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 pletely 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 es 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．businessB．culture C．support D．information【小题2】A．reply B．answer C．join D．interrupt【小题3】A．time B．short C．EnglishD．German【小题4】A．news B．problems C．effects D．opinions【小题5】A．programs B．news C．announcers D．officials【小题6】A．home B．position C．purpose D．result【小题7】A．if B．consideringC．supposing D．in order that【小题8】A．reach B．satisfy C．attack D．support【小题9】A．known B．reported C．called D．printed【小题10】A．poor B．excellentC．standard D．enough【小题11】A．normal B．fast C．good D．exact【小题12】A．stoppedB．discovered C．taught D．invited【小题13】A．it B．which C．who D．that【小题14】A．slowly B．rapidly C．normally D．loudly【小题15】A．please B．course C．opinion D．advice【小题16】A．difficult B．important C．various D．mon【小题17】A．pastB．send C．deliver D．fly【小题18】A．all B．major C．American D．news【小题19】A．broadcasts B．forms C．newspaper D．countries【小题20】A．broadcast B．announce C．translate D．prepareC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】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。
【小题1】B。由with words可以想到answer。reply后接宾语时要加to。
【小题1】D。要回复德国电台，得用“德文”来播，这样德国人能听懂。
【小题1】A。前文已说了播出的是news report。
【小题1】C。播音的主体当然是announcers（播音员）了。
【小题1】C。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，随着二战结束，敌对国家有所改变，那么广播的目的与对象的也应随之而改变。
【小题1】C。considering“考虑到……”,表示改变广播目的背景。
【小题1】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。
【小题1】C。be called “被称做…”。
【小题1】D。对英语不是很精通才导致不能完全听懂英文广播的。
【小题1】A。区别于后文提到的special English。
【小题1】A。原来没有的东西，现在有了，故用invent。
【小题1】C。引导非限制性定语从句，指物。
【小题1】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”。
【小题1】C。后面叙述的就是看法、观点。
【小题1】B。后面的内容体现了新闻报道的重要性。
【小题1】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。
【小题1】B。major cities指大城市。根据常识可排除A、D，根据around the world，可排除C。
【小题1】A。由like可知，所选词须与BBC同类。
【小题1】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。