13．Community Service
Nowadays high schools are faced with a very controversial issue whether or not community service hours are needed to graduate．High schools are arguing that 40 hours of community service are needed to graduate，but many upset students are voicing protests（反对） to this demand．
Supporters of the community service project argue that while high school students are participating in community service，they will become better aware of what the real world is like．Students will learn valuable life lesson by doing community service．（71 ）A They feel that if high school students are forced to do community service they will begin to see it as a punishment and as something that they have to do because it is required instead of something that they want to do．Students will in the future look back at the community service projects that they were forced to do throughout high school．（72 ）D
Another idea that the protestors give about this community service issue is time restriction．When a student goes to school full time，he is involved in after-class activities and also works．（73 ）G Supporters argue back that high school students only need to fulfill 40 hours of community service throughout 4years．If students well manage their time and start the community service in their first year in high school，all they need to do is an hour every other week．（74）B The protestors argue that high school students do not have their driver's license，so how are they expected to get to their community service site when their parents or friends are at work or just too busy to give them a ride．（75）F．The supporters argue that students can find community service projects close to home or if they live in the country find another student to car pool with．
In my opinion，community service is a wonderful thing that everyone should be required to do at some point in their life，but are high school students mature and responsible enough to take on community service projects at this stage in their life？
A．Protestors have struck back with a very solid argument．
B．A final controversial issue that appears is transportation．
C．Students will feel good about themselves for helping others in need．
D．They will continue to carry a negative attitude towards community service for their lifetime．
E．Both sides have solid arguments about why community service should or should not be forced upon students．
F．Unless the school offers a means of transportation for the students there really is no solution to this problem．
G．The time that is needed to participate in a community service project may place quite a burden on the student．
分析 文章就学生是否要从事社区工作展开讨论，有人支持也有人反对．
解答 71．A 72．D 73．G 74．B 75．F
71．A 上下文语境．根据前面的Supporters of the community service project argue that…对应该句应该是提到反对者的意见，即Protestors have struck…故选A．
72．D 上下文语境． they were forced to do throughout high school这句话告诉我们此处讲的还是消极的方面，即在以后的生活中学生还是会带着抵触的情绪从事社区工作，故选D．
73．G 上下文语境．该段的第一句话Another idea that the protestors give about this community service issue is time restriction提到从事社区工作的另外一个影响，即时间的限制问题，所以选项里的The time that is needed…呼应上句，故选G．
74．B 上下文语境．根据下句The protestors argue that high school students do not have their driver's license提到的交通工具的问题，故选B．
75．F 概括总结题．通过上句的内容so how are they expected to get to their community service site when their parents or friends are at work or just too busy to give them a ride，可知，学生在父母都上班或者忙的时候，如何到达社区这是一个问题，自然下句应该提到解决该问题的方法，即除非学校给他们解决交通的问题，故选F．
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