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. Critics at the time said the Special English method of broadcasting at a slower rate with a limited vocabulary would never work. American embassies demanded that the program be cancelled. 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.

　　文章为记叙文，介绍了美国名人Henry Loomis的生平，以及他如何让“美国之音”有了慢速英语节目。

　　5．We can know from the passage that Henry Loomis

　　.

　　A. was born in a poor family

　　B. did well in his naval training class

　　C. stayed in the Navy for nearly 8 years

　　D. joined the army immediately after graduating from university

【2016高考英语一轮全程复习构想课时训练45（外研版）】相关文章：

★ 贵州省贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（19）附答案

★ 【北师大版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导课时作业：Unit 4 B卷 Word版含解析

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(四十七)选修8Module 5《The Conquest of the Universe》（外研版）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍完形填空之记叙文：命题趋势（含解析）

★ 备战2016年高考英语复习要注意培养语感

★ 贵州省贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（17）附答案

★ 盘点2015-2016高考英语二轮复习如何抓住基础知识

★ 湖南省岳阳市2014高考英语一轮单项选择训练题（12）及答案

★ 2016高考英语一轮全程复习构想课时训练41（外研版）

★ 2016年高考英语二轮复习指导：快速阅读四大法则