2013英语四级听力精练第1套短文理解2

　　30. A.He suffered from mental illness.

　　B.He bought The washing on post.

　　C.He turned a failing newspaper into a success.

　　D.He was once a reporter for a major newspaper.

　　31. A.She was the first woman to lead a big U.S.publishing company.

　　B.She got her first job as a teacher at the University of Chicago.

　　C.She committed suicide because of her mental disorder.

　　D.She took over her father’s position when he died.

　　32. A.People came to see the role of women in the business world.

　　B.Katharine played a major part in reshaping Americans’mind.

　　C.American media would be quite different without Katharine.

　　D.Katharine had exerted an important influence on the world.

　　Katherine Gram graduated from University of Chicago in 1938 and got a job as a news reporter in San Francisco. Katherine’s father used to be a successful investment banker. In 1933, he bought a failing newspaper, the Washington Post.

　　Then Katherine returned to Washington and got a job, editing letters in her father’s newspaper. She married Philip Gram, who took over his father-in-law’s position shortly after and became publisher of the Washington Post. But for many years, her husband suffered from mental illness and he killed himself in 1963. After her husband’s death, Katherine operated the newspaper. In the 1970s, the newspaper became famous around the world and Katherine was also recognized as an important leader in newspaper publishing. She was the first woman to head a major American publishing company, the Washington Post company. In a few years, she successfully expanded the company to include newspaper, magazine, broadcast and cable companies.

　　She died of head injuries after a fall when she was 84. More than 3 thousand people attended her funeral including many government and business leaders. Her friends said she would be remembered as a woman who had an important influence on events in the United States and the world. Katherine once wrote, “The world without newspapers would not be the same kind of world”. After her death, the employees of the Washington Post wrote, “The world without Katherine would not be the same at all.”

　　Questions 30-32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　30. What do we learn from the passage about Katherine’s father?

　　31. What does the speaker tell us about Katherine Gram?

　　32. What does the comment by employees of the Washington Post suggest?

　　答案:30. B) He bought The Washington Post.

　　31. A) She was the first woman to lead a big U.S publishing company.

　　32. D) Katharine had exerted an important influence on the world.