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.
A．business B．culture C．support D．information
A．reply B．answer C．join D．interrupt
A．time B．short C．English D．German
A．news B．problems C．effects D．opinions
A．programs B．news C．announcers D．officials
A．home B．position C．purpose D．result
A．if B．considering C．supposing D．in order that
A．reach B．satisfy C．attack D．support
A．known B．reported C．called D．printed
A．poor B．excellent C．standard D．enough
A．normal B．fast C．good D．exact
A．stopped B．discovered C．taught D．invited
A．it B．which C．who D．that
A．slowly B．rapidly C．normally D．loudly
A．please B．course C．opinion D．advice
A．difficult B．important C．various D．common
A．past B．send C．deliver D．fly
A．all B．major C．American D．news
A．broadcasts B．forms C．newspaper D．countries
A．broadcast B．announce C．translate D．prepare
完形填空：（每小题1分，满分20分）
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I 36 teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I 37 the same things thousand and one times, do not 38 me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story 39 you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a 40 , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I 41 , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my 42 little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking (嘲弄) smile. I taught you 43 to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life…. When at some moment I lose the memory or the 44 of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you 45 to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well 46 I need to and when not. When my 47 legs do not allow me to walk, give me your 48 , the same way I did when you gave your first 49 . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to 50 any more — that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, 51 my mistakes, I always wanted the 52 thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent (无可奈何) for seeing me 53 you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you 54 living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and 55 . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, Son.
Your father
36. A. paidB. spent C. cost D. took
37. A. praise B. think C. repeat D. criticize
38. A. interrupt B. disturb C. look D. avoid
39. A. when B. after C. since D. until
40. A. rest B. word C. shower D. sleep
4l. A. discovered B. invented C. noticed D. assumed
42. A. knowing B. fearing C. enjoying D. consulting
43. A. what B. when C. how D. why
44. A. news B. attitude C. material D. thread
45. A. talking B. listening C. responding D. appealing
46. A. where B. how C. that D. when
47. A. tired B. short C. long D. strong
48. A. leg B. ear C. hand D. mind
49. A. step B. pace C. laugh D. cry
50. A. talk B. live C. write D. sleep
51. A. though B. since C. while D. despite
52. A. last B. first C. best D. most
53. A. near B. behind C. below D. against
54. A. made B. started C. earned D. found
55. A. mercy B. care C. excuse D. patience
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
It was in New York City to advise large banks on the secret to success in business. Once I started a 36 with my taxi driver, Tony. He had studied be an oceanic biologist, but couldn't get a 37 job in that field. “I like driving a taxi,” he said. “38 I hope to do much better than just get by.”
Like many people, Tony thought that being self-reliant meant 39 asking for help. But we need to develop relationship in order to 40 our goals.
Tony liked chatting with his customers, yet he didn’t want 41 to them. I advised him to give it a 42 . And he did. Not only did his customers take his taxi more often, but they 43 him to their friends. Soon he had a long list of regulars and 44 buy his own car, then a second. He had to 45 a friend to help with the overflow.
We each contain 46 Of greatness. Life is all about finding that seed and nurturing it to its 47 growth. And I know it’s 48 , because I am living proof.
I’m the son of a steelworker. My dad would come home, his hands 49 and dirty, and say, “I don’t want this for you, Keith. You need a great 50 .”
And bravely, he went to the CEO（总裁）of his company to ask for his advise. The CEO admired his 51 and helped get me a scholarship at one of the best schools in the country. I 52 to Yale University and Harvard Business School. 53 I was the youngest chief marketing officer in the Fortune 500. I learned 54 a young age that the secret to success 55 the power of relationship.
36．A．report B．conversation C．suggestion D．speech
37．A．hard B．correct C．suitable D．dull
38．A．And B．Since C．Because D．Though
39．A．never B．always C．ever D．sometimes
40．A．find B．fail C．miss D．achieve
41．A．please B．excite C．bother D．worry
42．A．try B．drive C．talk D．hand
43．A．suggested B．recommended C．mentioned D．told
44．A．was able to B．could C．ought to D．might
45．A．make B．let C．hire D．order
46．A．plants B．seeds C．origins D．members
47．A．empty B．full C．huge D．tiny
48．A．enough B．necessary C．strange D．possible
49．A．scratched B．wounded C．injured D．fixed
50．A．work B．career C．education D．university
51．A．honesty B．feeling C．expression D．courage
52．A．went on B．got off C．set out D．kept up
53．A．So B．Meanwhile C．Soon D．Once
54．A．of B．in C．under D．at
55．A．leads to B．lies in C．relies on D．sticks to
Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节完形填空 (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项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it?” I wondered. I 21 it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled(手写的) 22 . Immediately my mind traveled back many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet street of Springfield, with a bag of 23
on my shoulder. On my rounds that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers if they wanted any magazines.
24 off the rain like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he led me over to the fire-place. Noticing the hole in the top of my __25__, he said, “Come with me!”, pulling me into his pickup truck. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman 26 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had ever seen. I 27 about 10 feet tall when I got up in them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a 28 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said 29 , “Jimmy, I want you to know I love you.”
I said goodbye, and for the first time I sensed a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 30 . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a difference.
21. A. thought B. read C. turned D. looked
22. A. message B. note C. letter D. writing
23. A. books B. papers C. rubbish D. magazines
24. A. WipingB. Shaking C. Knocking D. Keeping
25. A. clothes B. sock C. shoe D. bag
26. A. fitted B. dressed C. offered D. sold
27. A. measured B. roseC. feltD. grew
28. A. penB. card C. paper D. notebook
29. A. excitedly B. happily C. politely D. affectionately
30. A. well B. possible C. all right D. different
第一节完形填空（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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There was once a scientist. After a lot of practice and efforts, he learned the art of reproducing himself. He did it so 21 that it was impossible to tell the reproduction from the original.
One day while doing his research, he 22 that the Angel of Death was searching for him. In order to remain 23 he reproduced a dozen copies of himself. The reproductions were so 24 that all of them looked exactly like him. Now when this Angel of Death came down, she was at a loss to know which of the thirteen before her was the original scientist and
25 . She left them all alone and returned to the heaven.
But, not for long, for being an expert in human 26 , the Angel came up with a clever idea. She said to the scientist, 27 all thirteen of them, “Sir, you must be a genius to have succeeded in making such perfect reproduction yourself. However, I’ve discovered a flaw(缺陷) in your work, just one tiny little flaw.”
The scientist immediately jumped out and shouted, “ 28 ! Where is the flaw?”
“Right here.” said the Angel, as she 29 up the scientist from among the reproductions and carried him off.
The whole purpose of the scientist and his reproduction failed as he couldn’t control his
30 , so he lost his life.
21．A．quickly B．perfectly C．actually D．really
22．A．realized B．remembered C．acknowledged D．complained
23．A．superb B．young C．aware D．alive
24．A．different B．familiar C．popular D．similar
25．A．confirmed B．blamed C．confused D．frightened
26．A．history B．nature C．society D．system
27．A．addressing B．mentioning C．encouraging D．challenging
28．A．Unbearable B．Suspectable C．Fantastic D．Impossible
29．A．picked B．took C．caught D．hid
30．A．soul B．idea C．pride D．spirit
第三节完形填空（共20小题，第小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s 21 , she said she would go. This 22 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 23 his mother and he felt 24 of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕）that 25 nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to26 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were 27 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother 28 the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬) and 29 himself from everyone. He did, however, get within 30 of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked 31, “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “32 my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 33 afraid to go in because the fire was 34, so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a losing piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked 35 but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She 36 the burned side of her face. “This scar will be 37 , but to this day, I have never38 what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great 39 of the sacrifice(牺牲）that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 40 for the rest of the day.
21.A.enjoyment B.disappointment C.surprise D.excitement
22.A.would B.could C.should D.must
23.A.noticed B.greeted C.accepted D.met
24.A.sick B.ashamed C.afraid D.tired
25.A.included B.passed C.covered D.shaded
26.A.talk about B.think about C.care about D.hear about
27.A.impressed B.surprised C.excited D.comforted
28.A.in sight of B.by means of C.by way of D.in spite of
29.A.hid B.protected C.separated D.escaped
30.A.understanding B.reminding C.hearing D.learning
31.A.carefully B.seriously C.nervously D.anxiously
32.A.As B.When C.Since D.While
33.A.so B.much C.quite D.too
34.A.out of control B.under control C.in control D.over control
35.A.helpless B.hopeless C.senseless D.useless
36.A.pointed B.showed C.wiped D.touched
37.A.ugly B.lasting C.serious D.frightening
38.A.forgot B.recognized C.considered D.regretted
39.A.honor B.sense C.happiness D.pride
40.A.quietly B.slightly C.tightly D.suddenly