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【四级真题】2007年12月真题文章(4/6)

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Katharine

听力原文：
Passage One
When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple cannot have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60,000 adoptions each year in the United States alone. ____1____Some couples adopt children from their own countries; others adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason: they care about children and want to give their adoptive child a happy life. Most adopted children know that they are adopted. Psychologists and child-care experts generally think this is a good idea. ____2____ As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents, because the birth records of most adoptees are usually sealed. The information is secret, so no one can see it. Naturally, adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents. ____3____
Passage Two
Katharine Graham graduated from the University of Chicago in 1938 and got a job as a news reporter in San Francisco. ____4____In 1933, he bought a failing newspaper, The Washington Post. Then Katharine returned to Washington and got a job, editing letters in her father's newspaper. She married Phillip Graham, who took over his father-in-law's position shortly after and became publisher of The Washington Post. ____5____ After her husband's death, Katharine operated the newspaper. In the 1970s, the newspaper became famous around the world and Katharine was also recognized as an important leader in newspaper publishing. She was the first woman to head a major American publishing company—The Washington Post Company. In a few years, she successfully expanded the company to include newspaper, magazine, broadcast and cable companies. She died of head injuries after a fall when she was 84. More than 3 000 people attended her funeral, including many government and business leaders. ____6____ Katharine once wrote, “The world without newspapers would not be the same kind of world.” After her death, the employees of The Washington Post wrote, “The world without Katharine would not be the same at all.”

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