On October 19.1959.the first Special English program was broadcast on the Voice

On October 19，1959，the first Special English program was broadcast on the Voice ofAmerica．It was anexperiment．The goalwas to communicate by radio in clear and simple English with people whosenative language was not English．Experts said the goal was admirable，but the method would not work．However，             ．TheSpecial English programs quickly became some of the most popular on VOA．And they still are．

Forty years later，Special English continues tocommunicate with people who are not fluent in English．But during the years its rolehas expanded．Italso 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 findelsewhere.

Today，Special English broadcasts around the world seven days a week，five times a day．Each half-hourly broadcastbegins with ten minutes of the latest news followed by 20minutes of featureprogramming．Thereis a different short feature every weekday about science，development，agriculture，and environment，and on the weekends about newsevents and American idioms．These programs are followed by in-depth(深入的)15 minutes features aboutAmerican culture，history，science，medicine，space，important people or shortstories．

1.What is the best title of thepassage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

        △                                      △                             

2.Which sentence in the passage can bereplaced by the following sentence?

(Special English has played a moreimportant part in many areas over the years．)

        △                                       △                            

3.Please fill in the blank in the firstparagraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

        △                                        △                           

4.What do you think about SpecialEnglish?(Please answer within 30 words．)

         △                                       △                           

5.Translate the underlined sentence in thesecond paragraph into Chinese．

          △                                       △                          

试题答案

【答案】

1.History of Special EnglishBroadcast    

2.But during the years its role hasexpanded．

3.They were proved wrong．／It did work．

4.I think Special English broadcasts inclear and easy English．It helps us learn English and know more about the world．

5.它甚至能提供给以英语为母语的人在其他地方找不到的信息。

【解析】

1.根据每一段开头的时间，可知，本文讲述了Special English Program节目的历史。

2.本句话的意思是：随着时间的推移，Special English扮演了一个更重要的角色。所以在意思上等同于：这些年来，他的角色改变了。

3.在节目开创之初，专家预料方式不可行，根据however，和后面的话，可知，专家的预料错了。

4.Special English这个节目是专为非母语的人准备的，所以声音非常清晰速度也很慢，能让我们学英语的人了解到世界上的事情。

5.本句含有一个provide sb. with sth.的结构。节目为听众甚至是本族语听众提供一些在其他地方得不到的信息。