Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices, Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
America’s Internet is fester than ever before, but people still complain about their Internet being too slow.
New York’s Attorney General’s office (26)_______ an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizon, Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband that’s as fast as the providers (27)_______ it is. Earlier this month, the office asked for the public’s help to measure their speed results, saying consumers (28)_______ to get the speeds they were promised. “Too many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another，” the Attorney general said.
If the investigation uncovers anything, it wouldn’t be the first time a telecom provider got into (29)_______ over the broadband speeds it promised and delivered customers. Back in June, the Federal Communications Commission fined AT& T $ 100 million over (30)_______ that the carrier secretly reduced wireless speeds after customers consumed a certain amount of (31)_______ .
Even when they stay on the right side of the law, Internet providers arouse customers’ anger over bandwidth speed and cost. Just this week, an investigation found that media and telecom giant Comcast is
the most (32)_______ provider. Over 10 months, Comcast received nearly 12,000 customer complaints, many (33)_______ to its monthly data cap and overage (超过额度的)charges.
Some Americans are getting so (34)_______ with Internet providers they’re just giving up. A recent
study found that the number of Americans with high-speed Internet at home today (35)_______ fell during the last two years, and 15% of people now consider themselves to be “cord-cutters.”
A)accusations | B) actually | C) claim | D) communicating |
E) complain | F) data | G) deserved | H) frustrated |
I) hated | J) launched | K) relating | L) times |
M) trouble | N) usually | O) worried |
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答案解析：
1. 根据“New York’s Attorney General’s office...an investigation”，可知此处表达“发起调查”，“launched”有“发起、开展”之意，所以选J。
2. 根据“broadband that’s as fast as the providers...it is”，可知此处是提供商“声称”的速度，“claim”表示“声称”，所以选C。
3. 根据“consumers...to get the speeds they were promised”，可知消费者“应该”得到承诺的速度，“deserved”表示“应得”，所以选G。
4. 根据“got into...over the broadband speeds”，可知此处表达陷入“麻烦”，“got into trouble”是固定搭配，所以选M。
5. 根据“fined AT& T $100 million over...”，可知是因为一些“指控”而罚款，“accusations”表示“指控”，所以选A。
6. 根据“reduced wireless speeds after customers consumed a certain amount of...”，可知是消耗了一定量的“数据”后降低速度，“data”表示“数据”，所以选F。
7. 根据“Comcast is the most...provider”，可知此处需要一个形容词修饰“provider”，结合语境“引起顾客愤怒”，这里说它是最“令人讨厌的”提供商，“hated”表示“令人讨厌的”，所以选I。
8. 根据“many...to its monthly data cap and overage charges”，可知许多投诉“与”每月数据上限和超额费用有关，“relating to”表示“与……有关”，所以选K。
9. 根据“Some Americans are getting so...with Internet providers”，可知一些美国人对网络提供商感到“沮丧”，“frustrated”表示“沮丧的”，所以选H。
10. 根据“the number of Americans with high - speed Internet at home today...fell”，可知有高速网络的美国人数量“实际上”下降了，“actually”表示“实际上”，所以选B。
