11．The producer appeared behind the recording studio window and smiled and waved to me like an old friend．And after I had read out a little test piece，he said，"That's fine，wonderful，your voice is perfect，lively，wonderful．"Then I read a longer passage in English about the delights of touring in Britain，and another about the delights of visiting London，and both were"excellent"and"just right"，and I began to consider a job in radio．
To be honest，I was fairly sure of myself though I lacked experience．Across the room in the Hamburg News Agency where we both worked，a friend named Peter Turner called to me，"I say，Mike，a man on the phone here wants someone to do a recording in English，and I'm booked up．Would you read something to him in English as a sort of test？"I did，and they said，"Perfect，lovely，wonderful，…"Would I come round？
It was after reading their passage in English in the studio that they noticed my vowel （元音） pronunciations were not altogether King's English，or even Prince Philip's，there was a larger silence than usual，then the voice said："Fine，lovely…，but you said the word‘castle'with a short‘a(chǎn)'．Could we have the passage again please，but this time say‘castle'．"
This was easy．But then he noticed other differences in my pronunciation．
"It's my northern English accent，"I said，angry，because I had to apologize for it．
"Oh，I see…but Mike，we'll have to get it right，I'm afraid．The recording is for teaching English to German schoolchildren，and it must be spoken in the way it is taught in German schools．"
I read the passage again…and again…and again．But of course you cannot change the pronunciation of a lifetime in an hour．The studio men were in the state of having lost hope and underlined the vowels which caused me to feel angry，so that I'd remember them．Few，really．But because I had to concentrate （集中） on them，I made a lot of mistakes in my reading．Everyone got somewhat irritable （easily made angry），so we all went out for a beer．
64．Broadcasting did not make Mike nervousA．
A．a(chǎn)lthough he had never done any before
B．because he worked in a news agency
C．because he was used to talking on the phone
D．a(chǎn)lthough the passages were long
65．What happened after Mike had read the third passage？A
A．They made him repeat it．B．They said nothing．
C．They began to discuss the King's English．
D．They could not understand one of the words．
66．They wanted Mike to change his pronunciation becauseB．
A．German schoolchildren did not like a northern accent
B．it was different from the English taught in German schools
C．it was different from the English spoken in Germany
D．German schoolchildren were taught through recordings
67．Why did Mike's reading of the passage get worse？C
A．He needed a drink to clear his throat．
B．He was trying to do the recording in an hour．
C．He was trying hard to get certain sounds right．
D．He could not learn so many new sounds．
分析 文章介紹了我第一次去錄音的經(jīng)歷，由于我的口音的問題在錄制過程中遇到了一些困難，在努力下最后終于完成任務(wù)．
解答 64．A 65．A 66．B 67．C
64．A 細節(jié)題，根據(jù)To be honest，I was fairly sure of myself though I lacked experience這句可知，誠實地來說，盡管我缺少經(jīng)驗但很自信，所以對于第一次錄音不怯場，故選A．
65．A 細節(jié)題．從文章Could we have the passage again please，but this time say‘castle'．"這句話看出，他們是讓我再重讀一遍，特別要注意castle的發(fā)音，故選A．
66．B 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)The recording is for teaching English to German schoolchildren，and it must be spoken in the way it is taught in German schools．"可知，這個錄音是用來教授德國的孩子的，而我的口音和在德國學(xué)校里的英語要求有差別，故選B．
67．C 細節(jié)題，在最后一段But because I had to concentrate （集中） on them，I made a lot of mistakes in my reading介紹了我一遍遍的重讀，但是也不可能在一小時內(nèi)改變一生的口音，所以作者盡量把讀音讀的正確，故選C．
點評 本文是人生感悟類閱讀理解．這類題材是高考�？嫉膬�(nèi)容，它注重考查考生整體理解文章大意的能力，在做題時要結(jié)合題干以及上下文做出正確的選擇．
