Question

Whitney Houston was 小题1: b        on August 9, 1963. She is an famous American singer, actress and model. She is the most awarded woman artist of all time, according to Guinness(吉尼斯) World Records and she had won 415 awards by the year 2010.
Houston’s success in the music industry made her well-known, after that she 小题2:e         the film world. In 1992, she acted in “The Bodyguard” with Kevin Costner. Though some people in the world were not satisfied 小题3: w        Houston’s acting, the film was a great success, making more than $410 million worldwide. It also made “I Will Always Love You” one of her most popular songs.
Houston passed 小题4:a       on February 11, 2012. People all over the world mourned the 小题5:l         of her by collecting her albums and videos. Later last year her film “Sparkle”was shown in cinemas.

Answer 1

小题1:born
小题2:entered
小题3:with
小题4:away
小题5:loss

试题分析：这篇短文简略介绍了美国歌手兼演员——惠特妮休斯顿的生平。简略的描述的她的出生，成名以及去世。
小题1:联系上下文，可知惠特妮休斯顿出生在1963年8月9日，结合首字母可知填born，出生。
小题2:联系下文，可知指的是她加入电影界，联系上下文可知本句描述的是过去的动作，故谓语动词用过去时态，结合首字母可知填动词过去式entered，加入。
小题3:联系上文可知考查短语be satisfied with对……感到满意，结合首字母可知填介词with，随着。
小题4:联系下文2012年2月11日，可知指的是她去世了，结合首字母可知填away，pass away停止，去世。
小题5:联系上文mourn哀悼，可知指的是她的去世，结合周末可知填名词loss，失去，损失。抽象名词不可数，用原形即可。
点评：首字母一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据文章前后句子之间意思推断出词义，并结合首字母推断出所缺单词，然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。