阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Brenda Bongos was a girl with one big ambition- to play the
drums in a band. But a(n)1lay in her way. To be good
enough to play in a2, Brenda had to practice a
lot, but she lived next-door to lots of3people in a care home. The
sound of beating drums would really annoy them.
Brenda was4. She always tried to find
a way of practicing her drums without5other people. But without
success. However,6to practice as much as she
could. Brenda7all kinds of ways.
One day, while watching a science documentary, she heard
that8cannot travel in space
without air. At that moment, Brenda bongos decided to become a9astronaut.
So Brenda built a space10connected with a machine,
which drew out all air. Inside was a11of drums. Once inside,
Brenda12the machine and played like
mad!
It wasn't long before she had become13. Many people came to see
her play in her space bubble.14-afterwards she started
giving15out of the bubble,16Brenda became a real
musical astronaut as the government asked her to be part of a space journey,
and had gone far beyond her first17of playing drums in a band.
When asked how she had18all this, she said,
"If those old people next-door hadn't19so much to me, I wouldn't
have gone to such20to find a solution, and none
of this would have ever happened.
(1)
A .
obstacle
B .
question
C .
figure
D .
hand
(2)
A .
match
B .
band
C .
talks
D .
scene
(3)
A .
sick
B .
local
C .
elderly
D .
poor
(4)
A .
delightful
B .
wonderful
C .
awful
D .
respectful
(5)
A .
waking
B .
reaching
C .
embarrassing
D .
bothering
(6)
A .
scared
B .
thrilled
C .
determined
D .
encouraged
(7)
A .
tested
B .
tried
C .
played
D .
found
(8)
A .
light
B .
sound
C .
air
D .
heat
(9)
A .
musical
B .
classical
C .
medical
D .
physical
(10)
A .
bag
B .
bubble
C .
container
D .
aircraft
(11)
A .
set
B .
pair
C .
couple
D .
part
(12)
A .
turned on
B .
put on
C .
got on
D .
held on
(13)
A .
mature
B .
skillful
C .
famous
D .
confident
(14)
A .
Hardly
B .
Shortly
C .
Rarely
D .
Swiftly
(15)
A .
advice
B .
lessons
C .
speeches
D .
concerts
(16)
A .
Suddenly
B .
Generally
C .
Finally
D .
Fortunately
(17)
A .
effort
B .
performance
C .
ambition
D .
attempt
(18)
A .
gained
B .
done
C .
got
D .
achieved
(19)
A .
mattered
B .
related
C .
owed
D .
talked
(20)
A .
classes
B .
places
C .
difficulties
D .
lengths
答案:(1)A;(2)B;(3)C;(4)D;(5)D;(6)C;(7)B;(8)B;(9)A;(10)B;(11)A;(12)A;(13)C;(14)B;(15)D;(16)C;(17)C;(18)D;(19)A;(20)D;