Question

“I believe you’re the right person to write an advice column (專欄) 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】

試題分析：這篇文章講述的是安迪是學校《Dear Amy》建議專欄的編輯，她的工作時給學生回信解答他們的問題。

1.細節題。根據文章第一段“I believe you’re the right person to write an advice column (專欄) for the students called Dear Amy!” Jenny, editor of the school newspaper, said to Andy,可知，安迪是校報的一名編輯。故選A

2.細節題。根據文章Most of the letters he received were interesting and quite easy to answer.可知，《Dear Amy》是解答學生通過寫信提出的問題的。故選B

3.細節題。根據文章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，對安迪來說，剛開始這份工作時容易的，直到她收到了一封名叫喬的學生的信。故選B

4.細節題。根據文章Should I run away from home? Maybe that will make my parents agree.可知，喬說他想離家出走。故選C

5.推斷題。根據文章最后一段She still hasn’t answered the phony letter I wrote her last week.可知，那個名叫喬的信是埃莉諾編造的。Phony的意思是編造的，假的。故選A

考點：日常生活類記敘文

點評：文章短小精練，對于此類文章必須對每句話的內容進行仔細的理解，對于初三的閱讀可以發現一個很明顯的特點就是單詞不難，細節題居多，重在考查對句意的理解和細節的把握，所以學生需要結合題目中的關鍵字迅速定位來找到正確的答案。