二、完形填空。
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Li Zixuan is a junior middle school student. He has many ______ 16 ______. But as time goes by, some new dreams ______ 17 ______ and some old ones disappear. However, only one dream is ______ 18 ______ in his mind. He wants to be a (n) ______ 19 ______ when he grows up.
Li Zixuan says that when he was a child, he ______ 20 ______ rockets and spaceships. From his father, he knew that scientists made rockets to ______ 21 ______ things into space, and that spaceships could carry people through space. From then on, he had a great ______ 22 ______ in space. Every time he sees beautiful stars and the moon in the sky at night, he gets very ______ 23 ______. He is always dreaming to ______ 24 ______ to space one day. His mother knows about his dream and often ______ 25 ______ him.
In school, Li Zixuan learns that the first man flew into space in 1961 and later, more astronauts ______ 26 ______ in traveling into space. Some astronauts even ______ 27 ______ on the moon. Now he knows not everyone has a ______ 28 ______ to travel into space. It needs lots of ______ 29 ______ and much hard work.
Li Zixuan knows it's not ______ 30 ______ to achieve his dream, but he decides to try his best.
( )16. A. dreams B. habits C. hobbies D. advantages
( )17. A. accept B. appear C. regret D. spread
( )18. A. always B. hardly C. never D. really
( )19. A. actor B. doctor C. teacher D. astronaut
( )20. A. thought about B. thought of C. heard about D. heard from
( )21. A. carry B. control C. choose D. collect
( )22. A. degree B. interest C. object D. wisdom
( )23. A. tired B. surprised C. relaxed D. excited
( )24. A. fly B. run C. swim D. walk
( )25. A. beats B. catches C. encourages D. stops
( )26. A. improved B. included C. proved D. succeeded
( )27. A. lived B. spent C. played D. survived
( )28. A. chance B. choice C. power D. view
( )29. A. money B. luck C. training D. experience
( )30. A. easy B. interesting C. necessary D. strange