2013年5月份百题精练（1）（英语）
第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Bongos was a happy, artistic girl． She had one big ambition to play the drums in a band．But one big obstacle 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 become 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．
