There’s something about Minot that I’m always going to carry with me. When it got hit last year by the worst flooding in its history, there was this feeling of helplessness. You just watched this water slowly rise and flood the city. It was heartbreaking. But this is a community of people that are extremely strong and not afraid to roll up their sleeves and work to get it back to normal.

I’ve tried to bring as much awareness to Minot as I can, and raise as much money as I can. We held a concert last year, where my wife singer Fergie talked her band the Black Eyed Peas into coming in and doing a benefit concert. From it we raised $2 million towards the rebuilding effort, which was really cool. We won a contest for Oak Park as well, to start rebuilding on that.

Roosevelt Park Zoo is one of my oldest memories. I remember having a birthday party there as a kid. We used to go to look at the monkeys and other animals in the summer when it was open. But after last year’s flood, it was almost washed away, and they’ve got go start from scratch. I think the $25,000 dollars is a great start, but we’re going to have to raise a lot more to get it back to right. Luckily, the community itself is developing, so it’s just a matter of those doing whatever they can to help can to help the community to get it back to normal. However, it’s going to be a number of years for a third of the homes were lost. That will take a long time to heal, and if anyone in the world can get through it, it’s the people in Minot.

1.The author helped Minot fight against the flood by______.

A. donating as much money as the could

B. raising money for it through various activities

C. calling for the people’s awareness to stay calm

D. asking his wife’s band to play to comfort the people

2.The author helped rebuild Roosevelt Park Zoo mainly because______.

A. it was important for the children

B. many performances were held there

C. it reminded him of his happy childhood

D. it was destroyed the most seriously by the flood

3.Which of the following did the author show to us in the text?

A. His deep love to his hometown

B. The ways of helping each other in the flood

C. The difficulty of rebuilding homes in his hometown

D. His worry about the future life of the people in Minot

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