“I believe you’re the right person to write an advice column (专栏) for the students called Dear Amy!” Jenny, editor of the school newspaper, said to Andy, who finally agreed to accept the job if Jenny promised not to tell it to anyone else.

   At first it wasn’t too bad. Most of the letters he received were interesting and quite easy to answer. Then came a letter from a person named Joe.

   “Dear Amy,” it began, “I’m in real trouble. I’ve wanted to be a songwriter all my life, but my parents won’t even let me take music lessons. I have a guitar, but they both get angry if I play. I’ve tried explaining, but they won’t listen. I feel sad. Should I run away from home? Maybe that will make my parents agree.” The letter signed “Joe”.

Andy thought about this letter for a long time. Should he advise someone to run away from home? Probably not. But didn’t Joe have a right to be a songwriter if he wanted to? Andy thought hard, but couldn’t think out a good answer. Andy couldn’t sleep. He just worried about poor Joe.

   At a bar a few days later, Eleanor, a girl in Andy’s math class, sat down next to him and asked, “ What’s wrong with you? You look a little worried.”

   “I guess I do,” said Andy.

   “If you got an problem, why don’t you try writing to Dear Amy about it?” asked Eleanor.

   Andy sighed; but she continued, “in fact, I guess Dear Amy is rather busy with other problems. She still hasn’t answered the phony letter I wrote her last week. You’d better read it – it may even make the most hard-hearted person cry! It was supposed to be from a songwriter named Joe.”

1.

2.It’s clear “Dear Amy” ______.

     A. helps students who want to run away from home   B. answers letters from the students

     C. writes songs for the students                   D. meets readers at a bar

3.

4.

5.The underlined word “ phony ” perhaps means ______.

           A. unreal          B. boyish         C. popular       D. favourite

根据汉语意思完成句子。

1.Doing more exercise like running helps to _____________(增强)our body.

2.All of us should _________________________(戒除) smoking.

3.I want go be a doctor _______________________ (将来)

4.Mum, don’t (担心)___________________ me. I’ll take good care of myself.

5.Why don't you _______              __  （躺下）？

阅读下列邮件，然后根据要求写一封回信。

Dear Yang Fen,

　　Now I am new here. I can't understand what the English teacher says, and I am afraid of talking with the classmates here. But the biggest problem for me is that I can't sleep the night before a big exam. Could you help me?Yours,Wang Lin要求：请根据王林的困难，运用以下句型给出建议。 80词左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

● You should ...

● Why don't you ...

● If I were you, I would ...

Dear Wang Lin,

　　I'm glad to hear from you. I have some suggestions that may help you.

I hope you will do better in English and get along well with your new classmates.

Yours, Yang Fen

In front of my daughter Sindu was a bowl filled with cabbage. She hated cabbage. She only sat there in silence with tears in her   16 .
“Sindu, darling, why don’t you   17  a little? Your Mom will shout at me.”
Sindu wiped(擦) her   18  with the back of her hand.
“OK, Dad. I’ll eat, just a little.” Then Sindu said, “Dad, if I eat it all, will you give me   19  I want?”
“Yes, of course.”
  20  she began to eat. It took her almost half an hour to finish the   21 . Then she came up to me and said, “Dad, I want to have my head shaved(刮、剃)! ”
“Sindu, why don’t you   22  something else? If we see you with a clean-shaven head, we will be   23 , I said.”
“But, Dad, you promised! Now, you are going back on your words.”
I had to   24  my promise, Sindu had all her hair cut off. She looked beautiful.
On Monday morning, I took her to school. Just when we   25 , a boy got out of a car, and shouted, “Sindu, please wait for me!”
Guess what? The boy had   26  hair either.
“Sir, your daughter is   27 !” a man got out of the car and said, “That boy is my son Harish. He has cancer(癌症). He lost his hair   28  he got ill. Sindu cut hers off so Harish felt less   29 . She is a special girl.”
I stood for a while. “My little girl, you   30  me how selfless(无私的) real love is!