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(巔峰), 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 Have 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(上癮) drugs．Her album sales declined (下降) and the hits stopped coming and her once beautiful voice became hoarse （嘶啞的）, 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 Winfrey in 2009, 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(混亂), may she rest in peace．
小題1:Whitney Houston died ______．
A．shortly before the Grammy this yearB．earlier last Sunday
C．a(chǎn) year agoD．a(chǎn)t the annual pre-Grammy party
小題2:The underlined word "peerless" in Paragraph 3 most probably means ______．
A．having no powerB．having no equal
C．requiring no effortD．leaving no impression
小題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 fans no longer love her
D．she had been addicted to drugs
小題4:According to the passage, which is not Houston’s achievement?
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.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：本文介紹了流行巨星Whitney Houston一生的成就和悲慘的結果。
小題1:A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段1,2行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．說明在今年的格萊美頒獎前，她去世了，故A正確。
小題2:B 推理題的。根據(jù)本句She impressed audiences with her effortless, powerful and peerless performance．以及本段內(nèi)容都說明她的表演是非常棒的，故B項無與倫比與句意相符，故B項正確。
小題3:D 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第2行．Houston had been addicted to(上癮) drugs．說明染上毒癮是她去死的根本原因，故D正確。
小題4:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段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 influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey．二行第四段In 2009, Houston staged a successful comeback with the album I Look To You, which fell on top of the charts都說明ABD三項是她的成就，只有C項只是她的一個活動，不是 成就，故C項符合要求。
點評：介紹了Whitney Houston的成就和最后的結局。本題考查了細節(jié)題和推理題較多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。
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Louis Pasteur, one of the world's great scientists, was born in 1822, and died in 1895.While still a young boy, Louis Pasteur made his decision to become a scientist. He spent much of his life time studying the diseases of cattle, chickens and other tame animals. His wife learned to help him with his work. Almost everyone knows that Pasteur is the man responsible for finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling (變質(zhì)). Not many people know he was the first to imagine and to prove that air we breathe is full of germs (細菌).  One of his greatest successes was finding a treatment for people and animals to prevent a disease called rabies (狂犬病). Louis Pasteur won many honors and could have got large amount of money. But Pasteur preferred to live simply. The real happiness of this unusual man came from his work. Louis Pasteur did so well in his life that the French government took up his work and created the Institute Pasteur in the year 1888. 
小題1:According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A．Pasteur was a scientist and doctor as well.
B．Pasteur lived for less than seventy years.
C．Everybody knows that Pasteur succeeded in finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling.
D．Pasteur's wife was of some help to him in his work..
小題2:From the passage, we know that Pasteur lived a simple life. This is because ________.
A．he earned little money.
B．he cared much about money.
C．what he really enjoyed was a simple life.
D．of all mentioned above.
小題3:Why were many honors given to Louis Pasteur?
A．Because he was the greatest scientist in the world.
B．Because he spent much of his life time studying the diseases of people .
C．Because he lived simply.
D．Because he was a great success as a scientist.
小題4:Pasteur could have got large amount of money if he had___________.
A．cared much about it.
B．made more discoveries.
C．lived a better life.
D．a(chǎn)chieved more successes.
小題5:To Louis Pasteur the real happiness in his life was to __________.
A．studyB．work
C．get large amount of moneyD．raise tame animals

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