On October 19,1959,the first Special English program was broadcast on the Voice
of America．It was an experiment．The goal was to communicate by radio in clear
and simple English with people whose native language was not English．Experts
said the goal was admirable,but the method would not
work．However,．The Special English programs quickly became
some of the most popular on VOA．And they still are．
Forty years later,Special
English continues to communicate with people who are not fluent in English．But
during the years its role has expanded．It also helps people learn
American-English．It succeeds in helping people learn English in a
non-traditional way．And it provides listeners,even those who are native
English speakers,with information they cannot find elsewhere.
Today,Special English broadcasts around the world seven days a week,five
times a day．Each half-hourly broadcast begins with ten minutes of the latest
news followed by 20minutes of feature programming．There is a different short
feature every weekday about science,development,agriculture,and environment,and
on the weekends about news events and American idioms．These programs are
followed by in-depth(深入的)15 minutes features about American
culture,history,science,medicine,space,important people or short
stories．
【小題1】What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10
words．)
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【小題2】Which sentence in the passage can be
replaced by the following sentence?
(Special English has played a more
important part in many areas over the years．)
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【小題3】Please fill in the blank in the first
paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer
within 10 words．)
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【小題4】What do you think about Special
English?(Please answer within 30 words．)
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【小題5】Translate
the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese．
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【小題1】History of Special English Broadcast
【小題2】But during the years its
role has expanded．
【小題3】They were proved wrong．／It did work．
【小題4】I think
Special English broadcasts in clear and easy English．It helps us learn English
and know more about the world．
【小題5】它甚至能提供給以英語為母語的人在其他地方找不到的信息.
答案解析：
【小題1】根據每一段開頭的時間,可知,本文講述了Special
English Program節(jié)目的歷史.
【小題2】本句話的意思是：隨著時間的推移,Special
English扮演了一個更重要的角色.所以在意思上等同于：這些年來,他的角色改變了.
【小題3】在節(jié)目開創(chuàng)之初,專家預料方式不可行,根據however,和后面的話,可知,專家的預料錯了.
【小題4】Special
English這個節(jié)目是專為非母語的人準備的,所以聲音非常清晰速度也很慢,能讓我們學英語的人了解到世界上的事情.
【小題5】本句含有一個provide
sb.with sth.的結構.節(jié)目為聽眾甚至是本族語聽眾提供一些在其他地方得不到的信息.