1. Most Americans don’t like to get advice 1. ___ (strange)”. When they need advice, they don’t usually go to people they know. Instead， many of them write2. to newspapers and magazines ___3. give advice on many different subjects 4. (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and even on how to buy _5. house or a car.
Most newspapers6. (regular) print letters from readers with problems. Along with letters there are answers written by people who are supposed to know7. to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, _8. __ are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special9. (train) for this kind of work.