The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ, when Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international   36 . American officials believed they should   37   the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in   38 . “The   39  may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA   40  were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.
After the World War Ⅱended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s   41  had to be changed, 42  the Soviet Union（蘇聯(lián)）became enemy of America. They wanted to   43  Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early days VOA began adding something new to its Broadcast that was   44     “Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know _ 45  English to completely understand its   46  English broadcast. So VOA   47  a simpler kind of English,   48  uses about 1,500 words and is spoken   49 . Of course, it is special English.
In the   50  of most VOA listeners, the most   51  program is the news report. News from around the world   52  into the VOA news room in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in   53  cities and also from other   54  like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to   55  news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.
小題1:
A．businessB．culture C．support D．information
小題2:
A．reply B．a(chǎn)nswer C．join D．interrupt
小題3:
A．time B．short C．EnglishD．German
小題4:
A．news B．problems C．effects D．opinions
小題5:
A．programs B．news C．a(chǎn)nnouncers D．officials
小題6:
A．home B．position C．purpose D．result
小題7:
A．if B．consideringC．supposing D．in order that
小題8:
A．reach B．satisfy C．a(chǎn)ttack D．support
小題9:
A．known B．reported C．called D．printed
小題10:
A．poor B．excellentC．standard D．enough
小題11:
A．normal B．fast C．good D．exact
小題12:
A．stoppedB．discovered C．taught D．invited
小題13:
A．it B．which C．who D．that
小題14:
A．slowly B．rapidly C．normally D．loudly
小題15:
A．please B．course C．opinion D．a(chǎn)dvice
小題16:
A．difficult B．important C．various D．common
小題17:
A．pastB．send C．deliver D．fly
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)ll B．major C．American D．news
小題19:
A．broadcasts B．forms C．newspaper D．countries
小題20:
A．broadcast B．a(chǎn)nnounce C．translate D．prepare

小題1:C
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小題1:D
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小題1:C。二戰(zhàn)期間，德國做廣播節(jié)目的初衷應(yīng)是呼吁國際“支持（support）”，而不可能是另三項。
小題1:B。由with words可以想到answer。reply后接賓語時要加to。
小題1:D。要回復(fù)德國電臺，得用“德文”來播，這樣德國人能聽懂。
小題1:A。前文已說了播出的是news report。
小題1:C。播音的主體當(dāng)然是announcers（播音員）了。
小題1:C。VOA電臺成立之初的目標(biāo)主要是對二戰(zhàn)中的一些敵對國家進行宣傳，隨著二戰(zhàn)結(jié)束，敵對國家有所改變，那么廣播的目的與對象的也應(yīng)隨之而改變。
小題1:C。considering“考慮到……”,表示改變廣播目的背景。
小題1:A。reach是中性詞，其他三詞要么是褒義，要么是貶義，在此不合語境。
小題1:C。be called “被稱做…”。
小題1:D。對英語不是很精通才導(dǎo)致不能完全聽懂英文廣播的。
小題1:A。區(qū)別于后文提到的special English。
小題1:A。原來沒有的東西，現(xiàn)在有了，故用invent。
小題1:C。引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，指物。
小題1:A。正常英語聽不懂，除了詞匯問題，更重要的還有語速問題，即速度要“慢”。
小題1:C。后面敘述的就是看法、觀點。
小題1:B。后面的內(nèi)容體現(xiàn)了新聞報道的重要性。
小題1:A。flies表達了新聞的及時、快速的特點，其余的詞沒有這種意思。
小題1:B。major cities指大城市。根據(jù)常識可排除A、D，根據(jù)around the world，可排除C。
小題1:A。由like可知，所選詞須與BBC同類。
小題1:D。由后面的定語從句可以推知，這里指新聞報道的前期“準(zhǔn)備”工作。
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