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8．LOS ANGELES，Feb 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（毒理学） 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．amazement      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 本文写了一名在乐坛上具有巨大影响的歌星 Jennifer Hudson，由于长期的药物作用去世了．

解答 41．答案是B．细节理解题，根据文中句子whose personal decline was fueled by years of drug use个人体能的下降是由于多年的药物作用，所以答案选B．
42．答案是D．an official cause of death would not be released until after toxicology（毒理学） tests，which could take six to eight weeks，要进行病理学检测之后才能弄明白死因，这种检测需要花费六到八个星期，所以大约是两个月的时间，故答案选D．
43．答案是A．推理判断题，通过对这句话的理解涌入来自世界各地的是一个歌手的非凡的声音，产生了她那一代人最难忘的音乐，可见"Fributes展示的是一种荣誉，所以答案选A．
44．答案是C．细节理解题，根据文中句子 fire department personnel who were already at the location responded immediately消防人员立刻到了位置的反应点，所以答案选C．
45．答案是B．细节理解题，根据文中句子nothing could be more appropriate than having Jennifer Hudson sing on stage 没有什么可以比得上让 Jennifer Hudson 在舞台上唱歌更适合的了，可以看出 Jennifer Hudson 是一个在乐坛具有巨大影响的歌星，所以答案选B．

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