英语四级听力-短对话 269

 Passage Two

29.

A. He is a sportsman¹.

B. He is a photographer.

C. He is an actor.

D. He is a publisher.

30.

A. He was good at writing about interesting people.

B. It was much easier to write storeis about people.

C. He believed that people are always eager to learn about other people.

D. He thought people played an important role in world events.

31.

A. Business people.

B. Journalists.

C. Sport fans.

D. Celebrities².

Passage Two

[29]Mr. Foster³ started his publishing business with only one magazine. It was called World News. Mostly it had summaries of important week events from around the world. But it always included one or two stories about interesting people. Mr. Foster put these in [30]because he believed all people like to read about other people. Several years ago, Mr. Foster started two magazines. One was called Enterprise⁴. It is for business people. And the other was called [31]Action, for sports fans. Like World News, they always have two or three stories about interesting people. Five years ago, Mr. Foster got another idea for a magazine. He wanted this one to have even more stories about people than the others and to have more photographs. This one was named Faces and Places. From the very beginning, it was a big success.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. What is Mr. Foster's profession?

正确答案：D

解析：文章首句即说Foster先生的出版业是从一份杂志开始的；整篇文章就说他几年前以及五年前不断推出新杂志的出版生涯。故D正确。

30. Why did Mr. Foster add stories about interesting people to the magazine World News?

正确答案：C

解析：短文提到，Foster先生登载人物故事的原因是“他相信所有人都喜欢读其他人的故事”，故C正确。

31. Who would be interested in the magazine Action, according⁵ to the passage?

正确答案：C

解析：短文提到，几年前Foster办了两份杂志，其中Action是为体育爱好者而办的，故选C。

1 sportsman   

n.运动员

参考例句：

• His brother is a sportsman of our school.他弟弟是我校的运动员。
• Everybody thinks he is an all-round sportsman.大家认为他是一个全能运动员。

2 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

3 foster   

vt.收养，培养，促进；adj.收养的，收养孩子的

参考例句：

• Nowadays young couple sometimes foster.现今年轻夫妇有时领养别人的孩子。
• The captain did his best to foster a sense of unity among the new recruits.队长尽力培养新成员之间的团结精神。

4 enterprise   

n.企业单位，商业公司，事业，计划

参考例句：

• They are determined to carry forward the enterprise.他们决心把事业进行下去。
• The enterprise has excellent prospects.这家企业的远景极其美好。

5 according   

adj.按照，根据

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• We must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.今年我们必须学会量入为出。