“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.”
【小题1】Andy might be ______.

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that.

When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend’s birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift for her.

“The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.” Tears ran down her face.

Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in.“ What happened? ” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl’s story, she said, “Don’t worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to …”What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.

When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. “How wonderfully you sing! We haven’t heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift.” said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America.

1.The song Happy Birthday was written by                     .

   A. an American girl

B. an American girl’s grandma

   C. an American boy

D. an American girl’s friend

2.The girl was sad because                      .

   A. she didn’t want to go to the party.

B. she would be busy that day.

   C. she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift.

D. she wasn’t invited to the party.

3.What gift did she give her friend?                    

A. A flower.          B. A toy.           C. An interesting book.  D. A song.

4.What did her friends think of the song?  It was                  .

A. boring             B. beautiful        C. exciting               D. interesting

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

   A. The girl was still poor after writing the song .

   B. The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream.

   C. The girl’s friends had heard the song before. 

   D. The girl became famous because of the song.

根据句子意思，用括号内所给中文或英语的适当形式填空。（每空一词）
【小题1】You should put all your _________ into your study and never give up.(努力)
【小题2】He has gone far __________ me in learning history.(超越)
【小题3】He preferred ____________my suggestions to making a decision at once. (考虑)
【小题4】That girl seems ____________ with the color of her pretty dress.(满意的)
【小题5】The noise kept us __________the whole night (醒)
【小题6】Please help those actors write down all the _________ names. (direct)
【小题7】He called me last night to ask for an___________ reply to his question.(immediately)
【小题8】Many beautiful fish are fast __________because of the serious pollution. (appear )
【小题9】How ____________ the girl looks in green! (energy)
【小题10】It is a ____________ to accept his sincere invitation.(pleasant)

短文填空(共10分,每小题1分)。

根据短文内容,用括号内所给动词的正确形式填空,使文章意思完整且符合逻辑。

A very young writer _________ 1..（call）Fan Yi has caught many people’s attention these days. Her first English story, Sword bird, was ever on the New York Times best seller list for children’s fiction.

Fan Yi was born in Beijing in 1993. She finished her first grade of primary school in Beijing and then2.. _________ (move) to the USA with her parents at the age of seven. She has been interested in birds since she3._________ (be) a little girl.

When Fan Yi was 4._______ (study) American history at school, she5._________ (read) many articles about the September 11 Attacks. She wanted all people 6.________ (live) in peace. She 7._________ (have) a dream one night. In the dream, some birds fought with each other. Fan Yi 8._________ (come) up with an idea from the dream and 9._________ (turn) it into a story.

Fan Yi says that she10.____________ (write) more books for the Sword bird series (系列) in future. Will she become another J.K. Rowling? Let’s wait and see.

根据句子意思，用括号内所给中文或英语的适当形式填空。（每空一词）
【小题1】You should put all your _________ into your study and never give up.(努力)
【小题2】 He has gone far __________ me in learning history.(超越)
【小题3】He preferred ____________my suggestions to making a decision at once. (考虑)
【小题4】That girl seems ____________ with the color of her pretty dress.(满意的)
【小题5】 The noise kept us __________the whole night (醒)
【小题6】 Please help those actors write down all the _________ names. (direct)
【小题7】 He called me last night to ask for an___________ reply to his question.(immediately)
【小题8】Many beautiful fish are fast __________because of the serious pollution. (appear )
【小题9】How ____________ the girl looks in green! (energy)
【小题10】It is a ____________ to accept his sincere invitation.(pleasant)