题文
Henry Loomis served as director of the Voice of America for seven years starting in 1958.Mr Loomis played an important role in creating the Special English service .
Henry Loomis was born in 1919 Tuxedo Park , New York. His father was Alfred Lee Loomis , a rich New York City businessman .In 1940, Henry Loomis dropped out of Harvard University to join the United States Navy .He was able to put to good use his knowledge of radar technology that he had learned about because of his father’s work .After graduating at the top in his naval(海军的) training class, Henry Loomis became a teacher at the Navy's radar training school in Hawaii. By the end of World War Two, Henry Loomis had received many honors for his service, including a Bronze Star and an Air Medal. He left the Navy in 1946 to begin graduate（研究生）studies.
Henry Loomis later moved to Washington, D.C. to begin another part of his career in public service. He held positions in the Department of Defense and other agencies: In 1958, he became director of the Voice of America.
During his travels around the world, Mr. Loomis saw that English was becoming an
important international language. He believed that it was important to make English easier to
understand by listeners of VOA broadcasts whose native language was not English. So Mr. Loomis asked VOA program manager Barry Zorthian to develop a way to broadcast to listeners
with a limited knowledge of English:
The result of this effort was Special English: The first Voice of America broadcast in Special English took place on October 19th, 1959. Those against his ideas at the time said the Special English method of broadcasting at a slower rate with a limited vocabulary would never work, it was not practical. American embassies（大使馆） demanded that the program be called off. But Mr. Loomis supported the program.
Soon, VOA began to receive hundreds of letters from listeners praising the program. Special English programs became some of the most popular on VOA. We are pleased to say that our programs still are.
小题1:We can know from the passage that Henry Loomis______．A．was born in a poor familyB．did well in his naval training classC．stayed in the Navy for nearly 8 yearsD．joined the army immediately after graduating from university小题2:What is the second paragraph mainly about?A．Henry Loomis's childhood.B．Henry Loomis's whole business.C．Henry Loomis's background. D．Henry Loomis's army life.小题3:What led to Henry Loomis's idea of Special English programs?
A. His experience in the Navy.
B. His experience in the Department of Defense.(国防部)
C. His early dream of promoting the influence of VOA.
D. His finding VOA programs are too difficult for non-native listeners.
小题4:Those who were against his ideas of Special English programs said______A．Special English programs were not practicalB．it would cost too much to make Special English programsC．it was unnecessary to broadcast Special English programsD．Special English programs wouldn't help listeners in improving their English 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
解析
本文是一篇人物传记，关于VOA慢速英语创始人Henry Loomis以及他开创special english的一些情况介绍。小题1:细节题。根据第二段He was able to put to good use his knowledge of radar technology that he had learned about because of his father’s work .可知他在海军中表现非常好。
小题2:主旨大意题。通读第二段可知是关于这个人的背景。
小题3:推理题。根据文章第四段He believed that it was important to make English easier to understand by listeners of VOA broadcasts whose native language was not English.可以推断出他认为常速VOA对于非英语为母语的人来说太难。
小题4:细节题。根据倒数第二段的it was not practical.可知答案为A。
考点
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(3)是非题：
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(5)指代理解题：
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(1)细节推断题：
要求考生根据语篇关系，推断具体细节，如时间、地点、人物关系、人物身份、事件等。一般可根据短文提供的信息，或者借助生活常识进行推理判断。
(2)因果推断题：
要求考生根据已知结果推测导致结果的可能原因。考生要准确掌握文章的内涵，理解文章的真正含义。
(3)人物性格、作者态度及观点判断题：
人物传记类文章中有些是考查考生对作者的主导思想、被描写人物的语气、言语中流露的情绪、性格倾向和作者或文中人物态度、观点等方面的理解题。推理判断题要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上做出一定推论和判断，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。解答此类题时，要注意：
(1)吃透文章的字面意思，从字里行间捕捉有用的提示和线索，这是推理的前提和基础。
(2)对文字的表面信息进俐宅掘加工，由表及里，由浅入深。从具体到抽象，从特殊到一般，通过分析、综合、判断等进行符合逻辑的推理。不能就事论事，断章取义，以偏概全。
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(5)注意文中所用词句的感情色彩，是讽刺性的，批评性的，赞成性的，还是反对性的，以便推测作者的观点和态度。
