3 Complete the text with one word which best fits each gap Do you ever get fed 1) with going to school? Would you be interested 2) studying at home 3) _ yourself? Shannon Kilgarill lives in the Australian outback, miles from the nearest school She and her brother have 4) _ learning at home for years Their special school, called School of the Air, 5) _ introduced satellite technology This enables the students to be taught at home, hundreds of miles away from 6) _ another Although the technology is complicated, Shannon can easily use it by 7) Now she and her classmates have a virtual classroom where they can see each 8) on screen School of the Air previously used radios to keep the fourteen pupils 9) _ touch with their teachers However, unlike the old radio signal, the new technology isn’t affected by bad weather Shannon, who is very keen 10) _ the new system, reckons the satellite is ‘pretty good’ 11) new technology gives Shannon the opportunity to see her teacher during a lesson She believes it has made learning ‘a lot easier’ The computer software would cost around £5,000, but the families didn’t pay for it 12) _ Time to talk 1.Which type of education would you prefer – a tutor, an internet link or a boarding school? Why? 2.What are the advantages /disadvantages of studying by yourself? Key: 1) one another 2) by himself 3) myself 6) yourselves 4) each other 5) themselves 1) by themselves 2) herself 3) ourselves 4) myself yourself 6) himself 1) up 2) in 3) by 4) been 5) has 6) one 7) herself 8) other 9) in 10) on 11) this/the 12) themselves