Question

阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项。

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

After the World WarⅡended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s had to be changed, the Soviet Union became enemy of America．They wanted to Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

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

In the of most VOA listeners, the most program is the news report. News from around the world into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in cities and also from other like BBC．VOA writers and editors use these materials to 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.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述了美国之音（VOA）由来及发展过程。

1.名词。A商务，业务，B文化，C支持，D信息。美国之音VOA的广播开始于第二次世界大战期间，与此同时德国正在利用无线电广播以获得国际(舆论)的支持。根据句意故选C。

2.动词。由文中的with words可推断出answer。reply后接宾语时要加to。这里指要回复德国电台。根据句意故选B。

3.形容词。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。根据句意故选D.

4.名词。A．news消息；B．problems问题；C．effects影响；D．opinions观点。前文已说了播出的是news report。根据句意故选A。

5.名词。A．stations电视台；B．news消息；C．announcers播音员；D．officials官员。由常识可知，播音的主体是announcers(播音员)了。根据句意故选C.

6.名词。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。故选C。

7.连词。A．if如果；B．supposing假如；C．considering考虑到；D．in order that 目的是。considering“考虑到……”,表示改变广播目的背景。故选C。

8.动词。A．reach到达；B．satisfy满意；C．attack袭击；D．support支持。reach是中性词，其他三词要么是褒义，要么是贬义，在此不合语境。根据句意故选A。

9.动词。A．known知道；B．reported报告；C．called称为；D．printed打印。这里的be called “被称做…”。它的广播被称为“美国音乐”。故选C。
10.形容词。A．American美国的；B．British英国的；C．standard标准的；D．enough足够的。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。故选D。

11.形容词。A．normal正常的；B．fast快的；C．good好的；D．exact确切的。此处的normal区别于后文提到的special English。故选A。
12.动词。A．invented发明；B．discovered发现；C．taught教；D．stopped停止。原来没有的东西，现在发明出来，故用invent。根据句意故选A

13.代词。这里考查which引导的定语从句。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。根据句意故选C

14.副词。slowly慢的。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”。可知应选A。

15.名词。A．pleasure快乐；B．course课程；C．opinion观点；D．advice建议。opinion观点，看法。后面叙述的就是看法、观点。故选C。

16.形容词。A．difficult困难的；B．important重要的；C．various不同的；D．common共同的。由文意可知，后面的内容体现了新闻报道的重要性。根据句意故选B.

17.动词。A．flies飞；B．sends发送；C．delivers递送；D．pasts经过。此处的flies表示新闻的及时、快速的特点。故选A。

18.形容词。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。根据句意故选B.

19.名词。A．broadcasts广播；B．forms形式；C．newspapers报纸；D．countries国家。由like可知，所选词须与BBC同类。根据句意故选A.

20.动词。A．broadcast广播；B．announce宣布；C．translate翻译；D．prepare准备。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。根据句意故选D。

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