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 本文讲述作为电影评论家的作者在Tom的帮助下在事业上取得成功．
解答 BCDC
67 B 细节题． 根据文章第一 段That was how I met Tom Seaton，the first arts editor of The Front Page，who had also written for television． 可知他曾在各领域的媒体中工作．故选B．
68 C 细节题． 根据文章第二 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，可知午饭的目的是为了分配任务，故选C．
69 D 细节题． 根据文章第四 段It was a good idea，but we didn't get together as planned and so everything was done by phone． 可知他们并没有像计划的那样聚在一起而是通过电话完成任务，故选D．
70 C 细节题． 根据文章最后一段The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument 可知他可以自由的扩展自己的评论，故选C．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
