Question

The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international __1__， American officials believed they should __2__ the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in __3__. “The __4__ may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA __5__ were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After the World War Ⅱended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA's __6__ had to be changed，__7__ the Soviet Union became enemy of America. They wanted to __8__ Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was __9__“ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know __10__ English to completely understand its __11__ English broadcast. So VOA __12__ a simpler kind of English, __13__ uses about 1,500 words and is spoken __14__ of course, it is special English.

In the __15__ of most VOA listeners, the most __16__ program is the news report. News from around the world __17__ into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in __18__ cities and also from other __19__ like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to __20__ news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

1. A. business        B. culture     C. support          D. information

2. A. reply          B. answer       C. join             D. interrupt

3. A. same          B. short           C. English          D. German

4. A. news          B. problems       C. effects           D. opinions

5. A. stations        B. news           C. announcers       D. officials

6. A. home         B. position         C. purpose          D. results

7. A. if            B. supposing      C. considering       D. in order that

8. A. reach         B. satisfy         C. attack           D. support

9. A. known        B. reported         C. called           D. printed

10. A. American            B. British         

C. standard             D. enough

11. A. normal        B. fast           C. good            D. exact

12. A. invented       B. discovered    C. taught          D. stopped

13. A. it            B. who         C. which           D. that

14. A. slowly        B. rapidly     C. normally        D. loudly

15. A. pleasure      B. course       C. opinion          D. advice

16. A. difficult      B. important    C. various          D. common

17. A. flies         B. sends       C. delivers          D. pasts

18. A. all           B. major       C. American       D. news

19. A. broadcasts        B. forms

C. newspapers       D. countries

20. A. broadcast        B. announce      

C. translate         D. prepare

Answer 1

 1. 解析：选C。由文意可知，二战期间，德国做广播节目的初衷应是呼吁国际“支持(support)”，而不可能是商业，文化及消息。

2. 解析：选B。由文中的with words可推断出answer。reply后接宾语时要加to。

3. 解析：选D。由常识可知，要回复德国电台，得用“德文”来播，这样德国人才能听懂。

4. 解析：选A。前文已说了播出的是news report，故选A。

5. 解析：选C。由常识可知，播音的主体是announcers(播音员)了。

6. 解析：选C。由文意可知，VOA电台成立之初的目标主要是对二战中的一些敌对国家进行宣传，随着二战的结束，敌对国家有所改变，那么广播的目的与对象也应随之发生改变。

7. 解析：选C。considering考虑到，表示改变广播目的背景。

8. 解析：选A。reach是中性词，其他三个词要么是褒义，要么是贬义，在此不符合语境。

9. 解析：选C。be called 被称做……，符合语境。

10. 解析：选D。由常识可知，对英语不是很精通才导致不能完全听懂英文广播。

11. 解析：选A。此处的normal区别于后文提到的special English。

12. 解析：选A。原来没有的东西，现在发明出来，故用invent。

13. 解析：选C。分析语境及句子结构可知，此处应是引导非限制性定语从句，指物。

14. 解析：选A。由常识可知，正常英语听不懂，除了词汇问题，更重要的还有语速问题，即速度要“慢”。

15. 解析：选C。opinion观点，看法。后面叙述的就是看法、观点。

16. 解析：选B。由文意可知，后面的内容体现了新闻报道的重要性。

17. 解析：选A。此处的flies表示新闻的及时、快速的特点。

18. 解析：选B。major cities大城市。根据常识可排除A、D两项；根据around the world，可排除C项。

19. 解析：选A。由like可知，所选词须与BBC同类。

20. 解析：选D。由后面的定语从句可推知，这里指新闻报道的前期“准备”工作。