（1）

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

11. A. normal               B. fast         C. good          D. exact

 

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

 

13. A. it                    B. who               C. which         D. that

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

18. A. all                    B. major              C. American            D. news

 

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

 

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

 

答案解析：

 

1. 選C。二戰(zhàn)期間，德國(guó)做廣播節(jié)目的初衷應(yīng)是呼吁國(guó)際“支持（support）”，而不可能是另三項(xiàng)。

 

2. 選B。由with words可以想到answer。reply后接賓語(yǔ)時(shí)要加to。

 

3. 選D。要回復(fù)德國(guó)電臺(tái)，得用“德文”來(lái)播，這樣德國(guó)人能聽(tīng)懂。

 

4. 選A。前文已說(shuō)了播出的是news report。

 

5. 選C。播音的主體當(dāng)然是announcers（播音員）了。

 

6. 選C。VOA電臺(tái)成立之初的目標(biāo)主要是對(duì)二戰(zhàn)中的一些敵對(duì)國(guó)家進(jìn)行宣傳，隨著二戰(zhàn)結(jié)束，敵對(duì)國(guó)家有所改變，那么廣播的目的與對(duì)象的也應(yīng)隨之而改變。

 

7. 選C。considering“考慮到……”,表示改變廣播目的背景。

 

8. 選A。reach是中性詞，其他三詞要么是褒義，要么是貶義，在此不合語(yǔ)境。

 

9. 選C。be called “被稱做…”。

 

10. 選D。對(duì)英語(yǔ)不是很精通才導(dǎo)致不能完全聽(tīng)懂英文廣播的。

 

11. 選A。區(qū)別于后文提到的special English。

 

12. 選A。原來(lái)沒(méi)有的東西，現(xiàn)在有了，故用invent。

 

13. 選C。引導(dǎo)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句，指物。

 

14. 選A。正常英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)不懂，除了詞匯問(wèn)題，更重要的還有語(yǔ)速問(wèn)題，即速度要“慢”。

 

15. 選C。后面敘述的就是看法、觀點(diǎn)。

 

16. 選B。后面的內(nèi)容體現(xiàn)了新聞報(bào)道的重要性。

 

17. 選A。flies表達(dá)了新聞的及時(shí)、快速的特點(diǎn)，其余的詞沒(méi)有這種意思。

 

18. 選B。major cities指大城市。根據(jù)常識(shí)可排除A、D，根據(jù)around the world，可排除C。

 

19. 選A。由like可知，所選詞須與BBC同類(lèi)。

 

20. 選D。由后面的定語(yǔ)從句可以推知，這里指新聞報(bào)道的前期“準(zhǔn)備”工作。

 

（2）

 

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working   1   a special painting for a church at that time,   2   the church painting was not   3   well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of his second   4  . This is the woman who   5   be seen in the Mona LisA.

 

All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s   6   and it satisfied the husbanD. Da Vinci used   7   and light in a clever   8   in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and   9  . Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry(幾何形狀) in the Mona LisA. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and   10   shapes like   11  . Even her   12   can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the   13   is sitting on a balcony(陽(yáng)臺(tái)), and   14   can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks, so these can be seen   15   in his other paintings. The woman is sitting with her knees   16   the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are   17   together in front of her. This way of   18   is now used by many   19   when   20  . The Mona Lisa is a remarkable master.

 

1. A. up                    B. in            C. on          D. about

 

2. A. but                    B. thus              C. however       D. so

 

3. A. doing                  B. going              C. making        D. working

 

4. A. servant                B. daughter           C. nurse          D. wife

 

5. A. must                  B. should             C. might         D. can

 

6. A. works                 B. jobs                 C. novels        D. photos

 

7. A. heaviness              B. black               C. darkness       D. oils

 

8. A. way                  B. picture              C. hand               D. eye

 

9. A. chemistry              B. maths             C. geography     D. biology

 

10. A. square                B. round       C. long          D. egg

 

11. A. balls                 B. sticks              C. vases         D. boxes

 

12. A. smile                 B. shout               C. cry           D. anger

 

13. A. church                B. painting      C. sofa          D. house

 

14. A. trees                 B. buildings           C. mountains     D. flowers

 

15. A. by and by              B. here and there C. over and over   D. up and down

 

16. A. on                    B. by                C. to             D. beyond

 

17. A. caught                B. held              C. supported      D. hung

 

18. A. painting               B. living       C. smiling        D. sitting

 

19. A. women               B. actresses          C. girls           D. models

 

20. A. they are being painted  B. painting   C. being painted  D. they have painted

 

答案解析：  

 

1. 選C。work on指從事某一件事。

 

2. 選A。上下文意義有“轉(zhuǎn)折”關(guān)系。

 

3. 選B。go well表示進(jìn)展順利，如：Everything goes well（一切順利）。

 

4. 選D。從后面的the husband中可以得到足夠的啟示。

 

5. 選D。情態(tài)動(dòng)詞can表示 “能、會(huì)”。

 

6. 選A。works意為“作品”。《蒙娜麗莎》應(yīng)是達(dá)·芬奇的“作品”之一。

 

7. 選C。與light相對(duì)應(yīng)的是darkness。

 

8. 選A。明暗對(duì)比是繪畫(huà)技巧、方法之一。

 

9. 選B。在其畫(huà)中大量使用幾何形狀，說(shuō)明他喜愛(ài)“數(shù)學(xué)”。

 

10. 選B。和circles相當(dāng)?shù)淖匀皇?#8220;round” shapes。

 

11. 選A。圓形的東西，四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有balls肯定是。

 

12. 選A。根據(jù)常識(shí)，B、C、D三項(xiàng)無(wú)法用幾何圖形來(lái)表達(dá)。

 

13. 選B。the woman指的就是“畫(huà)”中的蒙娜麗莎。

 

14. 選C。由后面的rocks可以聯(lián)想到mountains。

 

15. 選C。在其它的一些畫(huà)中也能看到rocks，說(shuō)明rocks“反復(fù)地、再三地” 出現(xiàn)在他的畫(huà)中。

 

16. 選C。to the side指?jìng)?cè)向一邊，符合畫(huà)的意境。

 

17. 選B。保持身體姿勢(shì)怎樣用hold。

 

18. 選D。前面談的就是蒙娜麗莎的“坐”姿。

 

19. 選D。仿效這種坐姿的應(yīng)是藝術(shù)“模特”

 

20. 選A。模特應(yīng)該是在供人們作畫(huà)時(shí)才擺出這種坐姿的。