四六级

　　英语六级听力改革后，考试题型变化较大，包括长对话、听力篇章和讲座，大家平时要有针对性的加强练习。本文是小编为大家提供的英语六级听力真题音频在线听第4套短文1，希望对大家更好地进行2017年6月英语六级备考有帮助。

英语六级听力真题音频在线听第4套短文1.mp3

　　Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage youhave just heard.

　　9

　　A.She ran a successful sporting goods store.

　　B.She had a great influence on Paul's acting career.

　　C.She didn't think that acting was a promising job.

　　D.She agreed to support Paul though she didn't like acting.

　　10

　　A.He struggled for liberal causes.

　　B.He protested the Iraq War in London.

　　C.He was against President Eugene McCarthy.

　　D.He campaigned for the 1986 presidential election.

　　11

　　A.To prevent drug abuse by teaching children and families.

　　B.To recall his son who died in an accident.

　　C.To fight for social justice as a social volunteer.

　　D.To ask people to use less drugs.

　　12

　　A.He became a professional racer instead of an amateur.

　　B.He was listed in The Guinness Book as the greatest winner.

　　C.He discovered his interest in racing all of a sudden.

　　D.He competed and won at the Daytona races in Florida.

　　Passage One

　　Paul Leonard Newman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1925. His father, Arthur Newman, ran a successful sporting goods store. (9) His mother, Theresa Newman, loved the theater. She influenced her son Paul to act in school plays.

　　Arthur Newman did not think that acting was a promising job. But, he agreed to support his son for a year while Paul worked with small theater companies.

　　Paul Newman's first movie, "The Silver Chalice", came out in 1954, He later said that it was the worst movie ever made. Critics agreed. But his 1956 movie, "Somebody Up There Likes Me", was a success that brought him more public attention.

　　Newman starred in over sixty-five movies during his more than fifty-year career. In his career, Newman was nominated for ten Academy Awards.

　　Paul Newman was not only a movie star. (10) He was also a political activist who fought for liberal causes. In 1968, he ran for the Democratic Party presidential candidate against Eugene McCarthy. Newman protested the Vietnam War in front of the American Embassy in London. He expressed great pride that he was named on President Richard Nixon's list of enemies.

　　Paul Newman also worked on some social issues. In 1978, his twenty-eight year old son Scott died of an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol. (11) In response, Paul Newman created the Scott Newman Center to help educate children and families on preventing drug abuse.

　　Paul Newman discovered his interest in racing cars while making the 1969 movie "Winning”. He even began racing professionally. (12) In 1995, at the age of seventy, Newman competed and won at the Daytona races in Florida. The Guinness Book of World Records listed him as the oldest winner in his race class.

　　9. What do we know about Paul Newman's mother?

　　10. What do we know about Paul Newman as a political activist?

　　11. Why did Paul Newman create the Scott Newman Center?

　　12. What do we know about Paul Newman at the age of seventy?

　　参考答案：

　　【小题9】B

　　【小题10】A

　　【小题11】A

　　【小题12】D

　　习题解析：

　　【小题9】短文开头部分提到保罗的母亲热爱戏剧，在她的影响下，保罗也参加了学校剧团的演出。由此可推断保罗的母亲对他的演艺事业有着重大的影响。选项 B 与原文相符，故选 B。

　　【小题10】短文提到保罗是政治上的激进主义者，为了自由事业而斗争。选项 A 与原文相符，故选 A。

　　【小题11】保罗的儿子因一次过量服食毒品和烈酒而意外死亡，因此，保罗成立了 Scott Newman 中心，以帮助教育儿童及家庭，防止滥用药物。选项 A 与原文相符，故选 A。

　　【小题12】短文最后提到，保罗七十岁时，完成了佛罗里达的 Daytona 车赛并获胜。他以赛车组最年长的参赛者而荣登吉尼斯世界纪录。选项 D 与原文相符，故选 D。

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