“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.”

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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

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

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

根据句意用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.Andy jumps even          (far) than any other student in his class.

2.Andy is very smart and he always answers questions          (correct).

3.         ( Britain ) English “autumn” and American English “fall” mean the same thing.

4.Stick your          (finish) picture on the side of the card.

5.It’s          (possible) for us to walk 1,000 kilometres in 5 minutes.

(B) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

6.Thousands of people          (出席) the meetings last Sundays.

7.He is learning drawing because he will take part in the drawing          (竞赛).

8.         (物理) is my favourite subject.

9.Her face is on the cover of some         (杂志).

10.Although I got up a little late this morning, I arrive at school at          (精确) seven o’clock.

1. After reading this, we know this is      .

  A. a studying plan of Andy Smith   B. a teaching plan of Bill

  C. a school reprot of Andy Smith    D. a working plan of Thomas Allan Green

2.      is not mentioned(提到) in the paragraph.

  A. PE   B. Music   C. Maths  D. History

3. Andy Smith does best in      .

  A. Chinese   B. English  C. Geography   D. French

4. Andy is not so good at      .

  A. Chiese and Geography    B. Maths and History 

C. History and Chinese     D. Music and English

5. According to the paragraph, which of the following sentences is true?

  A. Andy can’t sing songs very well.          B. Andy doesn’t do well in English.

  C. Andy doesn’t work hard enough at school.  D. Andy will have a two-month holiday.