【AmericansSpendTheirFreeTimeInVariousWaysAmericaisacountryofsports—ofhunting，fishingandswimming，andofteamsportslikebaseballandfootball．MillionsofAmericanswatchtheirfavoritesportsontelevision．Theyalsol】

　　AmericansSpendTheirFreeTimeInVariousWays

　　Americaisacountryofsports—ofhunting，fishingandswimming，andofteamsportslikebaseballandfootball．MillionsofAmericanswatchtheirfavoritesportsontelevision．Theyalsoliketoplayincommunityorchestras(管弦乐队)，maketheirownfilmsorrecordings，gocamping，visitmuseums，attendlectures，travel，garden，read，andjoininhundredsofotheractivities．Thepeoplealsoenjoybuildingthingsfortheirhomes，sewingtheirownclothes，evenmakingtheirownphotographs．Theydothesethingsforfunaswellasforeconomy．

　　ButasmuchasAmericansenjoytheirfreetime，thecountryisatthesametimea“self-improvement”country．Morethan25millionadultscontinuetheireducation，chieflybygoingtoschoolintheevening，duringtheirownfreetime，attheirownexpense．Addedtothetimespentonpersonalactivities，Americansa1sodevoteagreatamountoftheirtimetothevariedneedsoftheircommunities．Manyhospitals，schools，libraries，museums，parks，communitycenters，andorganizationsthatassistthepoordependonthemanyhourscitizensdevotetotheseactivities，oftenwithoutanypay.Whydotheydoit?

　　Thereareseveralanswers．Theideaofcooperatingandsharingresponsibilitywithoneanotherforthebenefitofallisasoldasthecountryitself．

　　Whenthecountrywasfirstfoundedin1776，itwasnecessaryforthesettlerstoworktogethertolive．Theyhadcrosseddangerousseasandriskedalltheyhadintheirstruggleforpoliticalandreligiousfreedom．ThereremainsamongmanyAmericansadistrustofcentralgovernment．Peoplestillprefertodothingsthemselveswithintheircommunities，ratherthangivethegovernmentmorecontrol．

　　Sometimespeopleoffertheirtimebecausetheywishtoaccomplishsomethingforwhichnomoneyispaid，todosomethingthatwillbeofbenefittotheentirecommunity．Itistruethatsomepeopleusetheirleisurebecausetheyaretrulyinterestedinthework；ortheyarelearningfromtheexperience．

　　Nomatterwhatthereasonis，hundredsofthousandsofso-calledleisurehoursareputintohard，unpaidworkononeoranothercommunityneed．

　　小题1:Thewritermentionsthefoundationofthecountryinordertoindicate____．A．