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, 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 Ha-oe 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 drugs．Her album sales declined 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 Winfreyin2009, 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, may she rest in peace．

64．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

65．The underlined word "peerless" in Paragraph 3 most probably means ______．

       A．having great power                   B．having no equal

       C．requiring no effort                   D．leaving no impression

66．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 once beautiful voice became hoarse

       D．she had been addicted to drugs

67．Whitney Houston's achievements include the following except that     .

       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

Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying. “I hate her! I hate her! I will __26__   play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed,  __27__  she told her father what had happened. He listened attentively.   __28__   she stopped, he asked, “Is there __29__  else?” Dahlia added more details and began  __30__  bitterly again. Father was listening. When Dahlia   __31__  talking, he said, “It must __32__ you to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia  __33__  her father’s embrace（拥抱）and support as she cried  __34__  more in his arms. Then as  __35__   as the storm of tears began, she was finished. She got up and  _36__  announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are  __37__   a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I   __38__   ruin her work again, and I’m sure she will be  __39__ to me. ”
　　Why was this encounter (sudden meeting) so successful? How did Dahlia __40__  her sadness so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter __41__  her own?
　　There were three main parts in her father’s reaction that   __42__  : (A) Attention (B) Respect (C) Trust. He gave his daughter __43__ attention and took her seriously as she   __44__  her feelings. He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help. He validated（证实）the feelings she __45__ . And he trusted her to do and say what she needed in order to lead herself toward resolution of her emotions.

I had not seen my parents for a long time. Last Saturday I drove a long way to visit them,  36   neither of them was at home. So I waited patiently at their home  37 their return. Not seeing them made me really  38 .
As I was walking around their bedroom, I  39 little reminders of them. Some Christmas gifts were still  40 in boxes. There were  41 on the wall, which I guess must have a  42 meaning to them. What took my breath away was seeing my dad’s emblems（徽章）from his military service of our country  43 he was young. My father never  44 to us about the Korean Wars. As I looked at those emblems hanging  45 with all the photos that he treasures, I  46 that this was an important part of his life, but I never spent the  47 in talking with him about them. The photos of my mom with her close  48 made me realize her life before she was my mom. I had been so  49 running my business to raise my own family that I  50 the chance to know about their past and experience.
We sometimes don’t realize something is  51 for us until we have lost it, so it’s not too late for us to talk to our parents about their past. I am writing my story to  52 everyone who is fortunate to still have their parents  53 to invest some time to learn about them. I am grateful to have  54 of my parents. So I still have time to talk with them. I hope that readers will  55 from my story and find the time to talk about those things in their life that mean so much to their parents.

Pass Your Love On
Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind   36  your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only   37  seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带)，a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. “   38  am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I     39 _  to move to that seat.
The girl was named Kathy. She   40  in a car accident and now was on her way for_ 41  .
When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to   42  that Kathy would not be able to  43  herself. I considered  44   to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too   45  to offer a service to a  46___. But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more   47  than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and   48  she was uncomfortable to accept, she   49  as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart   50  , and the   51  was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.
I was very glad I had reached   52  my comfort zone(地带) to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love   53  flows beyond human borders（边界） and removes the fears that keep us   54 . When we   55  to serve another, we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.