Dear Michelle，

My dad hates my mum. He tells me that she is a liar and that I should not trust her. Of course, they are divorced but they have “joint custody” (共同监护). What a joke! I am 15, my brother is nine, and we have a life of hell, frankly.

We live one week on and one week off. This was the brilliant idea of both of my parents, which was fair to them but ruining my life. I cannot get away from his voice and his putting my mum down. Sometimes I think about running away.

A Hopeless Ant

Dear Hopeless Ant，

First, thank you for trusting me with your problem. If all you said is correct, then there are several things that you can and should do to help yourself, your brother and your parents.

You need a family counsellor(指导老师). Such a person could listen to each family member alone and then meet together to talk about the situation.

If refused, you need to talk to a counsellor in your school. You need to be heard, and y ou need an adult who will listen. A school counsellor can organize a meeting with your parents.

Perhaps you need to write to your mother. Writing things down allows people to go over them more than once.

I cannot imagine that she will stand passively by and do nothing at all to help once she reads how you feel. Your father needs a letter as well. He may not realize the destructive effect that it has on his children.

Lastly, have a plan in mind when all else fails that is not self-destructive. Life passes very quickly, and you will grow up and have your own life.

Until then, you need to keep yourself safe. Never doubt that it will get better. Write back and let me know how everything is going.

Michelle

16.The Hopeless Ant wrote the letter to ________.

A.express dissatisfaction with his parents

B.ask for advice seriously

C.make his father punished

D.just make a joke

17.According to Michelle, what will Mum do if the Hopeless Ant can write a letter to her?

A.She will pretend to know nothing at all.

B.She will do nothing to solve the problem.

C.She will try to help him.

D.She will be angry with him.

18.In which part of a magazine will the passage probably appear?

A.Entertainment. B.Advertisement.

C.Life. D.Education.

【文章大意】 本文是一篇杂志上生活专栏的文章选载。

16.B　主旨大意题。根据对文章的整体理解可知，A Hopeless Ant写信的目的是求助，而且专栏编辑Michelle也给了他相应的一些建议，故选B项。

17.C　细节理解题。根据文章回信的第五段的第一句“I cannot imagine that she will stand passively by and do nothing at all to help once she reads how you feel.”可知，妈妈会帮助他的，故选C项。

18.C　推理判断题。根据全文内容可知，本文中的写信人由于生活问题而向杂志求助，由此可推知本文应该出现在生活专栏里，故选C项。

C5 文化教育类