My friend Tony is an American 1  . He is ten years old. He lives 2   his family in China now. There are 3   people in his family; his mother Mrs Green, his father Mr. Green and his little sister Amy. He has a white cat. 4   name is Betty. Look ! Amy is playing 5    Betty. His father, Mr. Green,is watc­hing TV. His mother is doing housework. What about Tony? He is doing 6   Chinese homework. He can’t 7    Chinese well, but he likes Chinese very much.
Tony’s 8   works in a TV station. His father works in a school as an 9    teacher. Tony and his sister 10     to the same school.

“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

Amy: Excuse me, Jill.
Jill:  Yes, what can I do for you?
Amy: Did you see two persons pass from here? I want to take photos with them.
Jill:  Can you describe what they look like?
Amy: Yes, they are one boy and one girl. The girl is very beautiful. quite thin and has long hair. And that boy is also very tall. He is about 1.98 meters tall. He has big eyes and  short black hair.
Jill:  You mean Sun Yang, the famous swimming player? And he wears a pair of sunglasses?
Amy: Quite right. He stays in Shaoxing these days for swimming. Did you see them?
Jill:  Yes, they passed here 10 minutes ago. If you go quickly, You can catch up with them。
Amy: I will do that. Goodbye. Thanks a lot.
Jill:  Goodbye.
【小题1】The boy and the girl           .

My friend Tony is an American 1  . He is ten years old. He lives 2   his family in China now. There are 3   people in his family; his mother Mrs Green, his father Mr. Green and his little sister Amy. He has a white cat. 4   name is Betty. Look ! Amy is playing 5    Betty. His father, Mr. Green,is watc­hing TV. His mother is doing housework. What about Tony? He is doing 6   Chinese homework. He can't 7    Chinese well, but he likes Chinese very much.

Tony's 8   works in a TV station. His father works in a school as an 9    teacher. Tony and his sister 10     to the same school.

8.A. father   B. mother     C. sister       D brother