Question

As Tony walked with his family along the river, he saw a man playing a saxophone(薩克斯管) by the river . The man was wearing a hat with a leather strap(皮帶) around his neck. He danced with the beautiful music from his saxophone. There was a large crowd of people around him. Tony’s family walked on up the river but he stayed there dreaming of playing a saxophone one day.

Two weeks later, it was Tony’s birthday. When he opened his present from his parents, he was glad to find it was a saxophone! He put it to his lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told him to read the instrument book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes, he raised it slowly to his lips as his family watched. But still there was no sound. He blew and blew but he couldn’t get the saxophone to play. He was almost crying when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound which made him think of the music of the man by the river. He blew again, he moved his fingers on the saxophone and he made more sounds. Some of them were loud and clear but many of them weren’t. He was happy because he was playing very interesting sounds. But he wasn’t playing music yet.

Then he began to take lessons. His teacher taught him how to play it. He started to improve and at last he could play music. Now Tony is in the TV studio with his saxophone strapped to his neck and his cap on his head. He is waiting to be called to the stage to play his first ever saxophone solo(獨奏曲) on TV. He remembers the man playing the saxophone by the river.

1. What caught Tony’s attention by the river?

A. The music from a saxophone.                    B. The boats in the river.

C. The hat on the man’s head.                        D. The nests in the trees.

2. Who had a great influence on Tony’s life?

   A. His teachers at school.                               B. His own parents. 

   C. The man by the river.                                D. A famous TV star.

3. What can we know from the passage?

   A. Tony used to call on the man to learn music from him.

   B. Tony has already become a famous saxophone player.

   C. Tony asked the man to play on the same stage politely.

   D. Tony took the place of the man successfully in the end.

Answer 1

1. A      2. C      3. B