“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 don’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 didn’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 maths 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 get a problem, why don’t you try writing to Dear Amy about it?” asked Eleanor.

Andy sighed. But Eleanor 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.Andy might be ______.

A．an editor of the school newspaper

B．a songwriter

C．a maths teacher

D．a doctor in the school

2.It’s clear that 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.It seemed to be easy for Andy to do the job until _____.

A．he changed his name

B．he received a letter signed “Joe”

C．he met Eleanor at a bar

D．his name was well-known

4.In the letter Joe says that ______.

A．his parents don’t know about music

B．his classmates don’t understand him

C．he would stay away from his parents

D．he would obey his parents

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

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

阅读理解

　　A fire fighter visited Angel's classroom. He told the children what to do if afire started in their home. Six-year-old Angel listened carefully.

　　Two weeks later, a fire did start in Angel's house. The heat from the fire woke her up. She ran and woke up her grandmother. “Get the baby and go outside,” she told her grandmother. Then she hastened next door and called the fire department.

　　The fire fighters came and soon put out the fire. When Angel's parents came home, they asked her how she had known what to do. She said, “I learned it at school. ”

1．Angel was a ________of six-year-old.

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2．Angel woke up because ________.

[　　]

A．someone knocked at her bedroom door

B．her grandmother fell down

C．a fire started in her house

D．her parents came back

3．Which of the following is not true?

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A．The fire fighters put out the fire

B．Angel saved her grandmother and the baby

C．Angel went to the next room to call the fire department

D．Angel's parents were at home when the fire started

4．The best title of the passage is ________.

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A．How to Be a Fire Fighter

B．A Ride in a Fire Truck

C．A Girl Who Knew What to Do

D．Angel's Favourite Teacher