【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文] Paul Leonard Newman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1925. His father, Arthur Newman, ran a successful sporting goods store. 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. 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. 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. 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. What do we know about Paul Newman's mother? 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。