Reading — Read and choose A, B or C. “Going to school in the Australian Outback. The places in Australia that are very far away from the city are called The Australian Outback. In the Australian Outback, children don’t walk to school. They don’t even take the bus or the train. This is because the school is more than 300 kilometres away. So how do these children get an education? The answer is simple. These children don’t go to school at all! They have lessons on their home computer and speak to their teachers through a web camera. Children in the Australian Outback are very good students. Maybe this is because it is easier to study away from the hustle and bustle of a big city or maybe computer lessons are more fun than normal lessons. Whatever the reasons, children in the Australian Outback seem to enjoy ‘school’ more than many other children in the world. 1 The Australian Outback is close to the sea. A True B False C Doesn’t say. 2 Children in the Australian Outback don’t get an education. A True B False C Doesn’t say. 3 The students study online. A True B False C Doesn’t say. 4 The students don’t speak to their teachers. A True B False C Doesn’t say. 5 School is more fun for children in the Australian Outback. A True B False C Doesn’t say.

Перевод задания: Прочитай текст и выбери A, B или C: верно, неверно или в тексте не сказано.

1. C — Doesn’t say. The text says the Outback is far from cities, but it doesn’t mention the sea. (В тексте сказано, что глубинка находится далеко от городов, но о близости к морю ничего не говорится.)
2. B — False. The children get an education through lessons on a home computer. (Дети получают образование: они занимаются на домашнем компьютере.)
3. A — True. They have lessons on a home computer and speak to their teachers through a web camera. (Они занимаются на домашнем компьютере и общаются с учителями через веб-камеру.)
4. B — False. The text says that the students speak to their teachers through a web camera. (В тексте сказано, что ученики общаются с учителями через веб-камеру.)
5. C — Doesn’t say. The text says that computer lessons may be more fun and that the children seem to enjoy school more; it does not state that school is more fun for them. (В тексте сказано, что компьютерные уроки, возможно, интереснее и что дети, похоже, больше радуются учёбе; однако прямо не утверждается, что школа для них веселее.)