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Daily at this time we shall speak to you about America and the war. The news may be good or bad. We shall tell you the truth.
—The Voice of America
February 24,1942
Those words were from the Voice of America’s first broadcast during World War Ⅱ. Today more than 80 million listeners tune in every day. The broadcast network is the largest in the world and reaches millions of listeners in Africa, in English, French, Hausa, Portuguese, and Swahili. The program is broadcast in Spanish and Portuguese for Central and South America. The Middle East receives its news in Arabic and Parsi, South Asia picks up signals in Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu. The Russian-language service is on 14 hours a day.
All of the broadcasts come from the Voice of America headquarters（总部）in Washington D．C．. Visitors can push a red button outside any of the twenty-five glass-walled studios and listen to the broadcasts, in Hindi, that Indian citizens are listening to at that very moment in India.
In addition to news broadcasts, the Voice of America sends out interviews and a wide variety of programs. For example, special broadcasts in easy English are written for students of English as a foreign language. Among the most popular features（特色）of the Voice of America are the musical programs which offer every kind of music from Bach to Rock.
The Voice of America is the official voice of the United States government, but it presents opposing opinions as well. To give an objective analysis（客观分析）of the news, the station gets advice from newspapers, news services, reporters, and correspondents（通讯员）from all over the world.
(1) According to the text, the Voice of America broadcast ________ during World War Ⅱ.
[ ]
A．only good news
B．only bad news
C．the real news
D．uncertain news
(2) It can be inferred that South Asian people speak ________.
[ ]
A．Arabic and Chinese
B．Swahili and Spanish
C．Hindi and Parsi
D．Hindi, Urdu and Bengali
(3) If the visitors want to listen to the broadcast in Hindi, they ________.
[ ]
A．need to understand 25 languages
B．need to push a button
C．have to learn English
D．have to be Indian Citizens
(4) From the text we know that _________.
[ ]
A．the Voice of America presents different kinds of opinions
B．it was not during the World War Ⅱ that the Voice of America started broadcasting
C．not only newspapers but also news services ask the Voice of America for help
D．the most popular program presented by the Voice of America is the English course
Daily at this time we shall speak to you about America and the war. The news may be good or bad. We shall tell you the truth.
—The Voice of America
February 24,1942
Those words were from the Voice of America’s first broadcast during World War Ⅱ. Today more than 80 million listeners tune in every day. The broadcast network is the largest in the world and reaches millions of listeners in Africa, in English, French, Hausa, Portuguese, and Swahili. The program is broadcast in Spanish and Portuguese for Central and South America. The Middle East receives its news in Arabic and Parsi, South Asia picks up signals in Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu. The Russian-language service is on 14 hours a day.
All of the broadcasts come from the Voice of America headquarters（总部）in Washington D．C．. Visitors can push a red button outside any of the twenty-five glass-walled studios and listen to the broadcasts, in Hindi, that Indian citizens are listening to at that very moment in India.
In addition to news broadcasts, the Voice of America sends out interviews and a wide variety of programs. For example, special broadcasts in easy English are written for students of English as a foreign language. Among the most popular features（特色）of the Voice of America are the musical programs which offer every kind of music from Bach to Rock.
The Voice of America is the official voice of the United States government, but it presents opposing opinions as well. To give an objective analysis（客观分析）of the news, the station gets advice from newspapers, news services, reporters, and correspondents（通讯员）from all over the world.
(1) According to the text, the Voice of America broadcast ________ during World War Ⅱ.
[ ]
A．only good news
B．only bad news
C．the real news
D．uncertain news
(2) It can be inferred that South Asian people speak ________.
[ ]
A．Arabic and Chinese
B．Swahili and Spanish
C．Hindi and Parsi
D．Hindi, Urdu and Bengali
(3) If the visitors want to listen to the broadcast in Hindi, they ________.
[ ]
A．need to understand 25 languages
B．need to push a button
C．have to learn English
D．have to be Indian Citizens
(4) From the text we know that _________.
[ ]
A．the Voice of America presents different kinds of opinions
B．it was not during the World War Ⅱ that the Voice of America started broadcasting
C．not only newspapers but also news services ask the Voice of America for help
D．the most popular program presented by the Voice of America is the English course
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There are several important families of languages in the world. For example, most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo- European. The original (最初的) language of this family was spoken about 4,500 years ago. Many of the present day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4,500 years ago.
Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time some even die out completely. About 1, 000 years ago English was a little- known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.
If a language has a large number of speakers or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of speakers. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China cannot understand speakers from other parts.
1. The first paragraph mainly tells us that________.
A．most people in the world speak Chinese
B．there are thousands of languages in the world today
C．man has much knowledge about languages
D．some people know several languages
2. Most European and Indian languages
A．will soon die out completely
B．were once a relative of English
C．are no longer spoken
D．come from the same family
3.________seems to have changed a lot.
A．Chinese
B．English
C．Spanish
D．German
4 The word dialect in the last paragraph means________.
A．a special language spoken by Chinese
B．the sign used by the Chinese people in a special area
C．the difference between the old and today’s Chinese
D．the form of the language used in one part of the country
Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how language first began, but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. However, we do know a lot about languages, the languages of today and also the languages of earlier times. There are probably about three thousand languages in the world today. Chinese is the language with the most speakers. English, Russian and Spanish are also spoken by many millions of people. On the other hand, some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.
There are several important families of languages in the world. For example, most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo- European. The original (最初的) language of this family was spoken about 4,500 years ago. Many of the present day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4,500 years ago.
Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time some even die out completely. About 1, 000 years ago English was a little- known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.
If a language has a large number of speakers or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of speakers. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China cannot understand speakers from other parts.
1. The first paragraph mainly tells us that________.
A．most people in the world speak Chinese
B．there are thousands of languages in the world today
C．man has much knowledge about languages
D．some people know several languages
2. Most European and Indian languages
A．will soon die out completely
B．were once a relative of English
C．are no longer spoken
D．come from the same family
3.________seems to have changed a lot.
A．Chinese
B．English
C．Spanish
D．German
4 The word dialect in the last paragraph means________.
A．a special language spoken by Chinese
B．the sign used by the Chinese people in a special area
C．the difference between the old and today’s Chinese
D．the form of the language used in one part of the country
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