【阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。ThefirstbroadcastofVOASpecialEnglishwasonOctober19th1959．VOAofficialswant】

　　阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　ThefirstbroadcastofVOASpecialEnglishwasonOctober19th1959．VOAofficialswantedaprogramtocommunicatewithpeoplelearningEnglisharoundtheworld．TheywantedawayforpeopletogettoknowthelanguageandatthesametimelearnabouttheUnitedStatesandworldevents．

　　In1959thedirectoroftheVoiceofAmericawasHenryLoomis．Inhisjobhetraveledaroundtheworld．HefoundthatpeopleofallageswantedtolearnEnglish．HewonderedifVOAcouldhelp．HeaskedhisprogrammanagerBarryZorthiantocreateabroadcasttoolthatwouldprovideinformationtolistenerswhohadalimitedknowledgeofEnglish．Mr．Zorthiangatheredasmallteamofyoungpeopletodevelopalistofwordstobeusedinthebroadcasts．

　　Forty－sevenyearsagoonOctober19thlistenersheardthefirstSpecialEnglishbroadcast．PaulParksreadaten－minutenewsprogramslowlyandcarefully．Hereadataspeedthatisaboutone－thirdslowerthanotherVOAEnglishbroadcasts．Hereadsothateachwordcouldbeclearlyunderstoodbylistenersontheirshortwaveradios．Thesentenceswereshort．AndthewordsusedwerelimitedtothemostcommonEnglishwords．SpecialEnglishwasanexperiment．Therewasnomodelforsuchabroadcastinslow－speedEnglishusingsimplewords．Wouldanyonelistentosuchaprogram?Wouldtheylikeit?

　　SomeAmericanexpertssaidthebroadcastswouldnotbesuccessful．Butforeignlistenersdisagreed．Theythoughtitwasexcellent．InlateryearsSpecialEnglishaddedbothshortandlongfeatureprogramstoitsbroadcasts．SpecialEnglishsoonbecameoneofthemostpopularprogramsonVOA．Itstillis．

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　　ThepurposeofVOASpecialEnglishisto________．

　　[]A．

　　informpeopleofthelatestnews

　　B．

　　helppeopletravelingaroundtheworld

　　C．

　　encouragepeopletoliveintheUnitedS