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8．LOS ANGELES，F(xiàn)eb 12-Whitney Houston，whose soaring voice lifted her to the top of the pop music world but whose personal decline was fueled by years of drug use，died on Saturday afternoon in a Beverly Hills hotel room．She was 48．
The pop superstar died on the eve of the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles at the same hotel where her mentor，record mogul Clive Davis，was holding an annual pre-event party featuring scores of music industry celebrities（名人）．
A dramatic scene unfolded at the Beverly Hilton hotel as guests arriving for the party expressed shock at her death，while reporters swarmed the hotel，fans gathered outside to light candles in her memory and helicopters hovered overhead．
Beverly Hills police said they were called to the Beverly Hilton at around 3：43 p．m．PST，and fire department personnel who were already at the location responded immediately．Houston was in her fourth-floor room but was unresponsive to CPR，and she was pronounced dead at 3：55 p．m．
"She has been positively identified by friends and family （who） were with her at the hotel，and next of kin have already been notified，"Lieutenant Mark Rosen told reporters．Police said there were no obvious signs of criminal intent．
Los Angeles County coroners removed Houston's body from the hotel after midnight through a backdoor to avoid the crush of media set up to cover her shocking death．
Typically，coroners conduct an autopsy within a day or two，at which point they might release some preliminary information about the death．If drugs or alcohol are involved，however，an official cause of death would not be released until after toxicology（毒理學(xué)） tests，which could take six to eight weeks．
Tributes poured in from around the world for a singer whose remarkable vocal power and range produced some of the most memorable music of her generation，including her signature hit，"I Will Always Love You．"
"I don't have to mask my emotion in front of a room full of so many dear friends，"Davis told a somber crowd at his gala dinner and party just hours after Houston's death．"I am personally devastated by the loss of someone who has meant so much to me for so many years．"
Neil Portnow，president of the Recording Academy，which runs the Grammys，told the audience at Davis's party that Jennifer Hudson would sing a tribute to Houston at Sunday night's Grammy Awards．"We will do something appropriate tomorrow，and nothing could be more appropriate than having Jennifer Hudson sing on stage for Whitney，"Portnow said．"In our community，we celebrate things…let's celebrate Whitney Houston．"

41．We can learn  from the first paragraph thatB．
    A．Whitney Houston died suddenly because of drug use．
    B．Whitney Houston's profession was affected by drug use
    C．Whitney Houston had little potential in the pop music world
    D．Whitney Houston's fame grew as she won the Grammy Awards
42．According to the passage，at the most，how long will people be waiting to find out the cause of Houston's death？D
    A．For two days．  B．For a week．  C．For six weeks．  D．For two months．
43．The underlined word"Fributes"（Paragraph 8）refers to the activities to showA．
    A．honor          B．sympathy       C．a(chǎn)mazement      D．disappointment
44．Which of the following describes how people responded to Houston's death？C
    A．Reporters crowded to a backdoor of the hotel to cover Houston's death．
    B．Fans inststed the police find out the cause of Houston's death immediately．
    C．Firemen rushed to the very hotel where Houston died without any delay．
    D．Policement tried to prevent the news of Houston's death from being spread．
45．What Neil Portnow said at Davis's party implles thatB．
    A．Jennifer Hudson is likely to replace Houston in singing one day
    B．Houston was a singer of great influence in the pop world
    C．the Grammys are of little significance without Houston
    D．singing Houston's songs is a good way to keep her memory alive．

Answer 1

分析 本文寫了一名在樂壇上具有巨大影響的歌星 Jennifer Hudson，由于長期的藥物作用去世了．

解答 41．答案是B．細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中句子whose personal decline was fueled by years of drug use個人體能的下降是由于多年的藥物作用，所以答案選B．
42．答案是D．a(chǎn)n official cause of death would not be released until after toxicology（毒理學(xué)） tests，which could take six to eight weeks，要進行病理學(xué)檢測之后才能弄明白死因，這種檢測需要花費六到八個星期，所以大約是兩個月的時間，故答案選D．
43．答案是A．推理判斷題，通過對這句話的理解涌入來自世界各地的是一個歌手的非凡的聲音，產(chǎn)生了她那一代人最難忘的音樂，可見"Fributes展示的是一種榮譽，所以答案選A．
44．答案是C．細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中句子 fire department personnel who were already at the location responded immediately消防人員立刻到了位置的反應(yīng)點，所以答案選C．
45．答案是B．細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中句子nothing could be more appropriate than having Jennifer Hudson sing on stage 沒有什么可以比得上讓 Jennifer Hudson 在舞臺上唱歌更適合的了，可以看出 Jennifer Hudson 是一個在樂壇具有巨大影響的歌星，所以答案選B．

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