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第PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT3页共NUMPAGES\*MERGEFORMAT3页 2021年12月英语四级听力真题第2篇 Passage2CatherineGramgraduatedfromtheUniversityofChicagoin1938andgotajobasanewsreporterinSanFrancisco.Catherine'sfatherusedtobeasuccessfulinvestmentbanker.In1933,heboughtafailingnewspaper,theWashingtonPost.ThenCatherinereturnedtoWashingtonandgotajob,editinglettersinherfather'snewspaper.ShemarriedPhilipGram,whotookoverhisfather-in-law'spositionshortlyafterandbecameapublisheroftheWashingtonPost.Butformanyyears,herhusbandsufferedfrommentalillnessandhekilledhimselfin1963.Afterherhusband'sdeath,Catherineoperatedthenewspaper.Inthe1970s,thenewspaperbecamefamousaroundtheworldandCatherinewasalsorecognizedasanimportantleaderinnewspaperpublishing.ShewasthefirstwomantoheadamajorAmericanpublishingcompany,theWashingtonPostcompany.Inafewyears,shesuccessfullyexpandedthecompanytoincludenewspaper,magazine,broadcastandcablecompanies.Shediedofheadinjuriesafterafallwhenshewas84.Morethan3thousandpeopleattendedherfuneralincludingmanygovernmentandbusinessleaders.HerfriendssaidshewouldberememberedasawomanwhohadanimportantinfluenceoneventsintheUnitedStatesandtheworld.Catherineoncewrote,"Theworldwithoutnewspaperswouldnotbethesamekindofworld".Afterherdeath,theemployeesoftheWashingtonPostwrote,"TheworldwithoutCatherinewouldnotbethesameatall."Questions30-32arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.30.WhatdowelearnfromthepassageaboutCatherine'sfather?31.WhatdoesthespeakertellusaboutCatherineGram?32.WhatdoesthecommentbyemployeesoftheWashingtonPostsuggest?

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