12-year-old John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan. “I’ve liked trains probably from the day I was born,” he told Good Morning America. “When I was very little,” he said, “my grandpa got me a train model. I would just watch it go round for hours and hours.”

When Robertson finally had the opportunity to ride on a train, he felt great. His journey was so mind-blowing that he couldn’t keep it to himself: he decided to take all his classmates to go on a ride with him. When he found that some of his classmates couldn’t pay the fares, he spent money he had saved by collecting cans (罐子) and bottles and raised more than ＄1,000 for them.

That train was such a happy one that he made it yearly action. “It never gets boring for some reason; it’s just very fun,” he said. “It really lets people get away from their busy life and have fun.”

Every October, Robertson takes a new group of disabled children to ride the train — but now, he has a problem. Several disabled children were refused because the train was not accessible (可用的) to disabled people. “He was angry to think that children of his own age couldn’t ride a train,” his mother said.

But he wouldn’t say no: he recently sent a letter to the train office for help. To his surprise, the leader, Ty Pennington, took the letter seriously. He said that he and his workers would work on making a train accessible to disabled people.

61. The first time John Thomas Robertson took a train, he_______

A. felt extremely happy.           B. was frightened by it.

C. watched it for hours.            D. acted as a driver.

62. John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan, because he _______.

A. was taken on a train the day he was born.

B. his grandpa once worked on the train.

C. took a group of disabled children on board a train.

D. was greatly attracted to trains since early childhood.

63. The underlined word “mind-blowing” can be replaced by “_______”.

A. exciting       B. frightening       C. surprising    D. disappointing

64. The disabled children were refused to get on the train because _______.

A. they couldn’t afford the train tickets

B. Robertson had not saved enough money for tickets

C. the train didn’t have special services for them

D. the workers there would not allow them to do so

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