Question

 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 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 ended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA's 6 had to be changed, 7 the Soviet Union(苏联)became enemy of America. They wanted to 8 So?viet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

  In the early days 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 12a 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 17 fly into the VOA news room 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. knowledge    B. culture C. support    D. information

(   ) 2. A. match    B. answer     C. join    P. interrupt

(   ) 3. A. time    B. short      C. English    D. German

(   ) 4. A. news    B. announcement  C. effects    D. opinions

(   ) 5. A. stations    B. news    C. announcers    D. programmes

(   ) 6. A. language    B. position   C. purpose    D. result

(   ) 7. A. imagining    B. supposing C. considering    D. fearing

(   ) 8. A. reach    B. satisfy      C. attract    D. interest

(   ) 9. A. known    B. reported    C. called    D. decided

(   ) 10. A. American    B. British    C. standard    D. enough

(   ) 11. A. normal    B. fast         C. official    D. informal

(   ) 12. A. invented    B. discovered    C. borrowed    D. found

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

(   ) 14. A. slowly    B. formally      C. normally    D. loudly

(   ) 15. A. place        B. course         C. opinion    D. advice

(   ) 16. A. difficult    B. important    C. favorite     D. common

(   ) 17. A. world       B. country        C. universe    D. city

(   ) 18. A. all         B. major       C. famous    D. various

(   ) 19. A. broadcasts    B. forms     C. newspaper    D. countries

(   ) 20. A. write        B. announce      C. get    D. prepare

Answer 1

1-5 CBDAC   6-10 CCACD

11-15 AACAC 16 -20 BABAD

本文讲述了《美国之音》的问世及发展过程。

1. C二战期间德国向全世界广播节目应该是想要得到国际"支持"。

2. B美国之音的开播是想对德国作出"回应"。

3. D回应德国的广播用"德文"而不是英文是理所应当。

4. A下文说"but we shall tell you the truth"，而且有好也有坏的，只能是"消息"。

5. C用外语播节目的只能是"播音员"。VOA 只有一个广播电台，不能用复数。

6. C VOA广播电台是为二战服务的，所以当战争结束后，VOA的"目的"就变了。

7. C   "考虑到"苏联成为了美国的敌人。

8. A他们想向苏联听众广播他们的节目。

9. C早期的VOA加人了一些"被称为""Mu?sic USA"的新内容。A项与下文搭配不当；B 项和D项均在意义和与下文的搭配上不符。

10. D很多听众的英语水平"有限"。

11. A(许多听众因水平有限而）听不懂"正常"语速的英语广播节目。

12. A他们"发明了"一种简单的英语（即专给外国人听的慢速英语）。

13. C此空前有一个逗号，所以不能用it;又因先行词为"a simpler kind of English"，所以关系代词只能用which而不用that或who。

14. A 既然是"特别英语"，而且要让许多英语水平不够好的听众能听懂，就只能"慢速"播音了。

15. C "在某人看来"，固定搭配。

16. B下文谈到"新闻源源不断地从世界各地传来"，此空肯定是指新闻的"重要性"了。

17. A从上文所谈到的使用语言可知，VOA的'新闻节目是"全球性"的。

18. B新闻媒体的记者只能是在"主要的"城市，所以用major来修饰。

19. A根据"like"后面的"BBC"可知，还有来自其他"广播"的新闻。

20. D撰稿人与编辑用这些材料来"准备"他们的新闻报导。