A year ago, at the annual pre-Grammy party, W...

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(巅峰), 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(上瘾) drugs．Her album sales declined (下降) 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 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(混乱), 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 no 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 fans no longer love her

D．she had been addicted to drugs

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.

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About 10 years ago I was having my annual party and my niece came to see me. As she _______　 around the room, she noted that my employees seemed happy. Then, I asked her how she thought I did that. “I'm sure you treat them _______” she replied. “That's half of it.” I said. “Do you know _______ the other half is?”

She didn't have the answer. So what's the answer? I _______the unhappy people. People laugh at this point. I wish I were _______. I'm not. I have learned that as a manager you cannot make everyone happy. Good _______　 requires training, communicating and patience.

Don't _______ me wrong. This doesn't happen a lot. There's no joy in the _______ of firing someone. And it's not always the employee's _______— there are many bad bosses out there. And not all employees __________ your company. I don't have a Ph.D., an MBA, or even an economics degree.What I do have is a __________ company. Now I know some people argue that a business is __________　 making money, and not everyone has to be happy. When you __________ a company, you have the right to __________ yourself with the people you choose.

I have a good day today. Not __________ I've got a big order or great __________ reports. I have wonderful people working for me. They care. They are committed (尽心尽力的). __________, they understand the whole customer-­staff-­company triangle, where all of the aspects __________ each other. When you have the right people, business is much __________. I know because I have __________ it.

1.A.showed B.looked C.turned D.came

2.A.nicely B.firmly C.strictly D.seriously

3.A.which B.that C.what D.who

4.A.trick B.hire C.dislike D.fire

5.A.crying B.joking C.cheating D.regretting

6.A.assessment B.agreement C.management D.employment

7.A.bring B.think C.treat D.get

8.A.way B.chance C.act D.form

9.A.decision B.failure C.fortune D.fault

10.A.fit B.believe C.choose D.understand

11.A.funny B.busy C.happy D.large

12.A.with B.beyond C.into D.about

13.A.leave B.join C.own D.share

14.A.relax B.help C.amaze D.surround

15.A.until B.because C.after D.that

16.A.physical B.medical C.political D.financial

17.A.Besides B.However C.Otherwise D.Therefore

18.A.support B.fight C.hold D.hurt

19.A.busier B.easier C.safer D.higher

20.A.made B.forgotten C.got D.put

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I first met Steve Jobs years ago at a yard pool party. I was　 1.excited and embarrassed by the chance to meet him in person that I could hardly whisper my name when we　 2.(introduce). I watched as he swam in the pool with his son, like a regular guy, a good dad　 3.(have) fun with his kids.

The second time I met him was when our children started going to school together. He was sitting in the classroom while 4.rest of us were pretending that having Steve Jobs in the room was　 5. (total) normal. It was one Halloween when I realized he actually knew my name,　 6. made me a little surprised.　 7.(dress) like a monster, he was decorating a scary house with his wife. As I walked by with my son, Steve smiled and said, “Hi, Lisen”, My son thought I was the　 8.(cool)mom in town when he realized Steve Jobs knew me.

9. then on, when I saw him holding his meetings in our neighborhood, I didn’t hesitate to smile and say hi. Steve always 10. (return) the greetings, proving that while he may have been a genius, he was also a good neighbor.

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Whitney Houston was confirmed dead in her LA hotel room, _____ a tragic(悲剧的) end to the world’s most popular singer.

A. marked           B. to mark              C. having marked    D. marking

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The third annual National Products Exhibition was held at the 1. in Guangzhou. This year a total of 2.provinces participated in the event. The products on show included fruits from Xinjiang, tea sets from Jiangsu and the latest 3. from Shanghai. The exhibition hosted a special display of wonderful silks of Zhejiang. These silks are 4.yet strong enough to be made into any clothing. In the

5., there was also a video display showing how the 6. were made.

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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

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The people who built Stonehenge in southern England thousands of years ago had wild parties, eating barbecued pigs and breaking pottery. This is according to recent work by archaeologists—history experts who investigate (调查) how human beings lived in the past.

Archaeologists digging near Stonehenge last year discovered the remains of a large prehistoric village where they think the builders of the mysterious stone circle used to live.

The village is about 4600 years old, the same age as Stonehenge and as old as the pyramids in Egypt. It is less than two miles from the famous ancient landmark and lies inside a massive man­made circular dirt wall, or “henge”， known as the Durrington Walls.

Remains found at the site included jewellery, stone arrowheads, tools made of deer antlers, wooden spears and huge amounts of animal bones and broken pottery. “These finds suggest Stone Age people went to the village at special times of the year to feast and party”， says Mike Parker Pearson from Sheffield University in England.

He said many of the pig bones they found had been thrown away half­eaten. He also said the partygoers appeared to have shot some of the farm pigs with arrows, possibly as a kind of sport before barbecuing them.

An ancient road which led from the village to the River Avon was also found. Here, the experts think, people came after their parties to throw dead relatives in the water so the bodies would be washed downstream to Stonehenge.

Parker Pearson believes Stonehenge was like a cemetery where ancient Britons buried the dead and remembered their ancestors. “The theory is that Stonehenge is a kind of spirit home to the ancestors.”

The recent discovery of the village within the Durrington Walls shows that Stonehenge didn't stand alone but was part of a much bigger religious site, according to Parker Pearson.

People still come to worship and celebrate at Stonehenge today. They meet there when the sun sets on the shortest day of winter and when it rises on the longest day of summer. But the days of barbecuing whole pigs there and throwing family members into the river are a thing of the past.

1.What was Stonehenge according to the text?

A.A village where hundred of people once lived.

B.A place that regularly hosted large parties.

C.A church where local villagers would get married.

D.A site where dead people were placed or remembered.

2.From the text we can infer that the people who came to the village ________.

A.liked to drink wine　 B.knew how to hunt

C.were from Egypt 　　 D.lived by the River Avon

3.What do experts think people did after the village parties?

A.Returned to live at Stonehenge.

B.Prayed for good luck in the new year.

C.Hunted farm pigs as a sport.

D.Put their dead relatives in the river.

4.When do people most often go to Stonehenge today?

A.When a new discovery is made.

B.At the beginning of summer and winter.

C.On the longest and shortest days of the year.

D.When they want to have a barbecue.

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I was in Houston a few weeks ago, and needed to be back home in Austin by the early morning the next day. So I ________ to leave that morning. ________ my tire blew out on the way. I ________ a small parking lot. Then I ________ the doors and picked up my phone to call a tow truck (拖车). Soon a man ________ on my driver’s side window and asked if he could help me. From his ________ and behavior, I knew he was far more ________ to rob than help me, so I ________ refused and told him the tow truck was due any minute. He asked again, but again I gently shook my head. He finally said, “Ma’am, you need ________. A tow truck in Houston will arrive anywhere between 45 minutes and almost ________ (which I knew was true), and you are not going anywhere until you have that tire ________.”

I looked hard, straight into his ________, and instinctively (凭直觉) saw someone different from the ________ person he appeared to be at first sight. So, against all reasonable ________, but trusting my instincts, I got out. He looked ________, but got right to work, trying to find the ________ tire. It took a while ________ it was stored under the seat.

He changed the tire, ________ the seat to its place and said, “Thank you for letting me help you. You gave me a ________ when most people would never open the door to someone like me. Would it be okay if I gave you a hug?” When I recovered, I gave him a giant hug. I left with a new tire and a renewed ________ in human nature.

1.A. wanted　　 B. happened　　 C. hoped　　 D. had

2.A. Amazingly　　 B. Mostly　　 C. Strangely　　 D. Unfortunately

3.A. pulled into　　 B. walked around　　 C. broke into　　 D. looked at

4.A. opened　　 B. fixed　　 C. locked　　 D. broke

5.A. hit　　 B. knocked　　 C. climbed　　 D. checked

6.A. mood　　 B. personality　　 C. height　　 D. appearance

7.A. willing　　 B. friendly　　 C. likely　　 D. pleased

8.A. repeatedly　　 B. badly　　 C. politely　　 D. hurriedly

9.A. money　　 B. water　　 C. gas　　 D. help

10.A. never　　 B. now　　 C. forever　　 D. already

11.A. balanced　　 B. changed　　 C. moved　　 D. sold

12.A. mind　　 B. eyes　　 C. head　　 D. heart

13.A. worried　　 B. wise　　 C. cold-hearted　　 D. unreliable

14.A. arguments　　 B. judgments　　 C. decisions　　 D. selections

15.A. devoted　　 B. disappointed　　 C. surprised　　 D. frightened

16.A. flat　　 B. free　　 C. spare　　 D. worn

17.A. so　　 B. but　　 C. once　　 D. since

18.A. returned　　 B. left　　 C. held　　 D. showed

19.A. lesson　　 B. chance　　 C. gift　　 D. job

20.A. pride　　 B. delight　　 C. faith　　 D. interest

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The English play ____ my students acted at the New Year’s party was a great success.

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The 82-year-old Frances Wood entered the Nazarene University two years ago. At that time, her husband of 59 years died, which left her a little lonely and sad. As a result, she started to study at university.

Ms Wood said that she was the oldest student on campus, and was known as “Granny Franny”. The lady is just like a grandma away from home. The students wanted to vote Ms Wood as the homecoming queen, but the granny refused to accept the honor. So instead, the school honored her during half time at a football game by making her become the homecoming granny queen, the first award of its kindness ever given by the school. Ms Wood got a standing ovation(鼓掌) and was presented with flowers. To prove her popularity further, she had three male youths holding on her arm for the evening ceremony.

Ms Wood took classes in finance, history and literature at university. She said after being widowed two years before, she needed something different to do. When she got to college, she said it was a little surreal being surrounded by the young ones. “I think this is unbelievable and dreamlike to do this,” she said.

Eager to get into her little classmate circle, she handed out homemade business cards with her phone number and e-mail address, so that the students could reach out to her. The cards also featured a photo of her, saying “about 10 years ago”.

1.Why did Ms Wood decide to study at school? (no more than 10 words)

2.What is the main idea of the 2nd paragraph? (no more than 15 words)

3.What does the underlined word “surreal” in the 3rd paragraph mean? (1 word)

4.Why did Ms Wood hand out her business cards? (no more than 10 words)

5.What do you think of Ms Wood? And why? (no more than 20 words)

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