Directions:Thereare20numberedblanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreachblank,therearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD,choosetheonethatbestcompletesthedialogueandmarkyouranswerontheANSEWRSHEET.
TheVoiceofAmericabeganduringtheWorldWarⅡ.WhenGermanywasbroadcastingaradioprogramtogetinternational21___Americanofficialsbelievedtheyshould22___theGermanbroadcastwithwordsthattheythoughtwerethefactsofworldevents.ThefirstVOAnewsreportbeganwithwordsin23___“The24___maybegoodorbad,butweshalltellyouthetruth.”Withinaweek,otherVOA25____werebroadcastinginItalian,FrenchandEnglish.
AftertheWorldWarⅡendedin1945,someAmericansfeltVOA‘s26____hadtobechanged,27____theSovietUnionbecameenemyofAmericA.Theywantedto28____Sovietlisteners.ThenVOAbeganbroadcastinginRussian.
IntheearlyyearsVOAbeganaddingsomethingnewtoitsbroadcastthatwas29__________“MusicUSA”.Anothernewideacamealongin1959.VOAknewthatmanylistenersdidnotknow30__________Englishtocompletelyunderstandits31__________Englishbroadcast.SoVOA32__________asimplerkindofEnglish,33__________usesabout1，500wordsandisspoken34__________ofcourse,itisspecialEnglish.
Inthe35__________ofmostVOAlisteners,themost36__________programisthenewsreport.Newsfromaroundtheworld37__________intotheVOAnewsroomsinWashington24hoursaday.ItcomesfromVOAreportersin38__________citiesandalsofromother39__________likeBBC.VOAwritersandeditorsusethesematerialsto40__________newsreports,whicharebeingbroadcastin43languages.
21.A.businessB.cultureC.supportD.information
22.A.replyB.answerC.joinD.interrupt
23.A.sameB.shortC.EnglishD.German
24.A.newsB.problemsC.effectsD.opinions
25.A.stationsB.newsC.announcersD.officials
26.A.homeB.positionC.purposeD.results
27.A.ifB.supposingC.consideringD.inorderthat
28.A.reachB.satisfyC.attackD.support
29.A.knownB.reportedC.calledD.printed
30.A.AmericanB.BritishC.standardD.enough
31.A.normalB.fastC.goodD.exact
32.A.inventedB.discoveredC.taughtD.stopped
33.A.itB.whoC.whichD.that
34.A.slowlyB.rapidlyC.normallyD.loudly
35.A.pleasureB.courseC.opinionD.advice
36.A.difficultB.importantC.variousD.common
37.A.fliesB.sendsC.deliversD.pasts
38.A.allB.majorC.AmericanD.news
39.A.broadcastsB.formsC.newspapersD.countries
40.A.broadcastB.announceC.translateD.prepare
【参考答案】
21—25CBDAC26—30CCACD31—35AACAC36—40BABAD
21.选C.二战期间，德国做广播节目的初衷应是呼吁国际“支持(support)”，而不可能是另三项。
22.选B.由withwords可以想到answer.reply后接宾语时要加to.
23.选D.要回复德国电台，得用“德文”来播，这样德国人能听懂。
24.选A.前文已说了播出的是newsreport.
25.选C.播音的主体当然是announcers(播音员)了。
26.选C.VOA电台成立之初的目标主要是对二战中的一些敌对进行宣传，随着二战结束，敌对有所改变，那么广播的目的与对象的也应随之而改变。
27.选C.considering“考虑到……”，表示改变广播目的背景。
28.选A.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。
29.选C.becalled“被称做…”。
30.选D.对英语不是很精通才导致不能完全听懂英文广播的。
31.选A.区别于后文提到的specialEnglish.
32.选A.原来没有的东西，现在有了，故用invent.
33.选C.引导非限制性定语从句，指物。
34.选A.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”。
35.选C.后面叙述的就是看法、观点。
36.选B.后面的内容体现了新闻报道的重要性。
37.选A.flies表达了新闻的及时、快速的特点，其余的词没有这种意思。
38.选B.majorcities指大城市。根据常识可排除A、D，根据aroundtheworld，可排除C.
39.选A.由like可知，所选词须与BBC同类。
40.选D.由后面的定语从句可以推知，这里指新闻报道的前期“准备”工作。