I used to live in Kobe in Japan. On my way home on the bus every evening I used to look for an old man who often played his saxophone (萨克斯管) near the river. I couldn’t hear his music because the windows were closed on the bus but I imagined it to be loud and clear. I wanted to be like that man.

One night I went to Himeji, a city not far from Kobe. As I walked with my family along the river I saw a statue. It was a young man who looked just like me. He was wearing a cap and smiling. Around his neck was a leather strap (皮带) and in his hands was a saxophone. He was lifting the saxophone to his lips and he was just about to play. I stayed there for a long time by the statue dreaming of playing a saxophone on TV.

Two weeks later it was my birthday. Imagine my joy when I opened my present from my parents and found that it was a saxophone! I put it to my lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told me to read the instruction book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes the saxophone was ready to play. I raised it slowly to my lips as my family watched. But still there was no sound. I blew and blew but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play. I was almost crying when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound—loud and clear like I imagined the music of the man by the river in Kobe. I blew again, I moved my fingers on the saxophone and I made more sounds. I was happy because I was playing very interesting sounds. But I wasn’t playing music yet.

Then came the lessons. Night after night, week after week my teacher made me practice. Slowly I started to improve and at last there came the magic day when I started to play music. Now I’m in the TV studio with my saxophone strapped to my neck and my cap on my head. I’m always thinking of the man by the river in Kobe and the statue smiling at me in Himeiji. I’m a happy man.

1.On the bus, the writer couldn’t ________.

A.find an old man with a saxophone           B.see a river

C.hear the old man’s music                D.imagine the sound

2.The statue along the river made the writer think of ________.

A.having a saxophone

B.the old man near the river

C.having a cap and a saxophone as the boy

D.playing the saxophone on TV

3.The writer could get the saxophone to play ________.

A.as soon as he got it

B.after he read the instruction

C.after he tried many times

D.after his father taught him

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.The magic day.                         B.My birthday present.

C.The old man and the statue.               D.My dream of playing saxophone.

 

I used to live in my own room alone. But one day it all changed when my brother Mike asked to share my  31 . At first, my parents said “no” to him, but at last my mother agreed. I cried and asked my parents not to do this,  32 it didn’t work.

As soon as Mike entered my room, it began to become  33 . To my anger, he often left his unwashed clothes and toys everywhere!

One evening, I was doing some  34 on my computer while Mike was listening to music.  35 , I left my seat to get some water. A big surprise was waiting for me when I  36 . He was using my computer to play game. I had forgotten to save the homework. Sadly, he had closed my program  37 saving it—all I had done had disappeared! I  38 him. He cried a lot as my mother came and beat him. My mother also asked him to leave my room at once.

Then I did my homework  39  . At 10: 00 pm. I finished it. When I was going to turn off the  40 , I saw the photo of my  41 that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how  42 he was when my mom beat him. I really felt  43 . I went to see what he was doing. I found he was  44 in my parents’bed. I kissed his face. He woke up, got up and said. “I’m sorry. I won’t bring you any more trouble.”

I was as moved and said. “From now on, my room is not only mine. It is  45 !” That very night, Mike and I shared not only the room, but the bed.

31. A. clothes      B. food      C. room       D. toys

32. A. because     B. but       C. or         D. so

33. A. dirty      B. empty     C. quiet        D. tidy

34. A. business    B. homework C. reading      D. shopping

35. A. Later     B. Instead    C. However     D. Sometimes

36. A. danced     B. fell       C. returned     D. slept

37. A. after       B. by         C. for          D. without

38. A agreed with   B. heard from   C. looked after   D. shouted at

39. A as well      B. for ever     C. in the end     D. once gain

40. A computer     B. fan        C. radio        D. TV

41. A. brother      B. cousin      C. father        D. grandfather

42. A. clever      B. happy      C. sad         D. silly

43. A. bored       B. excited     C. proud        D. sorry

44. A. jumping     B. sleeping     C. sitting        D. singing

45. A. his         B. hers       C. ours         D. theirs

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