1 . The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ, when Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international _______ , American officials believed they should _______the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in _______ . “The _______ may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA _______ were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After the World War Ⅱended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s _______ had to be changed, _______ the Soviet Union (苏联) became enemy of America. They wanted to _______ Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early days VOA began adding something new to its Broadcast that was _______“Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know __________ English to completely understand its __________ English broadcast. So VOA__________a simpler kind of English,______________________ uses about 1,500 words and is spoken __________ Of course, it is special English.

In the __________ of most VOA listeners, the most __________ program is the news report. News from around the world __________ into the VOA news room in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in __________ cities and also from other __________ like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to __________ news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.