Passage 1

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.

A little boy in South Carolina got to celebrate his birthday twice: After only one fiend showed up to his birthday party, the local fire department decided to tlirow him another on.

The City of Beaufort Fire Department shared the story of a party the fire department held fbr a local boy named Cooper, who was disappointed when only one of his classmates showed up to his 6th birthday party. But after a community member gave the local fire department a call, (76)the members were quick to come to his rescue.

"We jumped on board and said we'll do whatever we can to make sure he has a great birthday and that more than one child shows up," Beaufort firefighter Ross Vezin says. "We made arrangements to pick him up from school along with his mom and brother, and we brought him to a bowling alley (保龄球场)along with a biker group.

The fire department was also able to bring nearly 75 other kids from school to celebrate alongside Cooper, whose mother, Nicoala Shiflet, said he has difficulty making friends because be suffers from autism (自 |田 症)."They had cake and presents and got to do some bowing," Vezin continues, adding that the party cane o be known as "Coopers Birthday 2.0”

From riding in a fire truck to seeing the motorcycles from the biker group and evening welcomed by so many new friends, Cooper loved his celebration. And it won't be the last time that the little boy gets to hang out with the fire department responsible fbr it. "We're also going to have him up next week." Vezin says, "We're going to give him a fire department T-shirt and a tour of our fire station.