12．Wrting artieles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job．Before then I had done bits of reviewing---novels for other newspapers，films for a magazine and anything I was asked to do for the radio．That was how I met Tom Seaton，the first arts editor of The Front Page，who had also written for television．He hired me，but Tom was not primarily a journalist，or he would certainly have been more careful in choosing his staff．
At first，his idea was that a team of critics should take care of the art forms that didn't require specialized knowledge：books，TV，theatre，film and radio．There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover，though there would also be guests to make the atmosphere sociable．
It all felt like a bit of dream at that time：a new newspaper and I was one of the team．It seemed so unlikely that a paper could be introduced into a crowded market．It seemed just as likely that a millionaire wanted to help me personally，and was pretending to employ me．Such was my lack of self-confidence．
Tom's original scheme for a team of critics for the arts never took off．It was a good idea，but we didn't get together as planned and so everything was done by phone．It turned out，too，that the general public out there preferred to associate a reviewer with a single subject area，and so I chose film．Without Tom's initial push，though，we would hardly have come up with the present arrangement，by which I write an extended weekly piece，usually on one film．
The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument---or forces me，in an uninteresting week，to make something out of nothing．But what is my role in the public arena？I assume that people choose what films to go to on the basis of the stars，the publicity or the director．So if a film review isn't really a consumer guide，what is it？I certainly don't feel I have a responsibility to be‘right'about a movie．Nor do I think there should be a certain number of‘great'and‘bad'films each year．All I have to do is put forward an argument．I'm not a judge，and nor would I want to be．
67．What do we learn about Tom Seaton from the first paragraph？B
A．He encouraged Mark to become a writer．
B．He had worked in various areas of the media．
C．He met Mark when working for television．
D．He prefers to employ people that he knows．
68．The weekly lunches were planned in order toC．
A．help the writers get to know each other
B．provide an informal information session
C．distribute the work that had to be done
D．entertain important visitors from the arts
69．What does the author mean when he says that Tom's plan‘never took off'in Paragraph 4？D
A．It was unpopular．
B．It wasted too much time．
C．It wasn't planned properly．
D．It wasn't put into practice．
70．Which of the following best describes what Mark says about his work？C
A．His success varies from year to year．
B．He prefers to write about films he likes．
C．He can freely express his opinion．
D．He writes according to accepted rules．
分析 本文講述作為電影評(píng)論家的作者在Tom的幫助下在事業(yè)上取得成功．
解答 BCDC
67 B 細(xì)節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章第一 段That was how I met Tom Seaton，the first arts editor of The Front Page，who had also written for television． 可知他曾在各領(lǐng)域的媒體中工作．故選B．
68 C 細(xì)節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章第二 段There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover，可知午飯的目的是為了分配任務(wù)，故選C．
69 D 細(xì)節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章第四 段It was a good idea，but we didn't get together as planned and so everything was done by phone． 可知他們并沒(méi)有像計(jì)劃的那樣聚在一起而是通過(guò)電話完成任務(wù)，故選D．
70 C 細(xì)節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章最后一段The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument 可知他可以自由的擴(kuò)展自己的評(píng)論，故選C．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
