The Voice of America began during the World War II. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international
36 , American officials believed they should
37 the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in
38 . “The
39 may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA
40 were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.
After the World War II ended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s
41 had to be changed, 4
2 the Soviet Union became enemy of America. They wanted to
43 Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was
44 “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know
45 English to completely understand its
46 English broadcast. So VOA
47 a simpler kind of English,
48 uses about 1,500 words and is spoken
49 of course, it is special English.
In the
50 of most VOA listeners, the most
51 program is the news report. News from around the world
52 into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in
53 cities and also from other
54 like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to
55 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.
| 小题1: | | A．business | B．culture | C．support | D．information |
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| 小题2: | | A．reply | B．answer | C．join | D．interrupt |
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| 小题3: | | A．same | B．short | C．English | D．German |
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| 小题4: | | A．news | B．problems | C．effects | D．opinions |
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| 小题5: | | A．stations | B．news | C．announcers | D．officials |
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| 小题6: | | A．home | B．position | C．purpose | D．results |
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| 小题7: | | A．if | B．supposing | C．considering | D．in order that |
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| 小题8: | | A．reach | B．satisfy | C．attack | D．support |
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| 小题9: | | A．known | B．reported | C．called | D．printed |
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| 小题10: | | A．American | B．British | C．standard | D．enough |
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| 小题11: | | A．normal | B．fast | C．good | D．exact |
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| 小题12: | | A．invented | B．discovered | C．taught | D．stopped |
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| 小题14: | | A．pleasure | B．course | C．opinion | D．advice |
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| 小题15: | | A．pleasure | B．course | C．opinion | D．advice |
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| 小题16: | | A．difficult | B．important | C．various | D．common |
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| 小题17: | | A．flies | B．sends | C．delivers | D．pasts |
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| 小题18: | | A．all | B．major | C．American | D．news |
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| 小题19: | | A．broadcasts | B．forms | C．newspapers | D．countries |
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| 小题20: | | A．broadcast | B．announce | C．translate | D．prepare |
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