四、阅读与回答问题
On a small farm in Mexico (墨西哥), there are no schools. A bus is the school. The driver of the bus is the teacher. The school bus doesn’t take the children to school. It just goes around from place to place, and sometimes it comes to this farm in June. The bus will stay here and teach the children for three months. The farmers call it “a school on wheels (车轮)”. Every time the bus comes, the farmers come running to it, shouting and laughing. They warmly welcome the school bus. All the people on the farm like it very much.
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. People on the farm all want to learn new things, but they don’t have a school on the farm. In September, the bus will leave for another farm.
How the farmers hope that some day they can have a real school on their farm!
1. Who teaches the children on the bus school?
The driver of the bus.
2. What will the bus school do when it comes to this farm?
It will stay there and teach the children.
3. How long does the bus stay on the farm?
For 3 months.
4. Why do the bigger children have their lessons in the afternoon?
Because they must work in the morning.
5. What do you think of the school?（请自拟一句话作答）
It's good for people on the farm.（言之有理即可）
解析：
【分析】
本题为阅读理解回答问题类题目，解题思路是先通读全文把握主旨，再针对每个问题定位原文对应内容，提取关键信息后整理成符合要求的答案。第1题需找到教孩子的主体；第2题定位校车到农场的行为；第3题查找校车停留时长；第4题明确大孩子下午上课的原因；第5题结合文意合理表达看法即可。
【解析】
1. 由原文第一段“The driver of the bus is the teacher.”可知，教孩子的是校车司机；
2. 由原文第一段“The bus will stay here and teach the children for three months.”可知，校车到农场后会待在那里教孩子；
3. 由原文第一段“The bus will stay here and teach the children for three months.”可知，校车停留时长为三个月；
4. 由原文第二段“In the afternoon, the bigger children come to have their lessons because they must work in the morning.”可知，大孩子下午上课是因为早上要干活；
5. 结合全文，校车帮助农场的人学习，可合理表达看法。
【答案】
1. The driver of the bus.
2. It will stay there and teach the children.
3. For 3 months.
4. Because they must work in the morning.
5. It's good for people on the farm.（言之有理即可）
【知识点】
阅读理解、细节理解
【点评】
本题考查学生的阅读理解能力，以细节定位为主，难度较低，开放性题目鼓励学生结合文意表达，符合基础题的考查要求。
【难度系数】
0.8
