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2023北京市中考英语逆袭冲刺 名校模拟真题特快专递
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专题02 完形填空热点话题10篇
(2023·北京·一模)Drums in Space
Brenda was a happy, artistic girl, a girl with one big dream—to play the 1 in a band. But one big problem lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next door to a lot of old people—many of them liked living in the quiet place. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really make them feel nervous.
Brenda was a very good, 2 girl. She always tried to find a way of practicing her drums without bothering(打扰)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 3 with her when she was practicing it. However, Brenda decided to practice as much as she could, she spent most of her time playing on books and boxes, and looking for new places to practice.
One day, while watching a science program on TV, she heard that 4 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(气泡). It was a big glass ball connected to a machine which 5 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, 6 the bubble, turned on the machine, then she played the drums like a wild child!
It wasn’t long before Brenda—“The Musical Astronaut”—had become very famous. 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 spread so much that the government suggested that she could form part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical 7 , and had gone far beyond her first dream of playing the drums in a band.
Years later, when people asked her how she had achieved all this, she thought for a