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　　A year ago, at the annual pre-Grammy party, Whitney Houston, the great star, walked on stage and closed the evening with a brilliant performance．

　　Last Saturday, Houston was once again the focus before the Grammy, but her presence was a regrettable one．Earlier that day, the pop music's former queen was found dead in her hotel room．She was 48．This, no doubt, is sad news to the whole music industry and her fans all over the world．

　　At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the music world．From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists．She impressed audiences with her effortless, powerful and peerless performance．

　　Besides multi-million record sales, Houston made countless hits such as The Greatest Love of All, I Ha-oe Nothing, and the mostly famous I Will Always Love You．She also influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey．

　　But by the end of her career, there was a shocking fall for this superstar．Houston had been addicted to drugs．Her album sales declined and the hits stopped coming and her once beautiful voice became hoarse(嘶哑的), unable to hit the high notes as she used to．

　　In 2009, Houston staged a successful comeback with the album I Look To You, which fell on top of the charts．But hoarse voice, canceled concerts, and continuous illness-Houston's comeback trail wasn't smooth at all．In an interview with Oprah Winfreyin2009, Houston admitted："It(show business)is too much for me and I wanted out．"

　　Now that Houston has finally taken a break from all the chaos, may she rest in peace．

(1)

Whitney Houston died ________．
[　　]
A．	shortly before the Grammy this year
B．	earlier last Sunday
C．	a year ago
D．	at the annual pre-Grammy party

(2)

The underlined word "peerless" in Paragraph 3 most probably means ________．
[　　]
A．	having great power
B．	having no equal
C．	requiring no effort
D．	leaving no impression

(3)

The cause of the fall of Whitney Houston was that ________．
[　　]
A．	her album sales declined
B．	show business was too much for her
C．	her once beautiful voice became hoarse
D．	she had been addicted to drugs

(4)

Whitney Houston's achievements include the following except that ________．
[　　]
A．	She made countless hits such as I Have Nothing
B．	She influenced a generation of younger singers
C．	She became the focus before the Grammy this year
D．	She staged a successful comeback in 2009

完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Life is not always smooth. There was a man who had 36 numerous failures in his life. But he said, "One success is 37 for me!"

When he was five years old, his father died of illness without leaving him any 38 . Since then, his mother worked outside 39 he had to stay at home and take care of his siblings, He learnt cooking since then.

When he was fourteen, he dropped 40 and began his life of roving.

When he was eighteen, he married a girl, who, 41 , sold out all his properties and went back to her home several months after their marriage.

When he was twenty, he 42 his job from electrician to ferry staff to railway worker. All his jobs were 43 for him.

When he was thirty-five, misfortune again 44 on him. When he was driving across a huge bridge, the steel ropes along the edge of the bridge were broken and he fell into the river with his car. He suffered such severe injuries that he could no longer continue his 45 .

When he was 46 , he opened a gas station in a town. However, he 47 dispute(争端)because he beat his competitors 48 the billboard hanging problems.

When he was forty-seven, he 49 his second wife, which had 50 stricken his three children.

When he was sixty-six, he made a living by 51 his chicken-frying techniques to various restaurants in different places.

When he was seventy-five, he felt 52 to maintain his company, so he transferred his brand and patent to others. The new owner suggested giving him ten thousand stock shares as part of the purchasing price. But he 53 the suggestion. Later the price of the stocks of the company soared and he lost the chance of being a billionaire.

When he was eighty-eight, he achieved great success and became well-known to the whole world.

He was exactly the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ha Lunde Sandoz. He often said, "People always complain about the bad 54 . Actually it is not bad at all. As long as you are 55 and confident all the time, you will have a good weather every day."

A. achieved B. undergone C. tried D. undertook

A. great B. important C. valuable D. enough

A. words B. money C. property D. families

A. while B. but C. when D. so

A. in B. out C. down D. up

A. meanwhile B. moreover C. however D. therefore

A. started B. took C. lost D. changed

A. fit B. tough C. unusual D. adequate

A. fell B. hit C. put D. rested

A. life B. major C. job D. education

A. forty B. thirty-five C. fifty-three D. seventy

. A. went through B. came into C. came about D. went against

A. contributing to B. judging from C. owing to D. leading to

A. changed B. married C. missed D. divorced

A. deeply B. highly C. generally D. thickly

A. learning B. promoting C. developing D. teaching

A. powerless B. depressed C. disappointed D. hopeless

. A. turned up B. turned to C. turned down D. turned in

. A. difficulties B. misfortune C. life D. weather

. A. hard-working B. brave C. cautious D. optimistic

It was a beautiful day at the beach—blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea．I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer （实况解说员）.
“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” he shouted．“THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE’S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND…”
Behind me, a woman, her mobile phone pressed to her ear was walking back and forth.
“She DIDN’T,” she was saying．“No．She DIDN’T．She DID? Really? Are you SERIOUS? She did NOT．She DID? No she…”
And so on．This woman had two children, who were playing in the sea．I found myself watching them, because the woman surely was not．A huge squid could have caught and snatched the children, and this woman would not have noticed．Or, if she had noticed, she’d have said, “Listen．I have to go, because a huge squid just……No! She didn’t ! She DID? No! She……”
And next to me, the play-by-play man would have said: “…AND A HUGE SQUID JUST ATE TWO CHILDREN, AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE SUNBURNED, AND …”
It used to be that the major trouble at the beach was the fellow who brought a boom box （便携式录音机） and turned it up so loud that the bass notes caused seagulls to explode．But at least you knew where these fellows were; you never know which beachgoers have mobile phones．You’ll settle next to what appears to be a sleeping sunbather, or even （you hope） a corpse , and you’ll lie happily on your towel, and you’ll get all the way to the second sentence of your 467-page book before you fall asleep to the hypnotic surge of the surf （催人入梦的潮声）, and …
BREEP! BREEP! The corpse sits up, feels urgently for its mobile phone, and shouts “Hello! I’m at the beach! Yes! It’s nice! Very peaceful! What? She did? No, she didn’t! She DID? No, she…”
Loud mobile-phoners never seem to get urgent calls．Just once, I’d like to hear one of them say, “Hello? Yes, this is Dr．Johnson．Oh, Dr．Smith．You’ve opened the abdominal cavity （腹腔）? Good! Now the appendix should be right under the … What? No, that’s the liver．Don’t take THAT out, ha ha! Oh, you did? My God! OK, now listen carefully…”
【小题1】From the passage we can know that the writer of the passage _____.

A．had a wonderful holiday at the beach

B．must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather

C．is only interested in talks by doctors about operation

D．experienced an unhappy holiday at the beach

【小题2】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．The writer often spends his holidays at the beach.

B．A huge squid ate two children while their mother was not watching.

C．Some people used to play boom box while spending their holidays at the beach.

D．Some people often make loud mobile phone calls without caring for others.

【小题3】The underlined word“ corpse”in this passage has the closest meaning to________.

A．a dead body	B．a loud mobile phone
C．a sound sleeper	D．a sleep lover

【小题4】In the past the fellow who brought a boom box_________.

A．turned it up to make the seagulls happy

B．turned it up to cause the seagulls to explode

C．might cause less trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

D．might cause more trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

【小题5】We can infer from the passage that _______.

A．the writer is interested in mobile phone.

B．the writer hates people using mobile phone

C．the writer hates to be disturbed while enjoying holidays on the beach.

D．the writer seldom finishes reading a book before going to sleep.

完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。