Question

“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 thephonyletter 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 math teacher

D. a doctor in the school

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.It seemed to be easy for Andy to do the job until _____.

A. he changed his name

B. 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 ” perhaps means ______.

A. unreal B. boyish

C. popular D. favorite

Answer 1