英语四级真题-听力news report1精讲-2019.6第一套

NewsReport 1

1.A) He visited a prison locatedon a faraway island.

    B)He swam around an island near San Francisco.

    C)He celebrated ninth birthday on a small island.

    D)He set a record be swimming to and from an island.

2.A) He set him an example.               C) He had the eventcovered on TV.

    B)He doubled the reward.                D)He cheered him on all the way.

A9-year old Central California boy braved strong currents and cold water to swimfrom San Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back. A California television stationin Fresno reported Tuesday that James Savage set a record as the youngestswimmer to make the journey to the former prison. The TV station reported thatby completing the swim, the fourth-grade student from Los Banos broke a recordpreviously held by a 10-year-old boy. James said that waves in the San FranciscoBay hitting him in the face 30 minutes into his swim made him want to give up.His father said he had offered his son 100 dollars as a reward; to encouragehis struggling son, he doubled it to 200 dollars. James pushed forward, makingit to Alcatraz Island and back in a little more than two hours. Alcatraz isover a mile from the mainland.

1.     Whatdid the boy from Central California do, according to the report?

2.     Whatdid the father do to encourage his son?