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8．Australia is a big country，but it has a population of only 20 million．Some families live on farms，hundreds of kilometres from a town or a city．Children from these families can't travel to school every day，so many of them use a special school：the Australian School of Air．
     There are twelve Schools of the Air in Australia and over 1，000 students use them．Students of the School of the Air haven't got lessons in classrooms with other students．They study at home on their own．The school of the Air covers all the same curriculum*as any other school in Australia，so students in the School of Air are not disadvantaged．The teachers at the School of the Air prepare lessons and send them to the students by post or email．The students have to work on these lessons for five or six hours a day，Monday to Friday．They send their work to the teachers once a week and discuss it by radio or over the Internet．They can also borrow books from the school library．The books arrive by post．
Once or twice a year，a teacher visits every student at home．The teacher spends a day with the students，helps them with their work and discusses problems．The teacher often has dinner with the family and stays a night at the student's house．And there are 3 or 4 annual*gatherings where the children travel to school to spend one week with their teachers and classmates．Teachers and students can also meet at the sports Carnival*．This takes place once a year on playing fields in Alice Springs．Students and their families can get together and take part in different kinds of activities．It is a great way for them to do sports together and make friends．No matter how far they live from the school，the annual sports day and graduation is attended by almost all the students．
48．Why is School of the Air welcomed in Australia？A
A．Because kids are far away from schools    
B．Because Australia has a large population
C．Because Australia is a small country       
D．Because there are few schools in Australia
 49．Students of the School of the AirC．
A．never meet with their own teachers   
B．often get lessons in the classroom
C．have to study at home on their own   
D．spend 4 hours on their lessons a day
50．If students of the School of the Air like reading，he or she had betterB．
A．buy books from the bookstores nearby   
B．borrow books from the school library
C．ask parents to borrow books from friends 
D．borrow books from the schoolmates
51．From the passage，we can learn thatC．
A．only teachers and students can attend the sports Carnival．
B．teachers at the School of the Air in Australia check the students'work every day．
C．students like to take part in the sports day although they have to travel a long way．
D．Students in the School of the Air are not disadvantaged because they have different courses from those in other schools．

Answer 1

分析 文章大意：
澳大利亚是一个大国，但它的人口只有2000万．一些家庭生活在农场，离城市有几百公里远．这些家庭的孩子不能每天上学，所以许多人使用一所特殊学校：澳大利亚空军学院．
在澳大利亚有十二家航空学校，超过1000名学生使用他们．空中学校的学生不与其他学生在教室里上课．他们自己在家学习．航空学校与澳大利亚的任何其他学校拥有相同的课程，所以在空军学校的学生并没有劣势．空军学校的教师准备课程，并通过邮寄或电子邮件发送给学生．学生必须学习这些课程，每周五至六个小时，星期一至星期五．他们每周将他们的工作交给教师一次，通过无线电或互联网讨论．他们还可以从学校图书馆借书．
一年一次或两次，老师访问每个学生．老师与学生花一天时间，帮助他们的工作，与他们讨论问题．老师经常与家人一起吃晚饭，在学生的房子住宿一晚．有3或4个年度聚会，孩子们去学校与他们的老师和同学呆上一个星期．教师和学生也可以在体育嘉年华上集合．这发生在爱丽丝泉的运动场，一般一年一次．学生和他们的家庭可以一起参加各种各样的活动．这是一个伟大的方式，他们一起做运动，结交朋友．无论他们离学校多远，年度体育日和毕业时，几乎所有的学生都会参加．

解答 48．A，推理判断题，文中提到"Children from these families can't travel to school every day，so many of them use a special school：the Australian School of Air"因为孩子离学校太远，所以建立了空军学校，所以选择A．
49．C，推理判断题，文中提到"Once or twice a year，a teacher visits every student at home"老师一年有一次或两次去学生家里辅导，A错误；由"They study at home on their own"可知，只能在自家学习，B错误C正确；文中提到"The students have to work on these lessons for five or six hours a day"，所以每天学习5-6个小时，D错误；因此选择C．
50．B，推理判断题，文中提到"They can also borrow books from the school library．The books arrive by post"可以从学校图书馆借书，然后邮寄到家，所以选择B．
51．C，推理判断题，文中提到"Students and their families can get together and take part in different kinds of activities．"学校活动家长也可以参加，A错误；文中提到"They send their work to the teachers once a week"学生交作业是一周一次，所以老师也是一周一次，所以B错误；由"the annual sports day and graduation is attended by almost all the students．"可知所有学生都喜欢参加，所以C正确；文中提到"students in the School of Air are not disadvantaged"空军学校的学生并不处于劣势，因此选择C．

点评 本文主要是说澳大利亚空军学校的一些事情．题目涉及到推理判断和主旨大意题，要在抓住关键句子的基础上进行合理地分析才能得出正确答案，切记不能乱猜，一定做到有理有据．