Most Americans don’t like to get advice __1___members of their family. They get advice from “__2___（strange）”. When they need advice, they don’t usually go to people they know. __3__many of them write letters to newspapers and magazines _4__ give advice on many different subjects, __5__ （include） family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and even on how __6___ （buy） a house or a car.
Most newspapers regularly print letters from __7___ （read） with problems. Along with the letters __8___ are answers written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, __9___ are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special __10__（train） for this kind of work.