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The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ, when Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international  31  .American officials believed they should  32  the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in  33   “The  34  may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA  35  were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After the World War ended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s  36  had to be changed, 37  the Soviet Union(苏联)became enemy of America. They wanted to  38  Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early days VOA began adding something new to its Broadcast that was  39  “Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know _   40  English to completely understand its  41  English broadcast. So VOA  42  a simpler kind of English,  43  uses about 1,500 words and is spoken  44  . Of course, it is special English.

In the  45  of most VOA listeners, the most  46  program is the news report. News from around the world  47  into the VOA news room in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in  48  cities and also from other  49  like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to  50  news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

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

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

33. A. time   B. short C. English    D. German

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

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

36. A. home   B. position    C. purpose    D. result

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

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

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

40. A. American   B. British     C. standard   D. enough

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

42. A. invited     B. discovered     C. taught     D. stopped

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

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

45. A. please B. course     C. opinion    D. advice

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

47. A. fly     B. send   C. deliver    D. past

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

49. A. broadcasts   B. forms     C. newspaper     D. countries

50. A. broadcast   B. announce   C. translate   D. prepare

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