The spring break, as the name suggests, mentions the custom among American schools, colleges and universities to give their students a full week off from their studies at some time during the spring season. The dates of the spring break will vary from school to school. Some schools time their breaks to fit in with the Easter weekend, allowing students to travel home for that important holiday, while others time the spring break to St. Patrick’s Day.
While some college students might indeed use their spring breaks to catch up on their studies or to spend time with their family, many others travel to resorts （度假胜地）, in or out of the United States, in order to get together with their friends, sometimes on occasions that involve a great deal of drinking and public disorder. For many years, Fort Lauderdale, Florida was a popular destination for students from all over the country, until local residents said no to the damage caused by the students. The same case occurred in popular Daytona Beach, Florida.
Many American communities still turn a blind eye to the disruption （破坏）, however, since spring break traffic is an important factor in the local economy, despite the fact that most college students are under the minimum legal drinking age of 21. Tour companies provide special discounted spring break packages for the students to Mexico or countries of the Caribbean. These countries often have a lower minimum drinking age than the United States or are more tolerant of underage drinking.
【小题1】What can we learn from the first paragraph?| A．Students have spring breaks to celebrate the Easter. |
| B．Not all schools have spring breaks. |
| C．Students are not allowed to go home in the spring break. |
| D．American students in different schools may have spring breaks at different times. |
| A．none of the students made good use of the spring break |
| B．students caused trouble during the spring break |
| C．they didn’t want to join the students in their celebration |
| D．the spring break was mainly intended for local college students |
| A．American communities respect the students’ choices |
| B．many American communities obey the law because the spring break is a legal holiday |
| C．making money from the tourism is more important for many American communities |
| D．the damage caused by students is never worth paying attention to |
