BornonAugust9,1963,NewJersey,WhitneyHoustonalmostseemed...
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Born on August 9,1963,New Jersey,Whitney Houston almost seemed bound to become a 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 1985,she released her debut album Whitney Houston and almost immediately became a 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 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 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 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 released a new album,I Look to You,in recording received a warm welcome from music fans.
In early 2012,Houston worked on a new musical film Sparkle with Jordin rtunately,Houston didn't live long enough to see it.
Whitney Houston died on February 11,2012,in Los her passing,the music world has lost one of its most outstanding stars.
5. 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.
6. Which shows the right order of the following events?
ney Houston divorced the R&B singer Bobby Brown.
ney Houston began to sing at New Hope Baptist Church.
ney Houston starred in the film The Bodyguard.
ney Houston worked on a new musical film Sparkle.
A. bcad B. badc
C. abdc D. cadb
7. What's the author's attitude towards Houston's death?
A. Ashamed B. Regretful
C. Hopeless D. Delightful
8. 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
【回答】
DABC
知识点:阅读理解
题型:阅读理解
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