Everyone needs help sometimes. People depend on one another. That's why communities have special people ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who needs it.

For example, what would we do without a community fire station？ If a home catches on fire,as the Jackson place did last week, it might be burned down and people get hurt…or worse. We're so lucky to have firemen to come to save people and put out the fire, safely. If the fire station hadn't come so fast, the Jacksons might have lost everything.

And what about our local police who protect our families, our homes and valuable things?The police have helped so many families this past year, especially saving people and pets and protecting our houses and other things after the heavy rains.

Think about all the other service workers we have in this community, We have people who collect waste and rubbish and keep our community sanitary, We have road workers who put up and repair traffic signs and fix holes in the streets to protect not just us, but our cars! And where would this community be without the teachers in our school and the doctors, and nurses in our community hospitals?

Think again about what we eat every day; think again about what we wear every day. We cannot produce them, but we use them all the time. We get a lot from all these tireless workers who keep our community running. We need these people in the community. We depend on each other. Let's support each other and help each other. Only in this way can we make our community a better place.

【小题1】What happened to the Jacksons last week？

A．Their pets were lost.	B．Their car was badly burnt.
C．Their house caught on fire.	D．Their valuable things were stolen.

【小题2】Who offered help to families after the heavy rains?

A．Firemen

B．Doctors

C．Road workers

D．Local police

【小题3】What does the underlined word "sanitary" mean?

A．Clean

B．Safe

C．Quiet

D．Busy

【小题4】Which question could best help us find out the writer's purpose？

A．Did the writer make us laugh?

B．Did the writer want us to do something？

C．Did the writer tell us about how to become a teacher?

D．Did the writer teach us what to do when a fire breaks out?

【小题5】What is the best title for the passage?

A．Policemen Save People's Lives	B．People Depend on Each Other.
C．Service Workers Do Important Jobs	D．Workers Keep Community Running