Question

17．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？C
         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 ofB．
         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 writerA．
         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） thatD．
         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．

Answer 1

分析 我過去常住在日本神戶．每天晚上坐公共汽車回家，我會尋找一位在河邊彈奏薩克斯的老人．因為窗子是關(guān)著的，我聽不見他的音樂聲，但我想象它是響亮而且清晰的．我想成為那樣的人．
一天，我去神戶附近的城市Himeji，當(dāng)我走進城市時，我看到一位和我的年齡相仿的年輕人的雕像．他正好把薩克斯舉到嘴唇附近并想要吹．我呆在雕像附近，夢想著在電視上演奏薩克斯管．
兩周以后是我的生日．使我感到驚訝和喜悅的是，父母給我買了一個薩克斯，我把它放在我的嘴唇上吹，但是它不出聲音，然后爸爸告訴我要讀說明書，找出該做什么．15分鐘后，我能演奏出聲音，我不能做其他任何事情．但仍然對美秒的聲音感到興奮．它們響亮而清晰，正如我想象中的在神戶河邊的（那位老）人彈奏的薩克斯的音樂聲一樣．
然后，（練習(xí)薩克斯的）課程開始了，一晚又一晚，一周又一周，我的老師讓我練習(xí)．最后，當(dāng)我開始演奏音樂時，神奇的一天來到了．現(xiàn)在我和我的薩克斯在電視演播室．我正在等待著被叫去在電視上演奏薩克斯．我想起了在神戶河邊吹薩克斯的老人和在Himeji沖著我微笑的雕像．

解答 57：答案：細節(jié)理解題；根據(jù)第一段I couldn't hear his music，because the windows of the bus were closed 描述，可知因為窗子關(guān)著，所以作者聽不到音樂聲；故選C．
58：答案：B；細節(jié)理解題；根據(jù)第二段I stayed there for a long time by the statue dreaming of playing a saxophone on TV．描述，可知"我夢想著在電視上演奏薩克斯管"；故選B．
59：答案：A；細節(jié)理解題；根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容To my surprise and joy，my parents bought me a saxophone!可知作者得到了生日禮物-薩克斯，他很高興；故選A；
60：答案：D；細節(jié)理解題；根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容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．可知作者進入了演播室，可以推測作者現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該是演奏得很好；故選D．

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