When I was nine, I saw “Forrest Gump” and wanted to be a ping-pong player. I saved my money for 6 months to buy a ping-pong table. When I finally got one, my friends came over to play with me every day. Two weeks later, I was bored with the game and thought cleaning my room was more fun.

　　My eyes turned to the starts after I saw “Apollo 13”I was 10 years old and dreamed of going to the moon and playing basketball with my friends there. I started to talk about space all the time at school. But soon I got tired of that dream, too.

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(2) In the third paragraph, the word“bored”means“________”.

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A．The boy likes eating pizza and wants to have his own Pizza Hut.

B．When he was 5, his friends played ping-pong with him every day.

C．In the passage, the boy talked about his 4 dreams.

D．The boy is kind-hearted because he wants to help people

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A．A 13-year-old boy wants to be a businessman.

B．A 13-year-old boy wants to be a superman.

C．The dreams for the future of a 13-year-old boy.

D．People get rich by having others work for them.

    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 (萨克斯) 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 (推论) 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

This was not going to be a Mother’s Day as before. A lot of things had changed in the last few months. Usually we would give Mom flowers and take her out for a big meal. We couldn’t afford it this year.

Since I was born, Mom had been able to stay at home with me. We always had enough money to go out to eat two or three times a week if I had behaved well.

All that changed in January.

I could tell that Dad was getting a little angry. Mom would tell me to be quiet and let him rest at night. He’d work later and later.

Beginning in February, Dad tried hard to find another job. But it wasn’t easy for him to find something at the level he used to. He could not bring in as much money. That’s when he asked my mom to go back to work.

After a couple of weeks, Mom found a full-time job at a bank. The pay would be a big help to the family, but now Mom would not be around as much. I didn’t like it. I now had to stay in the after-school care program instead of going home and playing in my neighborhood. Too bad was, as soon as I did get home, I had to help get dinner ready, because Mom wouldn’t get home until after 6:00. I really missed the past time.

a)        This was not going to be a Mother’s Day as before because the writer’s father wasn’t in

b)       The writer’s home used to be rich. 

c)        His family changed because his father was mad.

d)       In February, the writer’s mother started to work at a bank.

e)        The writer really wanted his mother to stay with him