The Voice of America began during the World War II. 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 II ended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s 41 had to be changed, 42 the Soviet Union became enemy of America. They wanted to 43 Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early years 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 rooms 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．same B．short C．English D．German
A．news B．problems C．effects D．opinions
A．stations B．news C．announcers D．officials
A．home B．position C．purpose D．results
A．if B．supposing C．considering D．in order that
A．reach B．satisfy C．attack D．support
A．known B．reported C．called D．printed
A．American B．British C．standard D．enough
A．normal B．fast C．good D．exact
A．invented B．discovered C．taught D．stopped
A．it B．who C．which D．that
A．pleasure B．course C．opinion D．advice
A．pleasure B．course C．opinion D．advice
A．difficult B．important C．various D．common
A．flies B．sends C．delivers D．pasts
A．all B．major C．American D．news
A．broadcasts B．forms C．newspapers D．countries
A．broadcast B．announce C．translate D．prepare
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 36~55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。
You have been away from us for three years; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago. On this special day for teachers across the country, I can 36control myself from telling your white lie to those who would listen to me.
Do you still remember the happy 37 about six years ago? We fixed our eyes on you at your 38 .You, a beautiful young lady, 39 us that you would live in our village.
Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children 40 more time on their books 41 after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still 42 that one day you might leave. You 43 a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their 44 of your leaving. You tried all your best in 45 your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their money for school. You often put the importance to us the 46 of one’s life, so that must have been what you 47 after in those five years.
One cold morning when class began, you 48 the room as if you had been crying 49 .In your class, we 50 but looked away from your eyes. You 51 for some time as if you were 52 to find the right word. You said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more….
On the following morning, we 53 you the very best and the villagers gave you their 54 .The train took you away and your broken 55 .
On other day I heard my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world.
36. A soon B. seldom C. hardly D. forever
37. A.scene B. sign C. silence D. situation
38. A.speech B. arrival C. existence D. explanation
39. A.promised B. cameC. proved D. replied
40. A.paid B. spent C. made D. cost
41. A.even B. never C. long D. but
42. A.forbade B. feared C. made D. allowed
43. A.wore B. gained C. presented D. pretended
44. A.trouble B. puzzle C. question D. worry
45. A.teaching B. field C. middle D. course
46. A.necessary B. method C. value D. reason
47. A.were B. guessed C. supposed D. met
48. A.entered B. arrived C. left D. returned
49. A.friendly B. bitterly C. happily D. angrily
50. A.listened B. described C. discussed D. talked
51. A.laughed B. stopped C. explained D. spoke
52. A.manage B. beginning C. come D. trying
53. A.expected B. brought C. wished D. hoped
54. A.thanks B. rewards C. expressions D. satisfactions
55. A.class B. memory C. heart D. body
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
In its latest move to fight online piracy (盗版), the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has shut down hundreds of BT file-sharing websites, 36 the popular BTChina.net. The name BT is short for BitTorrent, one of the most common 37 methods used in 38 . As a result of 39 , the more people who download the same thing, the 40 the downloads get. BT sharing has been the means of choice for users to trade software , music, movies, and digital books, TV dramas and pirated DVDS and CDs. These BT sites were shut down either for operating without a 41 , or for copyright problems.
The closure of BT sites has 42 millions of young Chinese netizens. Liu Pei, a 27-year-old IT engineer who visits BTChina most nights to get a 43 movie, was upset by the change. “It was so popular and I can’t believe it has 44 from my life overnight,” he told China Daily newspaper. The shutdown might have an immediate 45 on the amount of downloads, but over time it will 46 quickly, according to Hurvitz, a member of the foreign counsel (法律顾问) for Kangxin Partners PC.
Netizens are beginning to search for new download 47 . “The problem is, if you shut down the top 48 BitTorrent sites, then people are simply going to go to number three, number four or number five on the list,” Hurvitz said. Whether netizens like it or not, SARFT said the 49 sites will have to solve the “copyright (版权) problem” if they want to reopen. Copyright should be 50 . If you don’t pay for 51 , investors lose money. Then no one wil
l make movies in the future, experts say.
In the future, some 52 say, the concept of “downloading” will disappear. The Internet’s future is completely “online”, a founder of one software downloading website told Information Times. Eventually, you may not have to bother downloading content to your computer, but just 53 it online, the founder said. But the concept of “copyright” will still be there, inspiring talented people to create 54 things, in which they take pride, and from which they make 55 .
36. A. except B. besideC .but D. including
37. A. upload B. download C. reading D. listening
38. A. England B. America C. China D. India
39. A. sharing B. broadcasting C. selling D. purchasing
40. A. less B. worse C. slower D. faster
41. A. leader B. monitor C. license D. computer
42.A. satisfied B. disappointed C. excited D. touched
43.A. sad B. foreign C. paid D. free
44. A. developed B. destroyed C. deferred D. disappeared
45. A. effect B. affect C. impression D. advantage
46. A. rebuild B. recover C. disappear D. spread
47. A. waysB. methods C. sites D. experts
48. A. twoB. threeC. four D. five
49. A. popular B. reopened C. opened D. closed
50. A. remembered B. protected C. argued D. discussed
51. A. movies B. plays C. songs D. music
52. A. teachers B. experts C. engineers D. students
53. A. buy B. sell C. download D. enjoy
54. A. strange B. popular C. new D. old
55. A. money B. future C. friends D. information
第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和D ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I put a package of small gold colored foil (金箔) angels in my purse after my illness. The package was ___36___ and the angels fell out into my purse.
On the way home, I was at the store __37____ for something and change was __38____. I dug in, got the change and gave it to the __39____. I didn’t realize there were also angels sticking (粘) to the ___40___! Well, she said, “Oh, angels for __41____! Thank you! Come back and see me anytime!”
This __42____ several times that day, with almost the same reaction at __43____ places, with different people. So now I keep the angels in there and __44____ dispense (分发) them with the change.
This little __45____ has led to some interesting conversations --- for example, when I did go back to the same __46____ where the lady received the __47____ angles, she told me how much she __48____ them and kept them by her bed.
She then told me, “I was __49____ as a child, I couldn’t walk or talk. My grandparents told me that if I didn’t __50____ I would be healed because the angel was __51____ me. I started praying, and within a year I was totally healed! I’m so __52____ for this healing!”
She also told me that the first time she __53____me, she thought I was an angel! I then gave her some more angels, and ___54___ she acted like I had given her a million dollars!
What a lovely __55____!
I plan on always keeping the little gold angels in my purse and dispensing them everywhere. When I do, I don’t say anything --- I just give them with the change.
36. A. lost B. mended C. opened D. stolen
37. A. calling B. paying C. looking D. examining
38. A. saved B. checked C. returned D. required
39. A. salesperson B. waiter C. beggar D. conductor
40. A. clothes B. purse C. money D. package
41. A. them B. her C. you D. me
42. A. changed B. happened C. existed D. gained
43. A. different B. similar C. familiar D. successful
44. A. never B. almost C. always D. finally
45. A. reaction B. fault C. help D. practice
46. A. company B. store C. station D. city
47. A. first B. only C. last D. some
48. A. treasured B. missed C. expected D. needed
49. A. deafB. blind C. wounded D. disabled
50. A. get up B. give up C. turn up D. come up
51. A. inside B. outside C. like D. behind
52. A. tense B. sorryC. gratefu
l D. proud
53. A. dreamed B. testedC. sawD. found
54. A. however B. alsoC. laterD. again
55. A. tradeB. experienceC. plan D. method
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
As soon as I learned to say the word “beauty”, I set out to look for it. Before I could find it, I asked my mother what a beauty was like. She said that a beauty is 36 who has large bright eyes and fine skin.
When I was in Grade Four, I 37 such a girl. I sat right in front of her and 38 her to see if she was a real beauty. She 39 a beauty in my eyes until the day she 40 with me. She demanded that I 41 her pencil box which I 42 knocked on to the floor. I 43 . Suddenly she flew at me and threw me onto the ground and we rolled about 44 each other.
During the years that followed, I came across 45 explanations given to me by different people. Some said a girl with a thin figure(体形) is a beauty, 46 that a girl with a gentle voice is beautiful, 47 said it is a girl with hair that is like a waterfall. I 48 give these a second thought.
I searched for a beauty 49 had told me before, but it was useless. Then I met an old man. He told me that a beauty is a girl who might not be quite 50with natural beauty. However, she becomes a beauty 51 experiencing hardship. After a 10-year hunt for a beauty, I found her. She became my 52 . She was not very pretty but she was 53 . She was born in a 54 family and had to take care of herself from young. When we married, I really got the idea about a beauty. She was the one the 55 old man had described to me.
36.A. your classmate B. a girl C. an experienced girl D. an ugly girl
37. A. liked B. was tired of C. was againstD. found
38. A. stared at B. scolded C. beat D. laughed at
39. A. wasn’t B. pretended to be C. treated himself D. was
40. A. quarreled B. talked C. playedD. studied
41. A. steal B. rob her of C. like D. pick up
42. A. by chance B. by no means C. by herselfD. by the way
43. A. agreedB. refused C. was happyD. did so
44. A. talking with B. helping C. hittingD. leaving
45. A. the same B. different C. the opposite D. some correct
46.A. butB. or C. asD. so
47. A. Everyone B. The others C. NobodyD. Others
48. A. didB. must C. didn’tD. should
49. A. an old man B. some people C. nobodyD. my mother
50. A. lucky B. sad C. willingD. happy
51.A. after B. without C. likingD. against
52. A. friend B. teacher C. classmateD. girlfriend
53.A. ugly B. beautiful C. lovelyD. kind
54.A. richB. farmer’s C. happyD. poor
55.A. foolishB. kind-hearted C. wiseD. honest
It often appears that we have more to gain by speaking than by listening. One big advantage of speaking is that it gives you a chance to control others’ thoughts and actions. Whatever your goal is — to have a boss hire you, to 36others to vote for the person of your37or to describe the38 you want your hair cut ... the key to success seems to be the39to speak well.
Another40advantage of speaking is the chance it provides to41 the admiration, respect, or liking of others. Tell jokes, and everyone will think you’re really a42 man. Tell them all you know, and they’ll be43by your wisdom. But keep quiet, and it seems as if you are a44person.
Finally, talking gives you the45to release (释放) energy in a way that listening can’t. When you’re 46 , the chance to talk about your problems can often help you feel better. In the same way, you can often 47 your anger by letting it out orally. It is also helpful to 48 your excitement with others by talking about it,49 keeping it inside often leaves you feeling as if you might burst.
While it is true that talking does have many advantages, it’s important to50 that listening can do good to listeners, too. As you’ll soon read, being a good listener is one good way to51others with their problems; and what better way is there to have others 52you? As for controlling others, it may be true that it’s hard to be persuasive while you’re listening, but your53to hear others out will often make them open to your ideas 54 . Listening is often reciprocal (互惠的). “You get what you55 .”
36. A. insist B. advise C. persuade D. suggest
37. A. friend B. relation C. choice D. leader
38. A. idea B. way C. means D. plan
39. A. resource B. energy C. power D. ability
40. A. obvious B. easy C. new D. special
41. A. gain B. grasp C. remain D. seize
42. A. successful B. simple C. wise D. stupid
43. A. affected B. impressed C. instructed D. moved
44. A. fruitless B. priceless C. worthlessD. senseless
45. A. pleasure B. course C. dutyD. chance
46. A. in trouble B. in danger C. in debtD. in silence
47. A. reduce B. lengthen C. deepen D. widen
48. A. control B. share C. enjoyD. remove
49. A. or B. so C. for D. though
50. A. suppose B. notice C. realizeD. imagine
51. A. fail B. cure C. hurt D. help
52. A. appreciate B. listen to C. envyD. support
53. A. kindness B. favorC. willingness D. eagerness
54. A. by turns B. in return C. in turn D. in order
55. A. lose B. ask for C. needD. give