江苏省盐城市盐都区实验初中2023-2024学年九年级上学期第16周读写练习英语试卷

2023年秋学期 九年级英语第16周读写练习 1、 完形填空。（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分） 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 practice 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 practicing 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 practicing it. However, Brenda decided to practice as much as she could. She spent most of her time playing on books and boxes, and 6 new places to practice. One day, while watching a science program 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, 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 (