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上海市松江区2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 阅读回答问题 2023年上海市松江区中考一模英语试题 IX. Answer the questions （根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分） Seba Stephens is only 10 years old, but he’s a very talentedmusician. He plays the drums, bass, guitar, and piano. Seba grew up with music all around. Before he turned three, hisparents asked him what he wanted for his birthday. “Drums!” heanswered. His parents weren’t sure, but after seeing him play thedrums at a local music store, they decided he was serious. They bought him a junior drum kit (成套的架子鼓). “He didn’t stop playing – ever,” says his dad. But two months later, Seba grew upset. He couldn’t make the sounds he wanted with hisjunior drum kit. His parents bought him a professional drum kit and signed him up for lessons. Injust a few months, his drum teacher reported that Seba was learning extremely quickly and neededa higher level of training. He was still four. Seba started a band in kindergarten. In the first grade, he began earning money by playingmusic. In 2020, Seba joined a summer music program at Berklee College of Music (伯克利音乐学院)as an 8-year-old. He studied bass in an online program. To keep up, he had to practice up to 36hours a week. After the busy summer, Seba made a decision to be home-schooled (to be educated at homeinstead of being sent to school) by his parents so that he could keep going to Berklee during theschool year. He did schoolwork in the mornings. In the afternoons he worked on music. And atnight he usually worked on music some more. In May, 2021, Seba became the youngest person ever to receive a professional certificate fromBerklee. The certificate is equal to about four college-level classes. When he’s old enough, Seba hopes to go to college at Berklee. For now, he’s still practicingand playing. 78. Seba is a talented musician, isn’t he? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 79. What did Seba want for his third birthday? _________________________________________________________