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As the pressure was too heavy, the local government had to _____cost of office to deal with the economic crisis (危机).
A. cut up B. cut out C. cut down D. cut in
C

I was sleeping for over a week after a traffic accident. The only sounds that could be heard were coming from the machines that were 36 me alive.
All my family members were 37 ways to wake me up from my silence.
Greg, my brother – in – law, 38 to take some of my songs I had recently recorded to a local radio station, 39 he explained about my illness. He told them he was 40 I could hear what was going on around me and that he knew having my own songs 41 on the radio had been a huge dream of mine. This would definitely 42 me and do more than any medicine or machine could.
The radio station agreed to help and gave him a specific date and time 43 he could have a radio “ 44 ” at my hospital bed. Greg’s decision had filled everyone with 45 and now the moment arrived. Nervous from expectation, all my family members 46 hands and watched over me hoping for a 47 .
The DJ made a pre – song announcement about my 48 to the general audience, and then spoke directly to me.
“Shelly, this is for you. I want you to really listen now. This is not just 49 song we’re playing, but your family’s song of hope. All of us at KKDJ wish you a speedy 50 .”
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Hope is the part of us that makes us pick up the pieces and try again. 55 hope where would we be?
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Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. best-selling B. influenced C. tragic D. canceled AB. in peace AC. used to AD. given BC. focus BD. comeback C D. concentration |
A year ago, at the annual pre-Grammy party, Whitney Houston, the great diva(女歌手), walked on stage and closed the evening with a brilliant performance.
Last Saturday, Houston was once again the 1 of the showcase before the Grammys, but her presence was a posthumous(死后的)one.
Earlier that day, 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, __2__ what a legendary life and remarkable career that she once had.
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 3 artists. She strongly impressed the audiences with effortless, powerful and peerless vocals.
Besides multi-million record sales, Houston made countless hits such as The Greatest Love of All, I Have Nothing, and the mostly famous I Will Always Love You.
She also 4 a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey.
But by the end of her career, it was a 5 fall for this superstar. Houston has been addicted to drugs. Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming. Her once calm and peaceful image was shattered by a wild manner and unusual public appearances, and her once natural voice became rough and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she 6 .
“The biggest devil is me. I’m either my best friend or my worst enemy,” Houston told the ABC in an interview in 2002.
In 2009, Houston staged what seemed to be a successful 7 with the album I Look To You, which debuted on top of the charts.
But hoarse voice, 8 concerts, and continuous illness–Houston’s comeback trail wasn’t smooth at all. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2009, Houston confessed: “It (show business) is too much. So much to try to live up to, to try to be, and I wanted out.”
Now that Houston has finally taken a break from all the chaos, may she rest 9 .