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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 bas-ket, 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 depart-ment 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 ex-ams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!
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.
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.
3. The letter before the P. S. was ________.
A. mostly true B. partly true
C. all true D. completely untrue
4. Sarah said the principal was angry because ________.
A. she had failed her exams
B. it was her fault that had caused the fire
C. he had not made the phone call in time
D. she had been caught smokimg in bed
答案與簡析：介紹了Sarah Williams從學校給父母親所寫的一封信。
1. C 推斷題。選項B在文章中沒有涉及，因此排除；根據信后的附言：None of the above is true，but l have failed my exams可知選項A、D都不真實。
2. C 推測題。根據文章中附言的最后一句可知。
3. D 細節題。根據信后的附言None of the above is true可知。
4. B 細節題。在信的正文根本沒有涉及有關考試之事，排除A；根據信的最后兩段，校長并沒有責備她未及時打電話，排除C；信的第三段so I threw the cigarette away說明她沒有被抓著在吸煙，排除D。
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