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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
B
We convince ourselves that life will be better once we are married， have a baby， then another. Then we get 1 because our children are not old enough， and that 2 will be well when they are older. Then we are frustrated 3 they reach adolescence and we must deal with them. Surely we’ll be 4 when they grow out of the teen years.
We tell ourselves our 5 will be better when our spouse（配偶） gets his/her act together， when we have a nicer car， when we can take a
6 ， when we finally retire. The 7 is that there is no better time to be happy than 8 . If not， then when？ Your life will always be full of 9 . It is better to admit as much and to decide to be happy 10 it all.
For the longest time， it seemed that life was about to start-real life.
But there was always some obstacle along the way， an ordeal（苦难） to 11 ， some work to be finished， some time to be given， a bill to be 12 . Then life would 13 . It finally dawned on me that that those 14 were part of life. Little by little， that point of 15 also helped me see that there isn’t any road to happiness.
Happiness is the road. So， 16 every moment. And bear in mind that 17 waits for no one. So stop 18 school to end， for a return to school， to lose ten pounds， to 19 ten pounds， for work to begin， to get married ... before deciding to be happy.
Happiness is a voyage， not a destination. There is no 20 time to be happy than ... NOW！ Live and enjoy the moment.
1. A. pleased B. happy
C. frustrated D. frightened
2. A. we B. they
C. all D. nothing
3. A. because B. but
C. so D. and
4. A. luckier B. happier
C. older D. healthier
5. A. life B. study
C. children D. condition
6. A. rest B. bath
C. breath D. vacation
7. A. idea B. opinion
C. truth D. thought
8. A. before B. ever
C. just then D. right now
9. A. challenges B. troubles
C. awards D. chances
10. A. instead of B. in addition to
C. in spite of D. up to
11. A. meet with B. go ahead
C. turn to D. get through
12. A. paid B. got
C. asked D. printed
13. A. end B. start
C. reward D. appear
14. A. achievements B. obstacles
C. duties D. opinions
15. A. view B. life
C. position D. condition
16. A. work B. study
C. enjoy D. wait
17. A. happiness B. time
C. age D. road
18. A. asking for B. supposing
C. waiting for D. hoping for
19. A. gain B. reduce
C. weigh D. enjoy
20. A. worse B. better
C. more D. less