Sarah Williams went to a boarding school.  Here is one of the
letters she wrote to her parents from the school.
Wentworth Girls' School
Beachside
July 20th
Dearest Mom and Dad,
I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal 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 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’m very sorry about this.
Much love,
Sarah
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!
小題1:Why did Sarah write home?
A．To tell her parents about the fire.
B．To ask for a lot of money.
C．To tell her parents she had failed her exams.
D．To tell her parents she had to leave school.
小題2:Why did Sarah tell her parents the story about the fire?
A．She wanted to worry them.
B．She wanted to make them laugh.
C．She wanted to make them less angry at the real news.
D．She wanted to warn them about what the principal was going to do.
小題3:The letter before the. P. S. was        .
A．mostly trueB．partly true
C．completely trueD．completely untrue

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:D

試題分析：小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!說明他寫這封信的真正目的是告訴父母之間考試不及格。故C正確。
小題2:C 推理題。開始的時(shí)候他編了一個(gè)故事，把情況說的非常嚴(yán)重，讓父母很擔(dān)心，最后再告訴父母不是真的，說出了原來的目的，這樣做是希望父母不要太生氣。故C正確。
小題3:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二行None of the above is true說明上面的內(nèi)容都不是真的。故D正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章介紹了一個(gè)聰明的孩子為了讓自己的父母不生氣而寫的一封信。要理解這封信的真正目的是在最后一段，要求考生有較強(qiáng)的細(xì)節(jié)理解力和推理能力。
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