Question

Susan Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I’m afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal（校长）is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.

The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed．This is against the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.

As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire. There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning. The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital.

The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.

I am very sorry about this.

Much love, Susan.

P.S. None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!

1.Susan wrote home ________.

A. to tell her parents about the fire

B. to ask for a million dollars

C. to tell her parents she had failed her exams

D. to tell her parents she had to leave school

2.In the letter, Susan told her parents that the principal was angry with her for the reason that___.

A. she had failed her exams.

B. she had been caught smoking in bed.

C. it was her fault that the school had caught fire.

D. she had not phoned for the fire department in time.

3. Susan told her parents about the fire ________.

A. to warn them about what the principal would do

B. to make them feel worried

C. to make them less angry at her real news

D. to make them laugh

4. How true was the letter before the P.S.?

A. Partly true.

B. All true.

C. Completely untrue

D. The story doesn’t really tell us.

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.C

4.C

【解析】

试题分析:Susan Williams在寄宿制学校上学，因考试没有及格，她向父母写信，说自己在学校因为违反规定抽烟而引起一场火灾，通过这个编造的假故事来淡化自己考试不及格的事实。

1.C细节理解题。根据文章最后一自然段“None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!”可知她写信的主要目的是要告诉她父母她考试不及格的事，故选C。

2.C推理判断题。根据前文的叙述以及第五自然段“The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. ”可知选C。

3.C推理判断题。根据最后一自然段的内容可知。

4. 细节理解题。最后一自然段“None of the above is true, but...”可知上面所讲的一切都不是真的， 故选C。

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