2019年6月大学英语四级考试真题及答案解析完整版（卷一）（4）

A 9-year-old central California boy braved strong currents and cold water to swim from San Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back. A California television station Enfresno, reported Tuesday that Jim Savage, set a record as the youngest swimmer to make the journey to the former prison. The TV station reported that by completing the swim, the fourth grade student from Losbanios broke a record previously held by a 10-year-old boy. Jim said that waves in the San Francisco Bay hitting him in the face 30 minutes into this swim, made him want to give up. His father said, he had offered his son 100 dollars as a reward. To encourage his struggling son, he doubled it to 200 dollars. James pushed forward, making it to Alcatraz Island and back in a little more than 2 hours. Alcatraz is over a mile from the mainland.

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

1. What did the boy from central California do according to report?

2. What did the father do to encourage his son?

News report 2

这篇新闻讲述了大家比较熟悉的事件，关于我国将取消晚婚假。内容生词较少，对于考生听懂的难度应该不高。

1. 考察新闻中“原因”要素。由于是此篇新闻的第一题，考点句仍然落在头两句。

2. 结尾处+转折处考点。