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【题目】Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）

Australia is almost as large as China（China is about 9,600,000 km2 while Australia is 7,682,300 km2）,but Australia has a much smaller population（just over 19. 5 million）. Most people live in cities along the coast of Australia, and huge areas of the rest of Australia are uninhabited（无人居住的）. In some areas, families live a long way away from one another and from towns and cities. Australians call this part of the country "the Out back（内陆）"or "the Bush". Most people who live in the outback work on huge sheep or cattle stations（农场）.Some of these properties are as large as 3,000~5,000 km2 and their nearest neighbours may be 100 km or more away.

Many children in the outback are too far from town to travel to school. Instead, they attend one of the sixteen Schools of the Air. The schools are located in towns and teachers use high frequency radio to talk to their classes. They also post work to the students who post it back for their teacher to mark. Students also use the Internet, fax and phone to communicate with their teacher and with other students. Sometimes students are sent a video or audiotape to help them with their lessons.

Tim Benton's brother George is the manager of a large cattle station in the Northern Territory. When they were in primary school, George's children, Rebecca and Oliver, attended the Alice Spring School of the Air. Their mother and father took it in turns to help them with their lessons. After they finished primary school, Rebecca and Oliver went to a high school in Alice Springs. They lived with their Aunt Mary during the school term and returned home during the school holidays. At first, high school was difficult because they weren't used to being in a class with other students. In some subjects, they did not know as much as the children from the town. However, they soon caught up because they had very good study skills, thanks to the School of the Air.

【1】Where do most Australians live?

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【2】Where did Rebecca and Oliver live when they attended primary school?

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【3】Where did they live when they attended high school?

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【4】Which subjects do you think would be hardest to study at home?

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【5】Why do you think Rebecca and Oliver had such good study skills?

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【6】When Rebecca and Oliver were in high school, why did they only go home in the school holidays?

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【答案】

【1】They live in cities along the coast of Australia.

【2】On a cattle station in the Northern Territory.

【3】In Alice Springs（at their Aunt Mary's house）.

【4】Maths and Science.（Any reasonable answer is acceptable.）

【5】Because the teachers in the School of the Air help them develop the good study skills.

【6】Because their home was a long way away from their school in Alice Spring.

【解析】

本文主要介绍了澳大利亚以及其内陆情况，并向我们介绍了蒂姆·本顿的弟弟乔治家孩子上学的情况。

【1】题干问：大多数澳大利亚人住在哪里？根据文中“Most people live in cities along the coast of Australia”可知，大多数人住在澳大利亚沿海城市，故填They live in cities along the coast of Australia.

【2】题干问：丽贝卡和奥利弗上小学时住在哪里？根据文中“…a large cattle station in the Northern Territory. When they were in primary school…”可知，他们上小学时住在北领地的一个大型养牛场，故填On a cattle station in the Northern Territory.

【3】题干问：他们上高中时住在哪里？根据文中“Rebecca and Oliver went to a high school in Alice Springs. They lived with their Aunt Mary during the school term”可知，他们上高中时住在在艾丽斯斯普林斯与玛丽阿姨住在一起，故填In Alice Springs（at their Aunt Mary's house）.

【4】题干问：你认为在家学习哪些课程最难？本题属于开放性试题，任何合理的答案都是可以的。参考答案填Maths and Science.

【5】题干问：你认为丽贝卡和奥利弗为什么有这么好的学习技能？根据文中“because they had very good study skills, thanks to the School of the Air.”可知，因为School of the Air教给了他们好的学习技巧，故填Because the teachers in the School of the Air help them develop the good study skills.

【6】题干问：丽贝卡和奥利弗上高中的时候，为什么他们只在学校放假的时候回家呢？根据文中“are too far from town to travel to school.”可知，学校离家特别远，故填Because their home was a long way away from their school in Alice Spring