16．A linguist，who studies languages，is always listening，never off-duty．I invited a group of friends to my house，telling them that I was going to record their speech．I said I was interested in their regional accents （地方口音），and it would take only a few minutes to record it．Afterwards，one evening，three people came to my house and were shown into my sitting-room．In front of each chair there was a microphone （麥克風） at head height，connected to a recorder in the middle of the floor．They sat down rather nervously．I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from one to twenty，then we could relax and have a drink．
I turned on the recorder and they each in turn counted from one to twenty in their best accents．When it was over，I turned the recorder off and brought round the drinks．The rest of the evening was spent in complete relaxation．I talked and joked with them freely and left them for a telephone call which lasted some time．
You know，of course，the microphones were not connected to the recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one in the bedroom．My friends，having seen the recorder before them turned off，paid no more attention to the microphones a few inches from their mouths，thus giving excellent sound quality （質量）．It meant that I was able to get a piece of natural talk．
I should add，perhaps，that I did tell my friends what had happened to them after the recording was over，and asked them whether it should be destroyed．None of them wanted to-but for some years after that，it always seemed that when it came to buying drinks，I paid for them．Linguistic research can be a very expensive business．
33．The underlined word"linguist"in Paragraph 1 probably means"B"．
A．people who learn to speak languages．
B．people who do research on languages．
C．people who speak languages．
D．people who develop languages．
34．The recording which the writer was able to make wasA．
A．natural．
B．beautiful
C．unclear．
D．nervous．
35．When the writer told his friends what he had done，theyB．
A．wanted him to destroy recordgs
B．didn't seem to mind much
C．seemed to have no response （反應）
D．made him buy them more drinks．
分析 全文大意：
語言學家是研究語言的人，要一直聽，沒有下班的時候．我邀請了一些好朋友到我家，告訴他們我打算錄他們的講話．我說我對他們的地方口音感興趣，只花幾分鐘的錄制時間．之后，一天晚上，三個人來到我家，被帶到客廳．在每個椅子前面有一個麥克風，連接到地板中間的錄音機上．他們坐在那里很緊張．我解釋道我只想讓他們從一數到二十，然后我們就可以放松、喝點東西．我打開錄音機，他們依次輪流用他們最好的口音從一數到二十．當結束時，我關掉了錄音機，拿來了飲料．晚上其余的時間都是在完全放松的狀態下度過的．我隨便和他們聊天開玩笑．當然麥克風根本沒有連接在屋子中央的錄音機上而是連在了臥室里一臺錄音機上．我的朋友看到他們面前的錄音機關了．沒有注意到距離他們嘴巴幾英寸的麥克風，從而得到了最佳的聲音質量．這意味著我能得到一段自然的談話．在錄制結束之后我告訴了朋友發生的一切，并且詢問他們是否破壞掉這段錄音．沒有人想破壞掉，但是此后的幾年里，似乎在買飲料的時候，總是我給他們付錢．語言研究可能是一項昂貴的事業．
解答 答案：
33、B 詞義猜測題 根據A linguist，who studies languages可知…是研究語言的人，可猜測 劃線單詞linguist是在語言方面做研究的人，故選B
34、A 細節理解題 根據第三段It meant that I was able to get a piece of natural talk．"這意味著我能得到一段自然的談話"可知作者錄制的談話是自然的，故選A
35、B 細節理解題 根據最后一段I did tell my friends what had happened to them after the recording was over，and asked them whether it should be destroyed．None of them wanted to"在錄制結束之后我告訴了朋友發生的一切，并且詢問他們是否破壞掉這段錄音．沒有人想破壞掉"可知當作者告訴朋友他說做的一切時，他們并不介意，故選B
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