Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big dream—to play the drums 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 are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But there was always someone it would annoy.
One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there's no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to bee a sort of musical astronaut.
With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit（成套设备） and a chair. Brenda got into the space suit she had made, entered the bubble, turned on the machine, and played those drums like a wild child.
It wasn't long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. 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 be part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band.
Years later, when asked how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment, and said: ''If those old people next–door hadn't mattered so much to me, I wouldn't have found a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.''
【小题1】Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places?A．Because she didn't want others to hear her playB．Because she didn't mean to disturb others.C．Because she didn't have her own roomD．Because she didn’t like her neighbors.【小题2】Brenda started to give concerts .A．after she practiced in her space bubbleB．when she became part of the unique space journeyC．after she became a real musical astronautD．when people came to see her in the space bubble【小题3】Brenda became famous because .A．she was good at music and scienceB．she became a real musical astronautC．she invented a special way of practiceD．she played well and had a talent【小题4】It can be inferred from the text that: .A．He laughs best who laughs lastB．It's never too old to learnC．Two heads are better than oneD．One good turn deserves anotherB
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(答案→)B
解析：文章介绍了Brenda Bongos的音乐梦想之路。Brenda Bongos想成为乐队的鼓手，要想梦想成真，她必须加强练习。但是，Brenda不想吵到邻居，从电视上得到启发，Brenda建造了一个真空的练习装置，后来自己开了演唱会。出名之后，Brenda受政府邀请踏上了太空之旅。
【小题1】根据第一段“She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves.”可知，Brenda Bongos是怕练习打鼓会打扰到邻居，故选B。
【小题2】根据第三段和第四段“Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts.”可知，Brenda建了一个真空的球状物体，在里面练习打鼓。不久之后，她就开始办演唱会了。故选A。
【小题3】根据第四段“It wasn't long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble.”可知，许多人出于好奇心，来看Brenda的表演，故选C。
【小题4】根据最后一段“If those old people next–door hadn't mattered so much to me, I wouldn't have found a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.”可知，如果不是Brenda出于好心，怕打扰到邻居，她就不会想到这个练习方法，也就不会有今天的成就，D“礼尚往来，好人有好报”符合文章大意，故选D。