小维不得不佩服，现在的中学生果然是不按常理出牌。

这是一篇神奇的中学英语阅读文章，不同的人会有不同的感受。

读不懂此篇英文者会哭会无奈会替作者的父母感到头痛;读懂此文者会狂笑不止，觉得小作者实在是太有趣了......有个这样的孩子也确实是让父母头疼啊！

你能读懂吗，会有什么感受呢？

A letter to parents

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

Wentworth Girls' school

Beach side

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 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 from 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!

Question

1

WhydidSarahwritehome?

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

Sarahsaidtheprincipalwasangrybecause ________.

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 smoking in bed

原文翻译

萨拉威廉拉姆上寄宿学校。这是她从学校给她父母写的一封信：

文特沃斯女子学校学校

海滩边

7月20日

最亲爱的爸爸妈妈，

我恐怕有些坏消息要告诉你们，我一直很调皮，校长很生我的气，她打算给你们写封信。你们一定要带我离开这里，她不想让我再待这学校了。

昨晚我在床上抽烟时，引起了麻烦。当然，这样做是违反学校规定的，我们压根不应该抽烟。

当我抽烟的时候，听见有脚步声向房间走来。我不想让老师抓到我抽烟，所以我就把烟扔了。

不幸的是，扔掉的烟掉进了一个废纸篓里，引起了火灾。

在废纸篓旁边有一个窗帘，它也被引起着火了，很快整个房间都着火了。

校长打电话给消防队，学校离城镇很远，消防队到达时整所学校都在熊熊燃烧。许多女孩现在都在医院里。

校长说火灾是我闯的祸，你们必须赔偿学校损失。她会寄给你们一张大约一百万美元的账单。

对此我表示非常抱歉。

非常爱你们的，

萨拉

另外：以上没有一件事是真的，只是我考试不及格。我只是想让你们知道本可以发生多么糟糕的事情。

答案

1.C 推断题。选项B在文章中没有涉及，因此排除;根据信后的附言：None of the above is true，but l have failed my exams可知选项A、D都不真实。

2.C 推测题。根据文章中附言的最后一句可知。

3.D 细节题。根据信后的附言None of the above is true可知。

4.B 细节题。在信的正文根本没有涉及有关考试之事，排除A;根据信的最后两段，校长并没有责备她未及时打电话，排除C;信的第三段so I threw the cigarette away说明她没有被抓着在吸烟，排除D。