Question

    I used to live in Kobe in Japan. Every evening on the bus back home, I would look for an old man who played the saxophone (薩克斯) near the river. I couldn't hear his music, because the windows of the bus were closed, but I imagined it to be loud and clear. I wanted to be like that man.

    One day I went to Himeji, a city near Kobe. As I walked in the city I saw a statue (雕像) of a young man about my age. He was lifting a saxophone to his lips (嘴唇) and was about to play. I stayed there by the statue, dreaming of playing the saxophone on TV.

    Two weeks later it was my birthday. To my surprise and joy, my parents bought me a saxophone! I put it to my lips to play, but it didn't make a sound. Then dad told me to read the instructions to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes I could make some sounds. I couldn't do anything else, but was still excited by the beautiful sounds. They were loud and clear, just as I imagined the music of the man by the river in Kobe.

    Then came the lessons. Night after night, week after week, my teacher made me practice. At last came the magic day when I started to play music. Now I’m in the TV studio (演播室) with my saxophone. I’m waiting to be called to play the saxophone on TV. I’m thinking of the old man by the river in Kobe, and the statue smiling at me in Himeji.

(    ) 57. Why couldn't the writer hear the music played by the old man?

         A. There was something wrong with the writer's ears.

         B. The writer was too far away from the old man.

         C. The windows of the bus were closed.

         D. There was a lot of noise on the bus.

(    ) 58. The statue in Himeji made the writer think of ________.

         A. the old man near the river in Kobe

         B. learning to play the saxophone and playing on TV

         C. having a small statue just like the boy

         D. buying a saxophone

(    ) 59. On his birthday, the writer ________.

         A. was happy because he’d gotten a saxophone as a present

         B. was sad because he didn't know how to play the saxophone

         C. practiced a lot and could play the saxophone well

         D. had the old man teach him to play saxophone

(    ) 60. From the passage we can infer (推論) that ________.

         A. the old man came to see the writer play the saxophone on TV

         B. the writer's dad taught him to play the saxophone

         C. the writer became famous and rich then.

         D. the writer plays the saxophone well now

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