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浙江省金兰教育合作组织2023-2024学年

高二下学期4月期中英语试题

第一部分：听力(略)

第二部分：阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

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SPECIALENGLISH

TheEnglishlanguageprogramsoftheVoiceofAmerica(VOA)canbedividedintotwotypesaccordingtothespeedofbroadcasting:StandardEnglishandSpecialEnglish.

SpecialEnglishisasimpleandstandardizedEnglishradioprogramarrangedbyVOAforlistenerswhoarebeginningtolearnEnglishinnon-Englishspeakingcountriesaroundtheworld.ItofficiallybeganbroadcastinginOctober1959.

ThefamousAmericanlexicologistS.B.FlexmeridentifiedthreecriteriaforSpecialEnglish,thatis,whatmakesit“special”:

●Itwritesandbroadcastsinshortandclearsentences;

●Itbroadcastsatarateof90wordsperminute,or2/3ofStandardEnglish;

●ItisaformofAmericanEnglishcomposedmainlyofthe1500basicwords.

SpecialEnglishprogramscanbedividedintotwocategories:newsprogramsandfeatureprograms.

Newsprogram

VOASpecialEnglishnewsbroadcastsprovidelistenerswithworldwideinformationonpolitics,economics,militaryaffairs,diplomacy,internationalrelations,religion,weather,andallkindsofimportanteventsandwonders.TheyarebroadcasttoSoutheastAsiafivetimesaday,twiceinthemorningandthreetimesintheevening.

FeatureProgram

Fromtheperspectiveoftime,SpecialEnglishfeatureprogramscanbedividedintotwocategories:oneiseveryfiveminutes,andtheotheriseveryfifteenminutes.Thelatterconsistsofsevendifferentsub-features,whicharerepeatedfourtimesadayonaweeklycycle,butthetwofeaturesonSundayandSaturdayarebroadcastonlythreetimesanight,eachlastingabout10minutes,followedbyeachfive-minutefeature.

1.WhichisoneofthecriteriaforSpecialEnglish?

A.It’sabasicEnglishradioprogram.

B.Itreliesonamere1500basicwords.

C.Itplaysataspeedof90wordsperminute.

D.It’saimedattho