五、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. 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 of these, 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】根据语境可知,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】根据语境可知,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】根据语境可知,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,因此此处表示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】根据语境可知,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,因此是穿上特制的衣服进入太空球。故选 A。
10. B 【点拨】根据语境可知,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】根据语境可知,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,她成为真正的音乐宇航员。故选 D。
13. A 【点拨】根据语境可知,布伦达成为了真正的音乐宇航员,和她最初的梦想相比已经超越了。故选 A。
14. B 【点拨】根据语境可知,布伦达尽全力寻找击鼓噪声的解决方法,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】根据语境可知,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,因此这些都不会发生。故选 D。

【分析】
做完形填空需遵循“先通读把握主旨，再逐题结合语境、词义辨析解题，最后验证答案”的思路。首先通读全文，明确文章核心：Brenda梦想成为乐队鼓手，因练鼓会打扰邻居，她不断寻找解决办法，最终成为音乐宇航员的励志故事。逐题分析时，需紧扣空格前后的语境线索，辨析选项词汇的含义，排除不符合逻辑的选项，确保答案贴合文章主旨。
【解析】
1. 由后文多次提及“drums”及“play the... in a band”可知，Brenda的梦想是在乐队打鼓，故选D。
2. 前文提到练鼓会打扰邻居，因此存在阻碍她实现梦想的问题，“in her way”表示“阻碍”，符合语境，故选B。
3. 邻居会被鼓声打扰，说明他们喜欢安静的环境，“quiet”符合语境，故选A。
4. Brenda总设法不打扰他人练鼓，体现她体贴他人的品质，“thoughtful”（体贴的）符合，故选B。
5. 尽管Brenda努力不打扰他人，但仍有人对她练鼓的行为生气，“angry”符合，故选C。
6. 因有人对她练鼓生气，Brenda需要寻找新的练习地点，“looking for”（寻找）符合，故选C。
7. 太空没有空气，声音无法在真空中传播，结合语境可知此处指声音，故选A。
8. 太空球需与机器相连以抽出内部空气，“connected”（连接）符合，故选C。
9. Brenda穿上自制的太空服后进入太空球，“entered”（进入）符合，故选A。
10. 很多人来看她在太空球里练鼓，因此她变得有名，“famous”符合，故选B。
11. 她的名声传播得很广，所以政府邀请她参与太空之旅，“widely”（广泛地）符合，故选D。
12. 前文提到“musical astronaut”，说明她最终成为真正的音乐宇航员，故选D。
13. 她的成就超越了最初打鼓的梦想，“beyond”（超越）符合，故选A。
14. 邻居对她来说很重要，所以她才会努力解决练鼓噪音的问题，“matter”（重要）符合，故选B。
15. 假设没有邻居的影响，这些成就都不会发生，“none”（没有一个）符合语境，故选D。
【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】
完形填空解题技巧、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文为励志类完形填空，通过Brenda克服练鼓噪音问题实现梦想并拓展成就的故事，既考查学生的词汇掌握与语境理解能力，又传递了换位思考的积极价值观，是一篇兼具知识性与教育性的优质题目。
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