12.Which hotel faces the Orchard Hotel?
A.The First Hotel B.The Osaka Hotel.
C.The Fairview Hotel D.No, hotel
(D)
Daily at this we shall speak to you about America and the war. The
news may be good or bed. 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 WarⅡ. 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 hour 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 t the broadcast, in Hindi, that Indian citizens are listening to at that
very moment in India.
In addition to news broadcasts, the Voice of America sents 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.