A

The Voice of America began during the 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 3 . “The 4 may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA 5 were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After the World WarⅡended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s 6 had to be changed, 7 the Soviet Union became enemy of America．They wanted to 8 Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was 9 “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959．VOA knew that many listeners did not know 10 English to completely understand its 11 English broadcast. So VOA 12 a simpler kind of English, 13 uses about 1,500 words and is spoken 14 of course, it is special English.

In the 15 of most VOA listeners, the most 16 program is the news report. News from around the world 17 into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in 18 cities and also from other 19 like BBC．VOA writers and editors use these materials to 20 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

(C)1．A．business B．culture C．support D．information

(B)2．A．reply B．answer C．join D．interrupt

(D)3．A．same B．short C．English D．German

(A)4．A．news B．problems C．effects D．opinions

(C)5．A．stations B．news C．announcers D．officials

(C)6．A．home B．position C．purpose D．results

(C)7．A．if B．supposing C．considering D．in order that

(A)8．A．reach B．satisfy C．attack D．support

(C)9．A．known B．reported C．called D．printed

(D)10．A．American B．British C．standard D．enough

(A)11．A．normal B．fast C．good D．exact

(A)12．A．invented B．discovered C．taught D．stopped

(C)13．A．it B．who C．which D．that

(A)14．A．slowly B．rapidly C．normally D．loudly

(C)15．A．pleasure B．course C．opinion D．advice

(B)16．A．difficult B．important C．various D．common

(A)17．A．flies B．sends C．delivers D．pasts

(B)18．A．all B．major C．American D．news

(A)19．A．broadcasts B．forms C．newspapers D．countries

(D)20．A．broadcast B．announce C．translate D．prepare

1．【解析】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。

2．【解析】B。由with words可以想到answer。reply后接宾语时要加to。

3．【解析】D。要回复德国电台，得用“德文”来播，这样德国人能听懂。

4．【解析】A。前文已说了播出的是news report。

5．【解析】C。播音的主体当然是announcers（播音员）了。

6．【解析】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。

7．【解析】C。considering“考虑到……”,表示改变广播目的背景。

8．【解析】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。

9．【解析】C。be called “被称做…”。

10．【解析】D。对英语不是很精通才导致不能完全听懂英文广播的。

11．【解析】A。区别于后文提到的special English。

12．【解析】A。原来没有的东西，现在有了，故用invent。

13．【解析】C。引导非限制性定语从句，指物。

14．【解析】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”。

15．【解析】C。后面叙述的就是看法、观点。

16．【解析】B。后面的内容体现了新闻报道的重要性。

17．【解析】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。

18．【解析】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。

19．【解析】A。由like可知，所选词须与BBC同类。

20．【解析】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。

B

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it. 1 to the flower shop were always useless---it was a cash 2 . After a while I stopped trying to 3 who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower. But I never 4 imagining who the sender might be. Some of my 5 moments were spent daydreaming about it.

My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n) 6 kindness who might be showing 7 . Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was 8 a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man 9 the street whose mail I helped to get during the 10 so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy steps. As a teenager, 11 , I had more fun guessing that it might be a 12 who had noticed me 13 I didn’t know him.

One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was 14 some of the most important events in my life. I became completely 15 in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I 16 the dance and the dress for it. The next day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t 17 if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.

She wanted her children to feel 18 and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a magic in the world and 19 in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia---loveable, 20 and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.

(A)1.A. Calls B. Quarrels C. Messages D. Letters

(B)2.A. service B. deal C. bargain D. offer

(D)3.A. recognize B. imagine C. wonder D. discover

(B)4.A. failed B. stopped C. succeeded D. enjoyed

(C)5.A. saddest B. painful C. happiest D. loneliest

(A)6.A. special B. common C. valuable D. important

(D)7.A. concern B. attitude C. interest D. appreciation

(C)8.A. repairing B. washing C. unloading D. starting

(A)9.A. across B. through C. from D. onto

(D)10.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

(A)11.A. though B. anyway C. therefore D. indeed

(D)12.A. friend B. superman C. teacher D. boy

(B)13.A. as if B. even though C. in case D. so that

(C)14.A. considering B. expecting C. missing D. preparing

(B)15.A. disappointed B. uninterested C. discouraged D. concentrated

(A)16.A. forgot B. lost C. hated D. expected

(C)17.A. wonder B. believe C. care D. know

(D)18.A. contented B. respected C. thanked D. loved

(B)19.A. trouble B. beauty C. difficulty D. love

(A)20.A. strong B. beautiful C. smelly D. lucky

1. 【解析】A这里作者说“我给花店打电话询问”，用call to the shop,如果表示花店的信息应该是messages from the flower shop，而且不符合上下文的语境。

2. 【解析】B这里用deal表示“交易”，如It’s a deal. (咱们成交),这是现金交易，对方也没有留下任何信息。

3. 【解析】D我就不再去探询谁是送花人。

4. 【解析】B我虽然不再去寻找送花人是谁，但是我时刻在想是谁给我送花的。

5. 【解析】C从上下文判断显然用happiest,想到有人给我送的栀子花我就觉得高兴快乐。

6. 【解析】A从上下文判断，这一定是我对某人特别有恩，所以他总是送花给我。

7. 【解析】D送花给我，以表明他对我的感激和谢意。

8. 【解析】C从语境判断，这是我的猜想，邻居买回来一车的日常用品，我帮他从车上拿东西。

9. 【解析】A用across表示街对面。

10. 【解析】D既然是街上结冰了，那么一定是冬天。

11. 【解析】A从上下文判断，这里不是加强语气，也不是表示顺接，而是作者在猜测另外一种可能性，用副词though表示“不过”，也许是另外一种可能。

12. 【解析】D下文有him，而且作者是在作显现实的猜测而不是幻想有什么超人，因此用boy

13. 【解析】B本句用even though引导让步状语从句表示“尽管”我可能不认识他。这里作者少女怀春，在作各种猜想。

14. 【解析】C就在我要毕业的时候父亲去世了，他看不到我人生重要的一部分了。

15. 【解析】B这时我沉浸在失去亲人的痛苦中，对于毕业典礼和随后的舞会都不感兴趣了。

16. 【解析】A我这时早已忘了这些东西，还在失去亲人的悲痛中。

17. 【解析】C此时我已不在乎穿不穿新衣服出席舞会和典礼了。

18. 【解析】D联想前面提到的有人送花给我，母亲希望我是可爱而又被人爱的孩子。

19. 【解析】B从全文的内容判断，这里作者说就像栀子花一样，在困难时期依然有美丽的存在。

20. 【解析】A上文提到面对困难保持坚强，本空前面有lovely，后面有perfect，那么这里应该填与“可爱”不一样的另外一种素质，因此选A。