Henry Loomis served as director of the Voi

题目内容：

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 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 practical

B．it would cost too much to make Special English programs

C．it was unnecessary to broadcast Special English programs

D．Special English programs wouldn't help listeners in improving their English

最佳答案：

小题1:B

小题2:C

小题3:D

小题4:A

答案解析：

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。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。