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短文试题
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have 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.
短文文本
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?
文章一
保罗·莱纳德·纽曼1925年出生在俄亥俄州的克利夫兰。他的父亲，亚瑟·纽曼是一家体育用品店的老板。母亲，特丽萨·纽曼喜欢戏剧。在母亲的影响下，保罗开始参加学校戏剧表演。亚瑟·纽曼认为演艺事业并没有什么前途，但还是决定资助儿子一年的时间。这时保罗已经开始与一些小的演艺公司合作。保罗·纽曼的第一部电影《圣杯》于1954年发行。保罗曾在后期表示这是他最烂的一部影片。他的这一说法也得到了影评人的认同。但是他在1956年拍摄的《回头是岸》取得了成功，也让更多的人们开始关注他。在他50多年的从影生涯中，他一共出演了65部影视作品，并被奥斯卡金像奖提名十次。保罗·纽曼不仅仅是一位影视明星。他还是一位政治上的激进主义者，为了自由事业而斗争。1968年，纽曼和尤金·麦卡锡对民主党总统候选人提名展开角逐。纽曼还曾在美驻伦敦大使馆门前抗议越南战争。他曾经表示自己被列入理查德·尼克松总统的黑名单是他莫大的荣幸。保罗·纽曼还曾为致力于解决一些社会问题的事业出力。1978年，他28岁的儿子，斯科特，因服药和酒精过量去世。随后，保罗·纽曼创建了斯科特·纽曼中心，他成立该中心的目的是教育孩子和家长远离毒品。1969年保罗·纽曼在拍摄电影《获胜》时对赛车产生兴趣。他甚至开始参加专业比赛。保罗七十岁时，在佛罗里达代托纳车赛中获胜。他以赛车组最年长的参赛者荣登吉尼斯世界纪录。
问题9 关于保罗·纽曼的母亲我们了解了什么？
问题10 保罗·纽曼是一位怎样的政治活动家？
问题11 保罗·纽曼为什么创建斯科特·纽曼中心？
问题12 在保罗·纽曼七十岁时发生了什么事？
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习题答案解析
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。
