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【题目】Born on August 9,1963,New Jersey,Whitney Houston almost seemed bound to become a singer.Her mother Cissy Houston was the choir（唱诗班）minister at New Hope Baptist Church,and it was there that a young Whitney got her start.

When she was 19,Whitney Houston was discovered in a nightclub by the famous Clive Davis of Arista Records. In 1983,Houston made her debut（首演）on national television.In 1985,she released her debut album Whitney Houston and almost immediately became a sensation.Over the next year,her hit singles Saving All My Love for You and How Will I Know helped the album reach the top of the charts,where it staved for fourteen weeks in a row. Houston won a Grammy in 1986 for Saving All My Love for You.

By 1992,Whitney Houston was on top of the world,but her life was about to get very complicated very quickly. That year she married the R&B singer Bobby Brown.At first the marriage was passionate and loving,but things turned sour as the decade progressed and both Brown and Houston battled drug abuse.

In spite of these growing personal troubles,Whitney Houston continued to progress in her career,crossing over successfully into acting in 1992 by starring in The Bodyguard.Her single from the movie,I will Always Love You, proved to be Houston's biggest hit ever,spending a record-breaking fourteen weeks on top of the US charts.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s,Whitney Houston's increasingly rocky marriage,struggles with drug and health problems threatened her career.Over the next few years,Houston attempted to break her drug habit and divorced Bobby Brown in 2007.

After almost a decade of struggling with her personal life,Houston seemed to be pulling herself together.She released a new album,I Look to You,in 2009.The recording received a warm welcome from music fans.

In early 2012,Houston worked on a new musical film Sparkle with Jordin Spark.Unfortunately,Houston didn't live long enough to see it.

Whitney Houston died on February 11,2012,in Los Angeles.With her passing,the music world has lost one of its most outstanding stars.

【1】From the first paragraph,we know that .

A. Whitney Houston grew up in a nearby church.

B. Whitney Houston came from a single-parent family.

C. Whitney Houston had to support her family by singing when she was a child.

D. Whitney Houston grew up in a musical background.

【2】Which shows the right order of the following events?

a.Whitney Houston divorced the R&B singer Bobby Brown.

b.Whitney Houston began to sing at New Hope Baptist Church.

c.Whitney Houston starred in the film The Bodyguard.

d.Whitney Houston worked on a new musical film Sparkle.

A. bcad B. badc

C. abdc D. cadb

【3】What's the author's attitude towards Houston's death?

A. Ashamed B. Regretful

C. Hopeless D. Delightful

【4】Which can be the best title of the passage'?

A. Whitney Houston's music talent B. Whitney Houston's achievement

C. Whitney Houston's lite story D. Whitney Houston's sudden death

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。主要介绍了Whitney Houston不平凡的一生。在文章的最后作者表达了对Whitney Houston 去世的哀悼和惋惜之情。

【1】细节理解题。题干已经锁定第一段因此答案应从第一段得出。第一段主要介绍了Whitney Houston 出生日期，以及她的家庭背景。第一段说明了她妈妈作为一个教堂唱诗班的牧师给她的歌唱生涯产生了巨大的影响。因此选D,表明了她成长在一个具有音乐背景的家庭。而选项A,她住在教堂附近。没有依据。选项B，她来自一个单亲家庭，没有依据。选项C

从她还是个孩子起，就通过唱歌来资助她的家庭。 从第一段也得不出来。

【2】细节理解，逻辑排序题。通过阅读全文我们可以知道第一段介绍了小时候的Whitney Houston 在New Hope Baptist Church 开始她的演唱生涯、第四段介绍“acting in 1992 by starring in The Bodyguard.”、第五段“divorced Bobby Brown in 2007”、以及第七段“In early 2012,Houston worked on a new musical film Sparkle”。因此顺序应为bcda 因此选A

【3】细节推断题。在文章的最后一段，作者表明随着Whitney Houston 的去世，音乐界失去了一个杰出的音乐明星。因此作者对他的去世作者表示遗憾和惋惜Regretful 因此选B.

A. Ashamed 羞愧 C. Hopeless 无助 D. Delightful 高兴的

【4】标题判断题。从全文理解不能片面。A. Whitney Houston's music talent 她的音乐天赋。A项片面 B. Whitney Houston's achievement 她的成就。过于片面

C. Whitney Houston's life story 她的一生的故事 D. Whitney Houston's sudden death 她的突然死亡。通过全文的理解，文章介绍了她的不平凡的一生。