【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题是一道细节题。答案在第五段“These earnest reflections came to me recently when two CDs arrived in the mail．They are historic recordings of famous writers reading their own works．It was thrilling to hear the voices from a long dead past in the late 19th century．”earnest(热切的)和thrilling(兴奋的，发抖的)都可以表示作者听到很久以前的作家朗读自己作品的声音时的激动心情。