Robert is nine years old and Joanna is seven. They live at Mount Ebenezer. Their father has a big property. In Australia they call a farm a property.
Robert and Joana like school very much. At school they can talk to their friends, but Robert and Joanna can not see their friends. They live 100,perhaps 300,miles away and like Robert and Joanna, they all go to school by radio.
Mount Ebenezer is in the centre of Australia. Not many people in “The Centre”, there are no schools with desks and blackboards and no teachers in “The Centre”.  School is a room at home with a two-way radio. When all students answer, lessons begin.
Think of your teacher 300 miles away!
The children in “The Centre” do not go to school because _____________.

A．they live too far away from one another

B．they do not like school

C．they are not old enough to go to school

D．their families are too poor

In order to send their children to school, parents in “The Centre” of Australia must have ___________________.

A．a property	B．a car
C．a school room at home	D．a special radio

When children are having a lesson, they can hear their teacher ______________.

A．but their teacher cannot hear them

B．and their teacher can hear them too

C．but can not hear their schoolmates.

D．and see him or her at the same time.

A “property” in Australia is a _________________.

A．house

B．school

C．farm

D．radio