The Voice of America began during the World War II. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international 1, American officials believed they should 2the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in3. “The4may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA5were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.
After the World War II ended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s6had to be changed, 47the Soviet Union became enemy of America. They wanted to8Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was9“ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know10English to completely understand its11English broadcast. So VOA12 a simpler kind of English,13uses about 1,500 words and is spoken14of course, it is special English.
In the15of most VOA listeners, the most16program is the news report. News from around the world17into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in18cities and also from other19like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to20news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      business
    2. B.
      culture
    3. C.
      support
    4. D.
      information
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      reply
    2. B.
      answer
    3. C.
      join
    4. D.
      interrupt
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      same
    2. B.
      short
    3. C.
      English
    4. D.
      German
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      news
    2. B.
      problems
    3. C.
      effects
    4. D.
      opinions
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      stations
    2. B.
      news
    3. C.
      announcers
    4. D.
      officials
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      home
    2. B.
      position
    3. C.
      purpose
    4. D.
      results
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      if
    2. B.
      supposing
    3. C.
      considering
    4. D.
      in order that
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      reach
    2. B.
      satisfy
    3. C.
      attack
    4. D.
      support
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      known
    2. B.
      reported
    3. C.
      called
    4. D.
      printed
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      American
    2. B.
      British
    3. C.
      standard
    4. D.
      enough
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      normal
    2. B.
      fast
    3. C.
      good
    4. D.
      exact
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      invented
    2. B.
      discovered
    3. C.
      taught
    4. D.
      stopped
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      it
    2. B.
      who
    3. C.
      which
    4. D.
      that
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      pleasure
    2. B.
      course
    3. C.
      opinion
    4. D.
      advice
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      pleasure
    2. B.
      course
    3. C.
      opinion
    4. D.
      advice
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      difficult
    2. B.
      important
    3. C.
      various
    4. D.
      common
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      flies
    2. B.
      sends
    3. C.
      delivers
    4. D.
      pasts
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      all
    2. B.
      major
    3. C.
      American
    4. D.
      news
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      broadcasts
    2. B.
      forms
    3. C.
      newspapers
    4. D.
      countries
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      broadcast
    2. B.
      announce
    3. C.
      translate
    4. D.
      prepare
CBDAC CCACD AACAC BABAD
文章介紹了VOA的產(chǎn)生以及部分播音節(jié)目。
1.名詞辨析。由上下文可知德國創(chuàng)辦節(jié)目是為了得到支持,而美國創(chuàng)辦VOA是為了對抗這個節(jié)目,讓民眾知道真相。
2.動詞辨析。解析同上。
3.上下文串聯(lián)。VOA本來就是為了回應(yīng)德國節(jié)目的,所以應(yīng)該也是用德語廣播。
4.上下文可知。這里是指播送的消息有好有不好,但是說的都是事實。
5.名詞辨析。由上下文可知是VOA播音員用意大利語法語和英語廣播節(jié)目。
6.上下文串聯(lián)。VOA本來的目的是為了對抗德國的節(jié)目,但是戰(zhàn)爭結(jié)束以后對手不存在了,目的也就變了。
7.詞義辨析。A如果;B假如,如果;C考慮到;D為了;由句意可知考慮到蘇聯(lián)成為了對手,所以他們想吸引蘇聯(lián)的聽眾,就播放俄語節(jié)目。
8.動詞辨析。解析同上。
9.詞義辨析。由句意可知這個節(jié)目被稱為Music USA。
10.形容詞辨析。由上下文可知很多人對英語了解不多,不太能完全了解正常的VOA節(jié)目。
11.形容詞辨析。解析同上。
12.動詞辨析。根據(jù)是下文可知VOA開創(chuàng)了一個新節(jié)目special English.
13.語法分析。非限制性定語從句中which指代先行詞在句中做主語。
14.上下文辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知這里提及的是VOA慢速英語。
15.固定詞組。In the opinion of…在某人看來。
16.形容詞辨析。A困難的;B重要的;C各種各樣的;D普通的;由上下文可知VOAnews很重要,可以獲得很多信息,各種信息都進入了VOA新聞。
17.語義辨析。解析同上。
18.詞義辨析。A所有的;B重大的;C美國的;D新聞;有句意可知很多新聞來自大城市的VOA記者。
19.上下文辨析。根據(jù)下文的like BBC可知是廣播節(jié)目。
20.動詞辨析。A廣播;B宣布;C翻譯;D準備;由句意可知VOA的編輯和作者用這些材料準備新聞報道。
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