单选题
I Don't Want to Go to School (我不想去学校)

Harry came to his mother one morning while she was having her breakfast, and said to her, "No one at my school likes me, Mother. The teachers don't, and the children don't. Even the cleaners and the bus drivers hate me. "
"Well, Harry," his mother answered, "Perhaps you aren't very nice to them. If a few people don't like a person, he or she may not be responsible (负责任的) for that; but if a lot of people don't, there's usually something wrong, and that person really needs to change."
"I'm too old to change," Harry said. "I don't want to go to school."
"Don't be silly (傻的;糊涂的), Harry," his mother said, going towards the garage (车库) to get the car out. "You have to go. You're quite well, and you still have a lot of things to learn. And besides that, you're the headmaster (校长) of the school. /

单选题 Harry was a schoolboy.
A. Right. B. Wrong. C. Doesn't say.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】大部分的读者一定会一直以为Harry是个学生,甚至是个小学生。直到读到最后一句话才恍然大悟、哑然失笑,原来Harry是一校之长。
单选题 His mother thought he should change, because a lot of people did not like him.
A. Right. B. Wrong. C. Doesn't say.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】第二段中,Harry的母亲说了一段话,表达了自己的想法,她说:“...but if a lot of people don't (like a person), there's usually something wrong, and that person really needs to change.”如果许多人都不喜欢同一个人,那这个人肯定有一些问题,需要改变。而在第一段中,Harry给他母亲讲了学校里几乎所有的人都不喜欢他。所以Harry的母亲是在建议Harry做一些改变。
单选题 Harry wanted to change himself.
A. Right. B. Wrong. C. Doesn't say.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】关联句在第三段,Ha州对母亲说:“I’m too old to change.”他认为自己已经太大了,不可能有什么改变。所以选B。
单选题 His mother also had to work.
A. Right. B. Wrong. C. Doesn't say.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】全文没有细节支持这个陈述。有一处提示,Harry的母亲走到车库把车取了出来,但后面并没有交待Harry的母亲要开车出去工作。
单选题 His mother got the car out in order to drive Harry to school.
A. Right. B. Wrong. C. Doesn't say.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】早晨取车肯定是要出门。而且Harry的母亲一直在说服Harry去学校。但是让Harry自己开车去学校,还是她开车载Harry去学校就不得而知了。