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.
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B.HeboughtThewashingonpost.
C.Heturnedafailingnewspaperintoasuccess.
D.Hewasonceareporterforamajornewspaper.
B.ShegotherfirstjobasateacherattheUniversityofChicago.
C.Shecommittedsuicidebecauseofhermentaldisorder.
D.Shetookoverherfather’spositionwhenhedied.
B.KatharineplayedamajorpartinreshapingAmericans’mind.
C.AmericanmediawouldbequitedifferentwithoutKatharine.
D.Katharinehadexertedanimportantinfluenceontheworld.
KatherineGramgraduatedfromUniversityofChicagoin1938andgotajobasanewsreporterinSanFrancisco.Katherine’sfatherusedtobeasuccessfulinvestmentbanker.In1933,heboughtafailingnewspaper,theWashingtonPost.
ThenKatherinereturnedtoWashingtonandgotajob,editinglettersinherfather’snewspaper.ShemarriedPhilipGram,whotookoverhisfather-in-law’spositionshortlyafterandbecamepublisheroftheWashingtonPost.Butformanyyears,herhusbandsufferedfrommentalillnessandhekilledhimselfin1963.Afterherhusband’sdeath,Katherineoperatedthenewspaper.Inthe1970s,thenewspaperbecamefamousaroundtheworldandKatherinewasalsorecognizedasanimportantleaderinnewspaperpublishing.ShewasthefirstwomantoheadamajorAmericanpublishingcompany,theWashingtonPostcompany.Inafewyears,shesuccessfullyexpandedthecompanytoincludenewspaper,magazine,broadcastandcablecompanies.
Shediedofheadinjuriesafterafallwhenshewas84.Morethan3thousandpeopleattendedherfuneralincludingmanygovernmentandbusinessleaders.HerfriendssaidshewouldberememberedasawomanwhohadanimportantinfluenceoneventsintheUnitedStatesandtheworld.Katherineoncewrote,“Theworldwithoutnewspaperswouldnotbethesamekindofworld”.Afterherdeath,theemployeesoftheWashingtonPostwrote,“TheworldwithoutKatherinewouldnotbethesameatall.”
Questions30-32arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
30.WhatdowelearnfromthepassageaboutKatherine’sfather?
31.WhatdoesthespeakertellusaboutKatherineGram?
答案:30.B)HeboughtTheWashingtonPost.
31.A)ShewasthefirstwomantoleadabigU.Spublishingcompany.
32.D)Katharinehadexertedanimportantinfluenceontheworld.
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