep on the floor of a school or church.”可知，學(xué)生常常睡在學(xué)�；蚪烫玫牡匕迳�。答案為On the floor of a school or church.

【5】問題：是什么讓春假更有價值？根據(jù)最后一段的總結(jié)可知答案為Student volunteers can help people right now without degrees, spend less money, meet new friends and exercise their beliefs.

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