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 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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述的是安迪是学校《Dear Amy》建议专栏的编辑，她的工作时给学生回信解答他们的问题。

1.细节题。根据文章第一段“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,可知，安迪是校报的一名编辑。故选A

2.细节题。根据文章Most of the letters he received were interesting and quite easy to answer.可知，《Dear Amy》是解答学生通过写信提出的问题的。故选B

3.细节题。根据文章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.可知，对安迪来说，刚开始这份工作时容易的，直到她收到了一封名叫乔的学生的信。故选B

4.细节题。根据文章Should I run away from home? Maybe that will make my parents agree.可知，乔说他想离家出走。故选C

5.推断题。根据文章最后一段She still hasn’t answered the phony letter I wrote her last week.可知，那个名叫乔的信是埃莉诺编造的。Phony的意思是编造的，假的。故选A

考点：日常生活类记叙文

点评：文章短小精练，对于此类文章必须对每句话的内容进行仔细的理解，对于初三的阅读可以发现一个很明显的特点就是单词不难，细节题居多，重在考查对句意的理解和细节的把握，所以学生需要结合题目中的关键字迅速定位来找到正确的答案。