Americansspendtheirfreetimeinvariousways．Americaisacountryofsports—ofhuntingfishingandswimmingandofteamsportslikebaseballandfootball．MillionsofAmericanswatchtheirfavoritesportsontelevision

　　Americansspendtheirfreetimeinvariousways．

　　Americaisacountryofsports—ofhuntingfishingandswimmingandofteamsportslikebaseballandfootball．MillionsofAmericanswatchtheirfavoritesportsontelevision．Theyalsoliketoplayincommunityorchestras（管弦乐队）maketheirownfilmsorrecordingsgocampingvisitmuseums，attendlecturestravelgardenreadandjoininhundredsofotheractivities．Thepeoplealsoenjoybuildingthingsfortheirhomessewingtheirownclothesevenmakingtheirownphotographs．Theydothesethingsforfunaswellasforeconomy．

　　ButasmuchasAmericansenjoytheirfreetimethecountryisatthesametimea“self-improvement”country．Morethan25millionadultscontinuetheireducationchieflybygoingtoschoolintheeveningduringtheirownfreetimeattheirownexpense．AddedtothetimespentonpersonalactivitiesAmericansa1sodevoteagreatamountoftheirtimetothevariedneedsoftheircommunities．Manyhospitalsschoolslibrariesmuseumsparkscommunitycentersandorganizationsthatassistthepoordependonthemanyhourscitizensdevotetotheseactivitiesoftenwithoutanypay．Whydotheydoit?

　　Thereareseveralanswers．Theideaofcooperatingandsharingresponsibilitywithoneanotherforthebenefitofallisasoldasthecountryitself．

　　Whenthecountrywasfirstfoundedin1776itwasnecessaryforthesettlerstoworktogethertolive．Theyhadcrosseddangerousseasandriskedalltheyhadintheirstruggleforpoliticalandreligiousfreedom．ThereremainsamongmanyAmericansadistrustofcentralgovernment．Peoplestillprefertodothingsthemselveswithintheircommunitiesratherthangivethegovernmentmorecontrol．

　　Sometimespeopleoffertheirtimebecausetheywishtoaccomplishsomethingforwhichnomoneyispaidtodosomethingthatwillbeofbenefittotheentirecommunity．Itistruethatsomepeopleusetheirleisurebecausetheyaretrulyinterestedinthework;ortheyarelearningfromtheexperience．

　　Nomatterwhatthereasonishundredsofthousandsofso-calledleisurehoursareputintohardunpaidworkononeoranothercommunityneed．

　　1.Thispassageismainlyabout________．

　　A．whyAmericaisacountryofsports

　　B．