Question

On a small farm in Mexico, there are no schools. A bus is the school. The driver of the bus is the teacher. It’s a school bus, but it doesn’t take the children to school. It just goes round from place to place, and sometimes it comes to this farm. The bus will stay here for three months. The farmers call it a school on wheels (车轮).

Every time the bus comes, the farmers will come running to it, shouting and laughing. They warmly welcome the school bus.

When the bus is on the farm, in the morning, the teacher teaches the small children. In the afternoon, the bigger children come to have their lessons because they must work in the morning. At night, the fathers and mothers come to school. They want to learn, too. How the farmers hope that some day they can have a real school on their farm!

1. The driver of the bus is_______.

A. the teacher            B. the student         C. the farmer         D. the school

2. The bus school will_______.

A. take the children to school

B. stay here for a long time

C. take the fathers and mothers to school

D. go round from place to place

3. When the school bus comes, the farmers will_______.

A. stop working                                     B. warmly welcome it

C. be happy                                           D. both B and C

4. The bigger children have their lessons in the afternoon because _______in the morning.

A. they can’t get up early

B. the teacher wants to teach the small children first

C. they have a lot of work to do

D. they have to do their homework

5. Which is TRUE?

A. A school bus is a real school for farmers’ children

B. The bus school has no teacher at all.

C. The bus school has no students.

D. The children and their parents on the farm all come to the bus school to learn.

Answer 1

1.A  由短文第一段的第三句“The driver of the bus is the teacher.”可知，汽车司机就是老师

2.D  由第一段中的句子“It just goes round from place to place...”可知，汽车辗转于各地。

3.D  由第二段内容可知，当汽车来到农场时，农民们会很高兴并热情欢迎它。

4.C  由第三段中的句子“In the afternoon, the bigger children come to have their lessons because they must work in the morning.”可知，大一点儿的孩子在上午有许多活要干。

5.D  由短文第三段可知，农场里的孩子和他们的父母都来汽车学校学习。