On October 19，1959，the first Special English program was broadcast on the Voice of America．It was an experiment．The goal was to communicate by radio in clear and simple English with people whose native language was not English．Experts said the goal was admirable，but the method would not work．However，             ．The Special English programs quickly became some of the most popular on VOA．And they still are．
Forty years later，Special English continues to communicate with people who are not fluent in English．But during the years its role has expanded．It also helps people learn American-English．It succeeds in helping people learn English in a non-traditional way．And it provides listeners, even those who are native English speakers, with information they cannot find elsewhere.
Today，Special English broadcasts around the world seven days a week，five times a day．Each half-hourly broadcast begins with ten minutes of the latest news followed by 20minutes of feature programming．There is a different short feature every weekday about science，development，agriculture，and environment，and on the weekends about news events and American idioms．These programs are followed by in-depth(深入的)15 minutes features about American culture，history，science，medicine，space，important people or short stories．
小題1:What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)
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小題2:Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following sentence?
(Special English has played a more important part in many areas over the years．)
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小題3:Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)
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小題4:What do you think about Special English?(Please answer within 30 words．)
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小題5:Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese．
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小題1:History of Special English Broadcast    
小題2:But during the years its role has expanded．
小題3:They were proved wrong．／It did work．
小題4:I think Special English broadcasts in clear and easy English．It helps us learn English and know more about the world．
小題5:它甚至能提供給以英語(yǔ)為母語(yǔ)的人在其他地方找不到的信息。

小題1:根據(jù)每一段開(kāi)頭的時(shí)間，可知，本文講述了Special English Program節(jié)目的歷史。
小題2:本句話的意思是：隨著時(shí)間的推移，Special English扮演了一個(gè)更重要的角色。所以在意思上等同于：這些年來(lái)，他的角色改變了。
小題3:在節(jié)目開(kāi)創(chuàng)之初，專家預(yù)料方式不可行，根據(jù)however，和后面的話，可知，專家的預(yù)料錯(cuò)了。
小題4:Special English這個(gè)節(jié)目是專為非母語(yǔ)的人準(zhǔn)備的，所以聲音非常清晰速度也很慢，能讓我們學(xué)英語(yǔ)的人了解到世界上的事情。
小題5:本句含有一個(gè)provide sb. with sth.的結(jié)構(gòu)。節(jié)目為聽(tīng)眾甚至是本族語(yǔ)聽(tīng)眾提供一些在其他地方得不到的信息。
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