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上海市新华初级中学2024年八年级暑期英语作业检测卷
The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia(多媒体的)international broadcasting service funded(资助) by the U. S. Government. VOA broadcasts about 1, 500 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programs every week to a worldwide audience of 134 million people.
After World War Ⅱ ended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA's purpose had to be changed, considering the Soviet Union(苏联) became enemy of America. They wanted to1 Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early years VOA began 2 something new to its broadcast that was called "Music USA". Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know 3 English to completely understand its 4 English broadcast. So VOA invented a simpler kind of English, which uses about 1500 words and is spoken 5 . Of course, it is special English.
In the opinion of most VOA listeners, the most important program is the news report. News from around the world flies into the VOA reporters in major cities and also from other 6 like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to 7 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.
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