题目内容：

阅读表达(共5小题；每小题2分,共10分)

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。

On October 19，1959，the first Special English program was broadcast(广播)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. 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(特写报道)programming．There is a different short feature every weekday about science，development，agriculture，and environment，and on the weekend’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．

1.What does the passage mainly tell us?(Please answer within 10 words．)

                                                                             

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．

                                                                             

3.Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

                                                                             

4.What do you think about Special English?(Please answer within 30 words．)

                                                                             

5.Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese．