Learning on a Boat

The main idea of this passage is that ________.

• life along the river is not safe

• boats are the best places for schools

• students can learn outside school buildings

The best title for this passage would be _____.

• School on a Boat

• School is Like a Boat

• A Holiday Trip along the Chao Phraya

The children who go on this special boat ________.

• spend most of their time looking at buildings

• have problems because of pollution in the river

• study what happens along the Chao Phraya River

When the students test the river water, they _______.

• see how their boat pollutes the river

• find out if factories make the water dirty

• can see the historical buildings that cause pollution

Some of the children's parents are worried that their children ________.

• might have a bad accident

• might breathe in polluted air

• might go swimming instead of studying

The boat which carries the school children _________.

• is too old to be useful now

• is used to carry rice as well.

• was once used for carrying something else.

If one of the children falls in the water, _______.

• an adult will jump in to help him or her

• the child's parents will swim out to help him or her.

• it does not matter because they are all expert swimmers.

The school children who go on this boat feel that ______.

• it is better than using books all the time

• they should be learning in a classroom instead

• a boat trip is a fun way to meet other children