四、完形填空。（2025·江苏盐城调研）
Drums in space
Brenda showed great interest in music at a very young age. She had one big dream—to play the 1 in a band. But one big problem lay 2. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practise a lot, but she lived next door to a lot of old people—many of them liked living in the 3 place. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really drive them mad.
Brenda was a very good, 4 girl. She always tried to find a way of practising her drums without troubling other people. So she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But it was no good, because there was always someone to be 5 with her when she was practising it. However, Brenda decided to practise as much as she could. She spent most of her time playing on books and boxes, and 6 new places to practise.
One day, while watching a science programme on TV, she heard that 7 cannot travel in space, because there's no air. At that moment, Brenda decided to become a musical astronaut.
With the help of a lot of time, a lot of books and a lot of work, Brenda built a space bubble. It was a big glass ball which was 8 to a machine and the machine helped draw out all the air inside. All those would be left inside were drums and a chair. Brenda put on the space suit she had made, 9 the bubble, turned on the machine, and then she played the drums like a wild child!
It wasn't long before Brenda—“The Musical Astronaut”—became very 10. So many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame(名声) spread so 11 that the government suggested that she could form part of a special space journey. Brenda was a real musical 12 in the end. She had gone far 13 her first dream of playing the drums in a band. She not only carried out scientific experiments(实验) but also tested to plant vegetables for astronauts in the space bubble.
Years later, when people asked her how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment and said, “If those old people next door didn't 14 so much to me, I wouldn't do so much to find a solution(解决方法) to the drum noise, and 15 of these would ever happen.” Being thoughtful to others may bring you unexpected advantages.
()1. A. piano B. violin C. guitar D. drums
()2. A. on its own B. in her way C. with her help D. by its side
()3. A. quiet B. cheap C. beautiful D. lively
()4. A. humorous B. thoughtful C. confident D. curious
()5. A. patient B. satisfied C. angry D. careless
()6. A. caring for B. standing for C. looking for D. hoping for
()7. A. sound B. heat C. light D. water
()8. A. led B. donated C. connected D. showed
()9. A. entered B. collected C. followed D. chose
()10. A. wealthy B. famous C. strong D. pretty
()11. A. properly B. closely C. heavily D. widely
()12. A. manager B. surgeon C. inventor D. astronaut
()13. A. beyond B. into C. through D. against
()14. A. smile B. matter C. consider D. support
()15. A. all B. either C. each D. none

1. D 【点拨】根据“She knew that the sound of beating drums would really drive them mad.”可知，布伦达想在乐队当中击鼓。故选 D。
2. B 【点拨】根据语境可知，为了进乐队做鼓手，布伦达需要多练习；但是击鼓的声音会打扰邻居，所以有一个大问题阻碍了布伦达。故选 B。
3. A 【点拨】根据语境可知，击鼓的声音会让邻居们生气，邻居们喜欢安静的地方。故选 A。
4. B 【点拨】根据“She always tried to find a way of practising her drums without troubling other people.”可知，击鼓会打扰到邻居，但是布伦达总是尽全力在不打扰其他人的情况下练习击鼓，因此布伦达是周到的。故选 B。
5. C 【点拨】根据“But it was no good”可知，尽管布伦达尽力不打扰其他人，但是结果并不好，总有人对她生气。故选 C。
6. C 【点拨】根据“new places to practise”可知，因为依然有人对于布伦达练习击鼓而生气，因此布伦达花时间寻找新的练习地点。故选 C。
7. A 【点拨】根据“She knew that the sound of beating drums would really drive them mad.”可知，击鼓的声音会打扰到别人，除了不发出声音之外，声音无法传播也是一个方法，因此声音无法在太空中传播。故选 A。
8. C 【点拨】根据“the machine helped draw out all the air inside”可知，太空球需要机器把空气抽出去，因此太空球需要和机器相连。故选 C。
9. A 【点拨】根据“the bubble, turned on the machine, then she played the drums like a wild child”可知，布伦达制作太空球之后，需要先穿上太空服再进入，抽出空气，在太空球里面练习，因此穿上特制的衣服进入太空球。故选 A。
10. B 【点拨】根据“So many people came to see her play in her space bubble.”可知，很多人来看她在太空球里练习，因此布伦达变得很有名。故选 B。
11. D 【点拨】根据“that the government suggested that she could form part of a special space journey”可知，布伦达的名声大到政府邀请她成为太空之旅的一部分，因此名声传播得很广泛。故选 D。
12. D 【点拨】根据“The Musical Astronaut”可知，政府邀请她去太空之旅之后，她成为了真正的音乐宇航员。故选 D。
13. A 【点拨】根据“She not only carried out scientific experiments(实验) but also tested to plant vegetables for astronauts in the space bubble.”可知，布伦达成为了真正的音乐宇航员，帮助做太空实验，超越了她最初的在乐队做鼓手的梦想。故选 A。
14. B 【点拨】根据“I wouldn't do so much to find a solution(解决方法) to the drum noise”可知，布伦达尽全力寻找击鼓噪音的解决方法，是因为邻居对她来说很重要，因此隔壁的老人很重要。故选 B。
15. D 【点拨】根据“I wouldn't do so much to find a solution(解决方法) to the drum noise”可知，假设布伦达没有做这么多事情，那么之后的事情也都不会发生。故选 D。

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（Brenda为实现乐队鼓手梦想，克服邻居噪音困扰，最终成为音乐宇航员的故事）；再逐句结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配等分析每个空；最后代入验证确保逻辑通顺。
【解析】
1. 选D。根据后文“She knew that the sound of beating drums would really drive them mad”可知，Brenda想在乐队击鼓，故选drums。
2. 选B。根据语境，Brenda需大量练鼓但会打扰邻居，故有问题阻碍她，in her way意为“阻碍”，符合。
3. 选A。击鼓声音会让邻居生气，说明邻居喜欢安静的地方，quiet符合语境。
4. 选B。她总尽力不打扰他人练鼓，说明她是体贴的，thoughtful符合。
5. 选C。尽管换了练鼓地点，还是有人因鼓声生气，angry符合。
6. 选C。为不打扰人，她花时间寻找新的练鼓地点，looking for符合。
7. 选A。根据常识，声音无法在太空传播（无空气），sound符合。
8. 选C。太空球需和机器相连来抽空气，be connected to意为“与……相连”，符合。
9. 选A。她穿上太空服后进入太空球，entered符合动作顺序。
10. 选B。很多人来看她表演，说明她变得有名，famous符合。
11. 选D。名声传播得广泛，widely符合。
12. 选D。前文提到“The Musical Astronaut”，说明她成为了真正的音乐宇航员。
13. 选A。她不仅实现鼓手梦，还做了太空实验，超越了最初的梦想，beyond意为“超越”。
14. 选B。邻居对她很重要，matter意为“要紧、重要”，符合语境。
15. 选D。如果邻居不重要，她不会解决噪音问题，这些事都不会发生，none符合。
【答案】
1.D 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.A 10.B 11.D 12.D 13.A 14.B 15.D
【知识点】
完形填空语篇理解、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文是记叙文，讲述Brenda为实现鼓手梦想，体贴邻居克服噪音困扰，最终成为音乐宇航员的故事，既考查语篇理解与词汇运用能力，又传递了体贴他人会带来意外收获的积极价值观，贴近学生生活。
【难度系数】
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