Question

Whitney Houston was 小題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 小題2:e         the film world. In 1992, she acted in “The Bodyguard” with Kevin Costner. Though some people in the world were not satisfied 小題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 小題4:a       on February 11, 2012. People all over the world mourned the 小題5:l         of her by collecting her albums and videos. Later last year her film “Sparkle”was shown in cinemas.

Answer 1

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

試題分析：這篇短文簡略介紹了美國歌手兼演員——惠特妮休斯頓的生平。簡略的描述的她的出生，成名以及去世。
小題1:聯系上下文，可知惠特妮休斯頓出生在1963年8月9日，結合首字母可知填born，出生。
小題2:聯系下文，可知指的是她加入電影界，聯系上下文可知本句描述的是過去的動作，故謂語動詞用過去時態，結合首字母可知填動詞過去式entered，加入。
小題3:聯系上文可知考查短語be satisfied with對……感到滿意，結合首字母可知填介詞with，隨著。
小題4:聯系下文2012年2月11日，可知指的是她去世了，結合首字母可知填away，pass away停止，去世。
小題5:聯系上文mourn哀悼，可知指的是她的去世，結合周末可知填名詞loss，失去，損失。抽象名詞不可數，用原形即可。
點評：首字母一直是英語考試中的難點，得分率比較低。解答此類題型的方法一般就是根據文章前后句子之間意思推斷出詞義，并結合首字母推斷出所缺單詞，然后根據該單詞在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，確定單詞詞形，進行適當詞形變化。