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 (薩克斯管) 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 (皮帶) 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.
小題1:On the bus, the writer couldn’t ________.
A．find an old man with a saxophoneB．see a river
C．hear the old man’s musicD．imagine the sound
小題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
小題3:The writer could get the saxophone to play ________.
A．a(chǎn)s soon as he got it
B．a(chǎn)fter he read the instruction
C．a(chǎn)fter he tried many times
D．a(chǎn)fter his father taught him
小題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.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了作者學習吹薩克斯管的經(jīng)歷。
小題1:根據(jù)第一段I couldn’t hear his music 描述，可知選C。
小題2: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，可知選D。
小題3:根據(jù)第三段I blew and blew but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play.描述，可知選C。
小題4:這篇短文主要圍繞作者想要吹薩克斯管的夢想進行描述，故選D。
點評：本文淺顯易懂，各個小題都能在文中找到適當依據(jù)。只要認真閱讀短文，注意前后聯(lián)系，就能順利完成閱讀。文章所設試題主要考察細節(jié)查找，做題關鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認真核查小題和原文的異同。
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