The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international   1  , American officials believed they should   2  the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in  3 . “The   4   may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA  5  were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.
After the World WarⅡended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s  6  had to be changed, 7   the Soviet Union became enemy of AmericA. They wanted to   8    Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.