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Looked at one way, it is faintly ludicrous that Sir David Frost should be writing his autobiography already. That he should have written just the first 30 years'' worth might be thought strange. Here he is, not yet 55 years old, producing a volume of 520 pages that takes us no further than 1969.
It is, true, the period of his life that established his name and fortune, that swift rise from undergraduate cabaret turn to star host on both sides of the Atlantic, joint founder of an ambitious ITV company and long since able to invite show business stars, business tycoons and a British Prime Minister to breakfast at three days'' notice. (An event recalled in his book with such empty difference that you cannot decide whether the comprehensive name-dropping is intended to impress or just a habit.)
And yet David Frost, a significant figure in British television, certainly in the rapidly changing environment of the 1960''s, remains something of a mystery. Never far from positions of influence, wealthier from his broad casting activities than all but the biggest moguls (重要人物), he is in many ways on the edge of things.
His book, like his career perhaps, is as fascinating as it is unsatisfactory. The length is due to its liberal resort to programme transcripts, which yield verbatim (照字面的) exchanges with his many interviewees as well as detailed recall of the highs and lows of That Was The Week That Was and the scripting process that achieved them.
The private Frost is to be caught only in passing, as he remains true to his preface:" Where there was a choice between a 60s tale and a personal one. I have tried always to include the former.
The outcome is, I think, an insider''s book, dependent on remembering the times or knowing the people. But at that level, it is highly suggestive of its era, offers a view from a unique angle, yields some new insights—into the formation of London Weekend Television, for instance—and earns its place in the history of British television. Like its author.
【答案解析】本题译文：文章所涵盖的时间范围是David Frost 1969年前的生平。细节题。文中第一段最后一句“…that takes us no further than 1969．”可知本文讲叙的是David Frost 1969年前的生平。而其他的时间信息点均与本题不符。选项A“last thirty years”错误，因为文中出现的是“just the first thirty years’worth…”指他的前三十年；选项D错误更加明显，因为56这一时间概念是指David Frost当时还不到55岁。
单选题
David Frost is______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本题译文：戴维.弗罗斯特(David Frost)是一位有影响力的电视主持人。细节题。文中出现几处关于作者身份的信息最明显的有二处，一是第三段的首句中出现的同位语“a significant figure in British television”，另一处为最后一段的最后一句“earns its place in the history of British television．”可知他是英国电视史上一位著名而重要的人物，故选A。选项C较有迷惑性，在文中第二段第二、三行有“他邀请商业大鳄，一位英国首相共进早餐”这一信息，极易让人想到他可能是一位政治家。
单选题
The writing from which this passage is taken is described as an insider''s book because it requires a knowledge of______.