Question

【題目】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 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 fire damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.

I am very sorry about this.

Much love,

Susan.

PS (附言). 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】The principal was angry with Susan 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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：Susan Williams在寄宿制學(xué)校上學(xué)，因考試沒有及格，她向父母寫信，先是說自己在學(xué)校因?yàn)檫`反規(guī)定抽煙而引起一場火災(zāi)，通過這個(gè)編造的假故事來淡化自己考試不及格的事實(shí)，讓父母不要太生氣。

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。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!可知，她寫這封信的真正目的是告訴父母她考試不及格。故選C。

【2】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for fire damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.可知，校長生Susan氣是因?yàn)閷W(xué)校著火是Susan的過錯(cuò)。故C正確。

【3】C 推理判斷題。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。