阅读下面短文，掌握其大意；然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D选项中，选出最佳选项。

The Voice of America began during World WarⅡ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international   1  , American officials believed they should   2   the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in German. “The news may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA   3   were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After World WarⅡended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s   4   had to be changed, considering the Soviet Union became the enemy of America．They wanted to   5    Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was   6___  “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959．VOA knew that many listeners did not know enough English to completely understand its   7   English broadcast. So VOA   8___   a simpler kind of English, which uses about 1,500 words and is spoken slowly of course, it is special English.

In the opinion of most VOA listeners, the most important program is the news report. News from around the world   9   into the VOA news rooms 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   10   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．stations          B．news             C．announcers       D．officials

4. A．home          B．position      C．purpose        D．results

5. A．reach         B．satisfy          C．attack           D．support

6. A．known         B．reported       C．called             D．printed

7. A．normal        B．fast             C．good             D．exact

8. A．invented     B．discovered  C．taught           D．stopped

9. A．flies         B．sends        C．delivers        D．pasts

10. A．broadcast        B．announce         C．translate       D．prepare

II 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）

 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意；然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The Voice of America began during World WarⅡ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international   21  , American officials believed they should   22   the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in German. “The news may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA   23   were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After World WarⅡended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s   24   had to be changed, considering the Soviet Union became the enemy of America．They wanted to   25    Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was   26___  “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959．VOA knew that many listeners did not know enough English to completely understand its   27   English broadcast. So VOA   28___   a simpler kind of English, which uses about 1,500 words and is spoken slowly of course, it is special English.

In the opinion of most VOA listeners, the most important program is the news report. News from around the world   29   into the VOA news rooms 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   30   news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

21. A．business        B．culture             C．support              D．information

22.   A．reply          B．answer         C．join                  D．interrupt

23. A．stations         B．news                 C．announcers           D．officials

24. A．home            B．position               C．purpose             D．results

25. A．reach            B．satisfy       C．attack               D．support

26. A．known            B．reported       C．called             D．printed

27. A．normal           B．fast           C．good                 D．exact

28. A．invented         B．discovered       C．taught                D．stopped

29. A．flies               B．sends            C．delivers              D．pasts

30. A．broadcast        B．announce              C．translate             D．prepare

II 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）

 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意；然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The Voice of America began during World WarⅡ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international   21  , American officials believed they should   22   the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in German. “The news may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA   23   were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After World WarⅡended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s   24   had to be changed, considering the Soviet Union became the enemy of America．They wanted to   25    Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was   26___  “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959．VOA knew that many listeners did not know enough English to completely understand its   27   English broadcast. So VOA   28___   a simpler kind of English, which uses about 1,500 words and is spoken slowly of course, it is special English.

In the opinion of most VOA listeners, the most important program is the news report. News from around the world   29   into the VOA news rooms 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   30   news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

21. A．business        B．culture          C．support             D．information

22.   A．reply        B．answer         C．join                D．interrupt

23. A．stations         B．news                C．announcers          D．officials

24. A．home           B．position             C．purpose            D．results

25. A．reach           B．satisfy       C．attack              D．support

26. A．known          B．reported       C．called             D．printed

27. A．normal         B．fast           C．good               D．exact

28. A．invented        B．discovered      C．taught               D．stopped

29. A．flies             B．sends           C．delivers            D．pasts

30. A．broadcast        B．announce            C．translate            D．prepare

The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ, 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 Ⅱended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s   41  had to be changed, 42  the Soviet Union（苏联）became enemy of America. They wanted to   43  Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early days 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 room 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.