题目列表(包括答案和解析)
The Voice of America began during World War Ⅱ, when Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international __16__. American officials believed they should __17__ the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world _18__. The first VOA news report began with these words in __19__: “The __20__ may be good or bad, but we shall __21__ you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA __22__ were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.
After World War Ⅱ __23__ in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s __24__ has to be changed, __25__ the Soviet Union(苏联) became enemy of America. They wanted to __26__ Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the first years VOA began __27__ something new to its broadcast that was called, “Music America”. Another new idea came __28__ in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know __29__ English to completely understand its __30__ English broadcast. So VOA __31__ a simpler kind of English, __32__ uses about 1,500 words and is spoken __33__. Of course, it is Special English.
In the __34__ of most VOA listeners, the most __35__ program is the news report. News from around the world fly into the VOA newsroom in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in major cities and also from other broadcasts like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to prepare news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.
16. A. business B. culture C. support D. information
17. A. reply B. answer C. join D. interrupt
18. A. accidents B. incidents C. events D. peace
19. A. time B. short C. English D. German
20. A. news B. problems C. effects D. opinions
21. A. prove B. tell C. say D. express
22. A. stations B. news C. announcers D. officials
23. A. broke out B. developed C. won D. ended
24. A. home B. position C. purpose D. result
25. A. if B. supposing C. considering D. in order that
26. A. reach B. satisfy C. attack D. support
27. A. connecting B. adding C. sticking D. leading
28. A. into B. across C. down D. along
29. A. American B. British C. standard D. enough
30. A. normal B. fast C. good D. exact
31. A. invented B. discovered C. taught D. stopped
32. A. it B. who C. which D. that
33. A. slowly B. rapidly C. normally D. loudly
34. A. pleasure B. course C. opinion D. advice
35. A. difficult B. important C. various D. common
Ⅶ.书面表达:
根据所给的提示,用英语写一则相声剧本(Comic Dialogues/Cross-talk)。
提示内容:有两位朋友正在打电话,一位名叫Speke(音同speak);另一位名叫Watt(音同what)。打电话时由于互问名字而引起误会。
VI.对话填空:
Interviewer: Mr Atkinson, you are most famous for two (1)c______. In one of (1)_______
them you play a smart official in old Enland, (2)w______ in the other you (2)_______
play a very silly man called Mr Bean(憨豆先生). The first program is
very popular in England and America. Why?
Mr Atkinson: The program Blackadder is very interesting. That’s the (3)t_____ (3)_______
of Shakespeare. You need a good (4)u________ of English because it’s full of (4)_______
jokes and funny ways of saying things in English. (5)L______ is very important. (5)_______
If you are not English, I think it is sometimes quite difficult to (6)f______. (6)_______
Interviewer: But a lot of people love Mr Bean. Why is that?
Mr Atkinson: Mr Bean is very poluar worldwide. I don’t know why that is.
In Mr Bean hardly any words are (7)s_______.But only leaving out the (7)_______
words does not make it an international (8)s_______. Probably people (8)_______
(9)r______ something of themselves in him. Mr Bean is as popular around (9)_______
the world, such as in Germany, France, Japan, etc.as he is in Britain.
Interviewer: Well, thank you for Mr Bean and thank you for talking with us.
Mr Atkinson: My (10)p_______. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. (10)______
Ⅲ.完形填空:
A doctor was once teaching a class of medical students at a famous 1 in London. An injured man was 2 in, and the doctor turned to 3 of the students and asked him, “What's 4 with the man?”
“I don't know, sir,” the student answered. “Shall I examine him and 5 out?” “There is no 6 to examine him,” said the doctor. “You should know without asking questions. He has 7 his right knee. Don't you notice the way he walked? He hurt it by 8 it in the fire. You see his 9 are burnt away at the 10 . This is Monday morning. Yesterday was 11 ,but on Saturday the roads were 12 and muddy. The man's trousers are muddy 13 .The man fell down on Saturday 14 .”
The doctor then turned to the man and said, “You 15 your wages on Saturday and went to a 16 house and drank too much. You 17 wet and muddy on the way 18 .You tried to dry your clothes 19 the fire when you got home. 20 you had drunk too much; you fell on the fire and burnt your knee. Is that right?”
“Yes, sir,” said the man.
1. A. university B. college C. town D. hospital
2. A. brought B. put C. called D. fetched
3. A. some B. any C. one D. all
4. A. wrong B. matter C. happened D. injured
5. A. look B. see C. turn D. find
6. A. time B. need C. doctor D. hurry
7. A. examined B. wounded C. hit D. hurted
8. A. to burn B. burn C. burnt D. burning
9. A. trousers B. right C. left D. either
10. A. end B. knee C. food D. front
11. A. rainy B. raining C. cold D. fine
12. A. crowded B. hide C. wet D. difficult
13. A. all right B. all over C. very much D. through
14. A. instead B. night C. either D. morning
15. A. had B. paid C. accepted D. spent
16. A. lonely B. nearby C. beer D. public
17. A. remained B. burned C. got D. appeared
18. A. somewhere B. there C. here D. home
19. A. by B. in C. on D. nearby
20. A. Although B. Unless C. Because D. However
10. -________ the sports meet might be put off.
-Yes, it all depends on the weather.
A. I’ve been told B. I’ve told C. I’m told D. I told
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