第一节 根据所给单词的首字母, 完成下列句子　 5分

71. In American English, an e___is a device that carries people up and down.

72. He failed in the English exam because of his poor English v________.

73. His mother tongue is German, but he speaks Italian like a　　　　 (本国人).

74. He speaks English with a strong German ______(口音).

75. An i______ card is a card with a person’s name, photograph, date of birth, and other information about them on it.

第二节 完形填空 30分

The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ, when Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international　 31　 .American officials believed they should　 32　 the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in　 33　 　“The　 34　 may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA　 35　 were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After the World War ended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s　 36　 had to be changed, 37　 the Soviet Union(苏联)became enemy of America. They wanted to　 38　 Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early days VOA began adding something new to its Broadcast that was　 39　 “Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know _　　 40　 English to completely understand its　 41　 English broadcast. So VOA　 42　 a simpler kind of English,　 43　 uses about 1,500 words and is spoken　 44　 . Of course, it is special English.

In the　 45　 of most VOA listeners, the most　 46　 program is the news report. News from around the world　 47　 into the VOA news room in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in　 48　 cities and also from other　 49　 like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to　 50　 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

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

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

33. A. time 　 B. short C. English　　　 D. German

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

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

36. A. home 　 B. position 　　 C. purpose 　　 D. result

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

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

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

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

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

42. A. invited 　　　 B. discovered 　　　 C. taught 　　　 D. stopped

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

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

45. A. please B. course 　　　 C. opinion 　　 D. advice

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

47. A. fly 　　　 B. send 　 C. deliver 　　 D. past

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

49. A. broadcasts 　 B. forms 　　　 C. newspaper 　　　 D. countries

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

30. After graduation from college, he began to wander from city to city, _____a suitable job.

A.hunting for　 B.taking on　　 C.looking after　　　 D.will survive

29. The leader of the factory told us that very little _______ was made of the waste material in the past.

　 A. cost　　　　　　 B. value　 　 C. use　 　　　 D. matter

28. His hard work has _____ his success.

A. been due to　 　 B. resulted in　 　　　 C. affected　 　　　 D. resulted from

27. The living conditions of some places in China are still not very satisfactory______, but 　 things will surely be better.

　　　 A. from now on　　 　 B. since then　　　 　　 C. at present　　　 　　 D. so far