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 in a band. But one big problem lay . 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 place. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really drive them mad.
Brenda was a very good, 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 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 new places to practise.
One day, while watching a science programme on TV, she heard that 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 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, the bubble, turned on the machine, then she played the drums like a wild child!
It wasn't long before Brenda—“The Musical Astronaut”—became very . 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 that the government suggested that she could form part of a special space journey. Brenda was a real musical in the end. She had gone far 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 so much to me, I wouldn't do so much to find a solution(解决方法) to the drum noise, and 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,布伦达想在乐队中击鼓。故选 D。
2. B 【点拨】根据“To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practise a lot”和“She knew that the sound of beating drums would really drive them mad.”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“She knew that the sound of beating drums would really drive them mad.”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,因此布伦达是体贴的。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,因为仍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,布伦达成了真正的音乐宇航员,帮助做太空实验,这已经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】
做完形填空需遵循“通读全文明主旨，逐题分析找线索，结合语境辨词义，逻辑关系定答案”的思路。先快速通读全文，把握核心：Brenda热爱打鼓，梦想加入乐队，但怕鼓声打扰邻居，不断寻找练习地点，后受科学节目启发，利用太空无空气声音无法传播的原理制作太空泡泡练习，最终成为音乐宇航员。接着逐题分析，每道题需结合空格前后的语境、词汇搭配、逻辑关系（如因果、转折）判断，确保选择符合文意。
【解析】
1. 根据后文“She knew that the sound of beating drums would really drive them mad.”可知，Brenda想在乐队中演奏的是鼓，故选D。
2. 结合前文“To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practise a lot”和后文“鼓声会打扰邻居”，可知有一个大问题阻碍了她，in her way表示“阻碍，挡路”，故选B。
3. 由“鼓声会让邻居生气”可知，邻居喜欢安静的地方，quiet符合语境，故选A。
4. 根据“She always tried to find a way of practising her drums without troubling other people”可知，Brenda体贴他人，thoughtful符合，故选B。
5. 前文说她尽力不打扰别人但没用，所以总有人对她生气，angry符合，故选C。
6. 因为还是有人生气，所以她花时间寻找新的练习地点，looking for符合，故选C。
7. 结合科学常识和后文“太空没有空气”，可知声音无法在太空传播，故选A。
8. 太空泡泡需要和机器相连来抽走空气，be connected to表示“与……相连”，故选C。
9. 穿上太空服后进入太空泡泡，entered符合语境，故选A。
10. 很多人来看她表演，所以她变得有名，famous符合，故选B。
11. 政府邀请她参与太空之旅，说明她的名声传播得很广泛，widely符合，故选D。
12. 前文提到“The Musical Astronaut”，可知她成了真正的音乐宇航员，astronaut符合，故选D。
13. 她不仅实现了打鼓的梦想，还参与太空实验，这超越了最初的梦想，beyond符合，故选A。
14. 她能解决噪音问题是因为邻居对她很重要，matter表示“重要”，故选B。
15. 假设没有邻居的影响，这些事情都不会发生，none表示“没有一个”，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、词汇语境辨析、上下文逻辑推理
【点评】
本文是记叙文，讲述Brenda为实现打鼓梦想，体贴邻居并创新解决噪音问题，最终成为音乐宇航员的故事。解题需结合上下文线索、词汇含义及逻辑关系，注重把握文章主旨，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5