The Voice of America began during World War II,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 3 . The first VOA news report began with these words in 4 The 5 may be good or bad,but we shall tell you the truth. " Within a week,other VOA 6 were broadcasting in Italian,French and English. After the World War II 7 in 1945,some Americans felt VOA's 8 had to be changed,9 the Soviet Union became enemy of America. They wanted to reach Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early years VOA began 10 something new to its broadcast that was 11 "Music USA". Another new idea came 12 in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know 13 English to completely understand its normal English broadcast. So VOA 14 a simpler kind of English,which uses about 1 ,500 words and is spoken 15 ,of course,it is Special English.
In the 16 of most VOA listeners,the most 17 program is the news report. News from around the world 18 into the VOA newsroom in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in 19 cities and also from other broadcasts like BB C. VOA writers and editors use these materials to 20 news reports,which are being broadcast in 43languages.
( ) 1. A. business B. culture C. support D. information
( ) 2. A. reply B. answer C. join D. interrupt
( ) 3. A. accidents B. incidents C. events D. peace
( ) 4. A. time B. short C. English D. German
( ) 5. A. news B. problems C. effects D. opinions
( ) 6. A. stations B. news C. announcers D. officials
( ) 7. A. began B. developed C. won D. ended
( ) 8. A. home B. position C. purpose D. result
( ) 9. A. if B. supposing C. considering D. in order that
( ) 10. A. connecting B. adding C. sticking D. leading
( ) 11. A. known B. reported C. called D. printed
( ) 12. A. into B. across C. down D. along
( ) 13. A. American B. British C. standard D. enough
( ) 14. A. invented B. discovered C. taught D. stopped
( ) 15. A. slowly B. rapidly C. normally D. loudly
( ) 16. A. pleasure B. course C. opinion D. advice
( ) 17. A. difficult B. important C. various D. common
( ) 18. A. flies B. sends C. delivers D. passes
( ) 19. A. all B. major C. American D. news
( ) 20. A. broadcast B. announce C. translate D. prepare
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1. C以獲取國際(輿論) 支持。D表示"用無線電節(jié)目來獲取信息"是不可能的。
2. B answer the German broadcast意為"對德國廣播作出反應，與德國廣播針鋒相對"。
A項reply,不及物動詞；C項join ,有"同流合污" 之嫌;D項interrupt"干擾"。從下半句看是為了澄清事實，應選B.
3. C world events = world affairs '表示"國P示性事件"。incident "小事";accident "事故"; peace"和平"。均不妥。
4. D從第二句目的和第七句意思看，應選Ger?man表示"用德語進行報道"，與上文一致。
in time"及時"和in short"簡而言之"，意思不符合上下文。
5. A news與events和truth一致。effects和opinions與下文意思不相符。
6. C其他VOA播音員也用意大利語、法語和英語進行廣播。
7. D 1945年二戰(zhàn)結(jié)束。
8. C從第一段和第二段明顯看出，VOA具有明確的政治目的。
9. C considering..."考慮到..... 情況"；in order that..."為......... 目的"；supposing..."假設……"。
10. B表示"開始增加一些新節(jié)目"。
11. C表示"被稱之為"。A項正確的說法是that was known as " Music USA "，表示"以……而聞名"。
12. D come along = follow,指接著"Music USA"。
13. D能聽VOA就肯定掌握了一定的Ameri?can/standard English ,但不"enough",所以不能完全聽懂它的正常(normal) 播音。
14. A invent"發(fā)明(原沒有的) "。discover"發(fā)現(xiàn)(原來存在的) "。
15. A結(jié)合上文，指"語速慢"。
16. C in the opinion of sb.或in sb's opinion表示"依照某人的看法或觀點"。
17. B結(jié)合上下文，這里指的是"VOA中最重要的節(jié)目"。
18. A fly into ,這是比喻的說法。send語態(tài)不對。deliver不可能世界各地都親自送，且語態(tài)不對。
19. B major cities指"各主要大城巿"。
20. D prepare news reports ,包括篩選、修改、翻譯等程序。
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9. that his father gave him as a birthday present.(among)
在這些書中,包括一本他父親作為生日禮物送給他的詞典。
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Thomas Alva Edison was the most famous inventor in American history. He had 1 ,093 pa?tents in a wide range of fields,including telecommunications,electric power,sound recording,motion pictures,primary and storage batteries,and mining and cement technology. As impor?tant,he broadened the notion of invention to encompass what we now call innovation―inven?tion,research,development,and commercialization and invented the industrial research labora?tory. Edison's role as an innovator is evident not only in his two major laboratories at Menlo Park and West Orange in New Jersey but in more than 300 companies formed worldwide to man?ufacture and market his inventions,many of which carried the Edison name,including some 200 Edison illuminating companies.
Edison was born in 1847 in the canal town of Milan,Ohio,the last of seven children. He attended school briefly but was principally educated at home by his mother and in his father's li?brary. In 1859 Edison began working on a local branch of the Grand Trunk Railroad,selling newspapers,magazines,and candy. At one point he printed a newspaper on the train,and he also conducted chemical experiments in a baggagecar laboratory. By 1862 he had learned enough telegraphy to be employed as an operator in a local office.
From 1863 to 1867 he traveled through the Midwest as a telegrapher. During these years he read widely,studied and experimented with telegraph technology.
In the fall of 1878,Edison devoted thirty months to developing a complete system of incan?descent electric lighting. During his lamp experiments,he noticed an electrical phenomenon that became known as the " Edison effect". In World War I,the federal government asked Edison to head the Naval Consulting Board,which examined inventions submitted for military use. Edison worked on several problems,including submarine detectors and gun location techniques.
By the time of his death in 1931,Edison had received 1 ,093 U. S. patents,a total still un?touched by any other inventor. Even more important,he created a model for modern industrial research.
( ) 1. How many fields in which Edison had patents are mentioned in the first paragraph?
A. Five. B. Six.
C. Seven. D. Eight.
( ) 2. The purpose of this passage is to .
A. tell us how Edison became an innovator
B. introduce Edison's life to us
C. tell us about Edison's childhood
D. show us how Edison succeeded
( ) 3. You will probably find the article in .
A. a film poster B. a guidebook
C. a biography D. a blog
( ) 4. What can we learn from the passage?
A. No inventors in America have more patents than Edison up to now.
B. Edison spent thirteen months developing incandescent electric lighting.
C. Edison traveled through the Midwest as a telegrapher from 1863 to 1868.
D. Edison was the oldest child of all the seven in his family.
( ) 5. The best title for the passage may be .
A. Edison and His Family
B. Edison's Innovation
C. Edison Effect
D. Edison,the Bestknown Inventor
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Many people have seen Harry Potter and The Halfblood Prince since it came out last July. And just like the readers of the Harry Potter books,the theater audience have included children,teenagers,and adults.
The Halfblood Prince is the sixth Harry Potter movie,and is based on the sixth in the se?ries of seven books written by the author J. K. Rowling. The story of the final book,The Deathly Hallows,is going to be told in not one but two movies,which will come out in 2010 and 2011.
In some ways,The Halfblood Prince is just like the other stories：Harry is again the hero fighting against the forces of evil,a lot of the action takes place at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,and there are familiar things such as the game of Quidditch (sort of like soccer,although it is played in the sky and the players ride on broomsticks) .
One of the differences with this movie is that we see less of the evil wizard Lord Voldemort,but there is still a lot of evil in the story―in fact,most movie critics say The Halfblood Prince feels "darker" than the other movies because you can feel the presence of Voldemort most of the time.
This is certainly true at the beginning of the movie,when there is an attack on London by Voldemort's followers,the "Death Eaters". Like a few other things in the movie,this was not in the book of The Halfblood Prince,and might therefore be a surprise for many Harry Potter fans.
Another difference is that the movie spends more time looking at the relationships between the students at Hogwarts. Harry,Ron,Hermione,and the others are now teenagers rather than children―there is even a little romance in the story.
Daniel Radcliffe,19, Harry Potter in the movie,said he will be "very sad" when the series movies end,but also excited because he will be able to play different roles.
( ) 1. We can learn from the passage that .
A. the focus of the final movie is to be " romance"
B. Daniel will play different roles in the final movie
C. There will be eight Harry Potter series of movies in all
D. J. K. Rowling wrote about an attack on London in the sixth book
( ) 2. The passage is mainly about .
A. the popularity of J. K. Rowling
B. The Deathly Hallows,the final book
C. the sixth movie of Harry Potter series
D. the differences between the sixth movie and the final one
( ) 3. "The Death Eaters" in Paragraph 5 are .
A. part of the evil side B. heroes against Voldemort's followers
C. Harry Potter's fans D. new friends in the Hogwarts School
( ) 4. What mainly makes the sixth movie of the series different from the others?
A. The main characters have grown up.
B. The game of Quidditch can't be seen in it.
C. The less presence of Voldemort makes viewers feel easier.
D. Harry Potter develops a friendship with Ron and Hermione.
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Net Library is a library that lends out digital books. It treats a digital like a paperback copy. It charges libraries per book per copy and gives publishers a cut of the total income.
From the consumer's point of view,this means that if more than five people want the latest Danielle Steel romance novel,other people who request that book will get a message saying the title can't be found.
It's a model many publishers seem to have embraced. More than 350 publishers gave the company rights to hand out their digital works,and McGraw-Hill Corporation and Houghton Mifflin Corporation have put money in to the company. The California public libraries and about 1,800 others across the US are trying out the Net Library service.
Some librarians criticize the New Library model. Stanford University librarian Michael Keller argues that the company is creating an unnatural fear of digital works,which is contrary to the ideas of the Internet.
Keller and some other librarians argue for the ebook vision set forth by E-Brary. E-Brary is starting a service that lets us users read books for free.
But it will charge about 25 cents a page when a person tries to print out material or copy and paste it into a different file or tries to download copy onto a computer.
Christopher Warnock,chief executive of E-Brary,believes most consumers won't want to buy entire books,only the parts that interest them.
"There's not really a lot of good in owning an electronic file and having to store it and manage it. It doesn't make sense," he said.
( ) 1. How do publishers get money from the Net Library?
A. They get money by cutting the cost of the books.
B. They share the money with the Net Library.
C. They get the money from the readers.
D. They get money from selling their books to the Net Library.
( ) 2. The underlined word "embraced" in the 3rd paragraph means .
A. taken something willingly B. disliked something badly
C. tried out something hard D. held something tightly
( ) 3. From the 2nd paragraph we can see consumers .
A. don't like other people borrowing books
B. don't care if they are charged money
C. enjoy the service of the Net Library
D. complain about the limited number of the new books
( ) 4. What does the last paragraph mean?
A. E-Brary is not a good library for the consumers.
B. There is no need for consumers to have a whole book.
C. Net Library is not a good way for the consumers.
D. It's reasonable to charge the consumers money for copying some pages.
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There's more misery in people's lives than a decade ago. So says a new study on life's negatives from the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center,which conducts social science research for government agencies,educational institutions,nonprofit organizations and private corporations.
The researchers surveyed 1,340 people about negative life events and found that the 2004 respondents had more troubles than those who were surveyed in 1991.
"The expectation would have been that problems would have been down," says Tom Smith,the study's author. He says good economic years during the 90s would have brought an expectation of fewer problems,not more.
Overall,the percentage that reported at least one significant negative life event increased from 88% to 92% . Most of the problems were related to increased incidents of illness and the inability to afford medical care,unemployment,and troubled romantic relationships.
On a more positive note,fewer of those surveyed reported having trouble with crime or the law.
Some of the problems outlined in the study were more complicated than just a single bad event. For instance,the inability to afford health care rose from 7% in 1991 to 11% in 2004. Those who said they lacked health insurance increased from 12% to 18% . On the romantic front,the percentage that reported breaking up with a steady partner doubled from 4% to 8% .
But people shouldn't despair even if there is trouble around them. Bad experiences don't necessarily make people unhappy,says Jonathan Haidt,an associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and author of the new book The Happiness Hypothesis.
He advises a threepoint checkup on the state of personal relationships,the work environment and control over daily life,because improving those areas will boost happiness.
( ) 5. Which of the following verbs can be used instead of "boost" in the last paragraph?
A. Increase. B. Reduce. C. Make. D. Find.
( ) 6. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. the economy has nothing to do with people's happiness
B. people's problems were probably not only one single bad event
C. most of the people's personal problems are related to the money
D. people have a lot of trouble with crime or law
( ) 7. Which of the following statements may NOT be found in the book The Happiness Hypothesis?
A. When you come across the trouble,do not lose heart.
B. Working environment and daily life should be paid much attention to.
C. It is unnecessary for us to think about the conditions of personal relationships.
D. Unhappy experience may not surely make people upset all the time.
( ) 8. In your opinion,the best title for this passage may be .
A. Unhappiness Has Risen in the Past Decade
B. The Problems,the Solutions
C. The Biggest Problems in the World
D. What's Your Life Look Like
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Breaking the Code One school night this month I walked quietly up to Alexander,my 15-year-old son,and touched his cheek gently in a manner I hoped would seem casual. A year ago he would have ignored this disturbance but now he reacted impatiently and leaned back to his computer screen.
I made a mistake：breaking into my teenager's personal space. "The average teenager has pretty strong feelings about his privacy," Lara Fox and her friend Hilary Frankel told me. Ms. Frankel and Ms. Fox,both17,are the authors of Breaking the Code,a new book that seeks to bridge the generational divide between parents and adolescents. It is being promoted by its publisher as the first selfhelp guide by teenagers for their parents,a kind of "Kids Are from Mars,Parents Are from Venus'1 that explains the language and actions of teenagers. The girls dealt with issues including hanging out late,money,school pressures,smoking etc.
Personally,I welcome their opinions. The most common missteps (失策) in interacting with teenagers arise from the war between parents exercising their rights to know what goes on under their roof and teenagers firmly guarding their privacy. Teenagers can be quick to interpret their parents' remarks and respond with anger that masks their vulnerability (脆弱) . Ms. Fox said," What we want above all is your approval. Don't forget,no matter how much we act as if we don't care what you say,we believe the things you say about us."
Nancy,a New York childraising expert said she didn't agree with everything the authors suggested but found their arguments reasonable. "When your kids are saying, ' You don't get it,and you never will , ，there are lots of ways to respond so that they will listen and that is what the writers point out."
"My parents helped me see that,”Ms. Fox told me,"even though they used to stay out late and ride their bicycles to school,times have changed and the way parents educate children is different. These days there is a major fear factor in bringing up kids. Parents worry about their child crossing the street."The writers said they hoped simply to throw light on teenage thinking.
( ) 1. Why does the author mention the book"Kids Are from Mars,Parents Are from 'Venus17？
A. It is one of the bestsellers.
B. It is also written by the two girls.
C. The two books have the similar theme.
D. The two books have different opinions.
( ) 2. The underlined sentence" You don't get it,and you never will" in the 4th paragraph implies that .
A. the teenagers don't want to admit their weakness
B. the teenagers think that their parents will never understand them
C. the parents do not necessarily force into the world of their children
D. the generation gap cannot be shortened despite their parents' efforts
( ) 3. It can be inferred from the last paragraphs that .
A. teenagers should guard their privacy
B. Nancy totally agrees with the two girls' opinions
C. parents are more concerned about children's safety
D. the two girls have obtained numerous support from the public
( ) 4. According to the two girls,teenagers nowadays are .
A. independent B. intelligent C. sensitive D. inconsiderate
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It was a bitter,cold evening in northern Virginia years ago. An old man was waiting for a ride across the river. The wait seemed endless. His body became stiff from the cold wind.
He heard the faint,steady 1 of approaching hooves (馬蹄) coming along the frozen path. 2 ,he watched as several horsemen 3 the bend. He let the first one pass by,then another and another. Finally,the last rider neared the spot where the old man sat like a snow 4 . As this one drew near,the old man 5 the rider's eye and said, "Sir,would you mind giving an old man a 6 to the other side? There appears no passageway by foot."
Reining (勒住) his horse,the rider replied, "Sure. Hop aboard."Seeing the old man was unable to 7 his halffrozen body from the ground,the horseman got off and helped the old man onto the horse. The horseman took the old man not just across the river,but to his 8 .
As they neared the cottage,the horseman's 9 caused him to inquire, "Sir,I notice that you let several other riders 10 without making an effort to secure a ride. Then I came up and you 11 asked me for a ride. I'm curious. What if I had 12 and left you there?"
The old man 13 himself slowly down from the horse,looked the rider straight in the eyes,and replied, "I've been around here for some time. I 14 I know people pretty good. " The old man continued, "I looked into the eyes of the other riders and immediately saw there was no 15 for my situation. It would have been 16 even to ask them for a ride. But when I looked into your eyes,kindness and compassion were 17 . I knew,then and there,that your gentle spirit would welcome the opportunity to give me 18 in my time of need."
Those heartwarming comments 19 the horseman deeply.
"I'm most grateful for what you have said," he told the old man. "May I never get too 20 in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion."
With that,Thomas Jefferson turned his horse around and made his way back.
( ) 1. A. rhythm B. noise C. voice D. singing
( ) 2. A. Excitedly B. Anxiously C. Angrily D. Desperately
( ) 3. A. cut B. rounded C. traveled D. repaired
( ) 4. A. ball B. wall C. statue D. pile
( ) 5. A. hit B. attracted C. cleaned D. caught
( ) 6. A. rest B. ride C. hand D. way
( ) 7. A. raise B. build C. expose D. set
( ) 8. A. office B. town C. place D. destination
( ) 9. A. curiosity B. determination C. courage D. confidence
( ) 10. A. pass by B. cast away C. turn around D. slow down
( ) 11. A. suddenly B. occasionally C. slowly D. immediately
( ) 12. A. refused B. flown C. escaped D. remained
( ) 13. A. put B. lowered C. laid D. supported
( ) 14. A. admit B. imagine C. think D. hope
( ) 15. A. warmth B. kindness C. concern D. consideration
( ) 16. A. useless B. priceless C. uninteresting D. disappointing
( ) 17. A. hidden B. evident C. great D. strong
( ) 18. A. money B. clothes C. assistance D. horse
( ) 19. A. influenced B. spoilt C. encouraged D. touched
( ) 20. A. lazy B. tired C. busy D. proud
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