阅读理解 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 e 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’．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 angrily 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．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． (1) What happened after Mike had read the third passage? [ ] 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．(2) They wanted Mike to change his pronunciation because ________． [ ] 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(3) Why did Mike read the passage again and again? [ ] 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．
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【答案】 答案：1．A;2．B;3．C;解析：(1) 细节理解题。在测试中“我”先读了一段测试题。然后“I read a longer passage in English about the delights of touring in Britain and another about the delights of ...