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Daily at this time we shall speak to you about America and the war. The news may be good or bad. We shall tell you the truth.
—The Voice of America
February 24,1942
Those words were from the Voice of America’s first broadcast during World War Ⅱ. Today more than 80 million listeners tune in every day. The broadcast network is the largest in the world and reaches millions of listeners in Africa, in English, French, Hausa, Portuguese, and Swahili. The program is broadcast in Spanish and Portuguese for Central and South America. The Middle East receives its news in Arabic and Parsi, South Asia picks up signals in Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu. The Russian-language service is on 14 hours a day.
All of the broadcasts come from the Voice of America headquarters（总部）in Washington D．C．. Visitors can push a red button outside any of the twenty-five glass-walled studios and listen to the broadcasts, in Hindi, that Indian citizens are listening to at that very moment in India.
In addition to news broadcasts, the Voice of America sends out interviews and a wide variety of programs. For example, special broadcasts in easy English are written for students of English as a foreign language. Among the most popular features（特色）of the Voice of America are the musical programs which offer every kind of music from Bach to Rock.
The Voice of America is the official voice of the United States government, but it presents opposing opinions as well. To give an objective analysis（客观分析）of the news, the station gets advice from newspapers, news services, reporters, and correspondents（通讯员）from all over the world.
(1) According to the text, the Voice of America broadcast ________ during World War Ⅱ.
[ ]
A．only good news
B．only bad news
C．the real news
D．uncertain news
(2) It can be inferred that South Asian people speak ________.
[ ]
A．Arabic and Chinese
B．Swahili and Spanish
C．Hindi and Parsi
D．Hindi, Urdu and Bengali
(3) If the visitors want to listen to the broadcast in Hindi, they ________.
[ ]
A．need to understand 25 languages
B．need to push a button
C．have to learn English
D．have to be Indian Citizens
(4) From the text we know that _________.
[ ]
A．the Voice of America presents different kinds of opinions
B．it was not during the World War Ⅱ that the Voice of America started broadcasting
C．not only newspapers but also news services ask the Voice of America for help
D．the most popular program presented by the Voice of America is the English course
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—The Voice of America
February 24,1942
Those words were from the Voice of America’s first broadcast during World War Ⅱ. Today more than 80 million listeners tune in every day. The broadcast network is the largest in the world and reaches millions of listeners in Africa, in English, French, Hausa, Portuguese, and Swahili. The program is broadcast in Spanish and Portuguese for Central and South America. The Middle East receives its news in Arabic and Parsi, South Asia picks up signals in Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu. The Russian-language service is on 14 hours a day.
All of the broadcasts come from the Voice of America headquarters（总部）in Washington D．C．. Visitors can push a red button outside any of the twenty-five glass-walled studios and listen to the broadcasts, in Hindi, that Indian citizens are listening to at that very moment in India.
In addition to news broadcasts, the Voice of America sends out interviews and a wide variety of programs. For example, special broadcasts in easy English are written for students of English as a foreign language. Among the most popular features（特色）of the Voice of America are the musical programs which offer every kind of music from Bach to Rock.
The Voice of America is the official voice of the United States government, but it presents opposing opinions as well. To give an objective analysis（客观分析）of the news, the station gets advice from newspapers, news services, reporters, and correspondents（通讯员）from all over the world.
(1) According to the text, the Voice of America broadcast ________ during World War Ⅱ.
[ ]
A．only good news
B．only bad news
C．the real news
D．uncertain news
(2) It can be inferred that South Asian people speak ________.
[ ]
A．Arabic and Chinese
B．Swahili and Spanish
C．Hindi and Parsi
D．Hindi, Urdu and Bengali
(3) If the visitors want to listen to the broadcast in Hindi, they ________.
[ ]
A．need to understand 25 languages
B．need to push a button
C．have to learn English
D．have to be Indian Citizens
(4) From the text we know that _________.
[ ]
A．the Voice of America presents different kinds of opinions
B．it was not during the World War Ⅱ that the Voice of America started broadcasting
C．not only newspapers but also news services ask the Voice of America for help
D．the most popular program presented by the Voice of America is the English course
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