“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.”
【小题1】

【小题2】It’s clear “Dear Amy” ______.
A.helps students who want to run away from homeB.answers letters from the students
C.writes songs for the studentsD.meets readers at a bar
【小题3】

【小题4】

【小题5】The underlined word “ phony ” perhaps means ______.
A.unrealB.boyishC.popularD.favourite
阅读理解。
     Like all insects, ants (蚂蚁) have six legs. Each leg has three joints (关节). The legs of an ant are very
strong so they can run very quickly. If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as
fast as a horse. Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight.
    The life of an ant is usually 45-60 days. Ants use their antennae (触角) not only for touch, but also for
smell. The head of an ant has a pair of large, strong jaws (颚). The jaws open and shut sideways like a pair
of scissors (剪刀). Grown-up ants cannot eat hard food. Instead they have the juice that they get from pieces
of food. They throw away the dry part that is left over. An ant has two eyes. Each eye is made up of many
smaller eyes. They are called compound eyes. An ant has two stomachs. One stomach holds the food for
itself and the other is for food to be given to other ants. Like all insects, the outside of their body is hard.
    Each ant group has at least one or more queens (蚁后). The job of a queen is to lay eggs and worker ants
look after them.
    Worker ants look after the young, protect the nest (巢) from unwanted visitors and look for food. At
night worker ants move the eggs and baby ants deep into the nest to protect them from the cold. During the
daytime, worker ants move the eggs and babies to the top of the nest so that they can be warmer. Each
group of ants has its own smell. In this way, visitors can be made out at once. If a worker ant has found
where the food is, it leaves a special smell so that the other ants in the group can find the food. Ants are
clean and tidy insects. Some worker ants are given the job of taking the waste from the nest and putting it
outside in a special rubbish dump.
1. Ants can run very quickly because           .
[     ]
A. they have six legs
B. they are light in weight
C. their legs are strong
D. their legs have three joints
2. The antennae of the ants are used to           .
[     ]
A. touch and smell
B. move and watch
C. get and eat food
D. open and shut sideways
3. According to the passage, ants           .
[     ]
A. eat up all the food
B. share (分享) food with others
C. have pairs of scissors
D. can live for three months
4. Which sentence is right according to the passage?
[     ]
A. An ant has a long life of more than a year.
B. Ants can lift 2 times their own body weight.
C. There is only one queen in an ant group.
D. Ants can tell the stranger easily by the smell.
5. A worker ant does NOT           .
[     ]
A. lay eggs
B. clean their nest
C. look for food
D. look after baby ants

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