Question

 

A. concentrated     B. possible      C. revised       D. applications     E. figures    F. connect         G. benefits       H. global        I. associate        J. tops

More than two million people in Europe now have fiber broadband（光纖寬帶）direct to their home, suggests a survey. The latest    1.   on superfast broadband delivered by fiber to the home (FTTH) show 18% growth over the last survey compiled in late 2008.

The continued growth suggests that the    2.    economic decline has not hit plans to build fiber networks. Sweden    3.   the list of nations applying the technology, with 10.9% of its broadband customers using fiber. Karel Helsen, president of Europe’s Fiber-To-The-Home Council, said the growth matched predictions that were    4.    when the credit crisis started to make itself felt. “The numbers in 2009 are in line with the latest forecasts,” said Mr. Helsen.

By 2013, the FTTH Council expects that 13 million people across 35 European nations will have their broadband delivered by fiber. Such services would start at a speed of 100 megabits per second (mbps), said Mr. Helsen. Around Europe more than 233 projects were underway to lay the fibers that would    5.   homes or buildings to the net, said Mr. Helsen. Many of those, he said, were being operated by local governments or smaller net firms. Local governments were interested in FTTH because of the economic and social    6.    it brought in its wake, said Mr. Helsen.

The low delay in high-speed fiber networks made    7.    new uses of broadband, he said. “No delay is very important,” he said, “specifically if you talk about   8.   that are time-dependent such as personal communications, conference calls or video calls where delays cause a lot of trouble.” While early FTTH services were    9.    in cities, said Mr. Helsen, many more were reaching out to rural areas for e-health and e-learning projects.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.E

2.H

3.J

4.C

5.F

6.G

7.B

8.D

9.A

【解析】

試題分析：據一項調查表明，歐洲二百多萬人現在可以把光纖寬帶引到家里。由于光纖的速度快不耽誤事，越來越多的人選擇它。現在這種服務已經從大城市漸漸地向廣大的農村地區延伸了。

1.最新的關于最新的關于家用光纖傳送的超快寬帶的數據表明，和上一次在2008年末所做的調查相比較，速度快了18%。前一句講調查的情況，所以本句用18%這個figure（n.數字）說話。故選 E。

2. 持續的增長表明全球經濟危機并沒有影響光纖網絡的的發展。結合上文判斷，選H： global(adj.全球的)。

3. 瑞典高居應用這一技術的國家的名單之首位，有10.9%的寬帶用戶在使用光纖。top在這里是vt.名列榜首的意思。故選J。

4. 歐洲光纖入戶委員會的主席Karel Helsen 說：指當經濟危機開始爆發的時候，增長和已經做出了修改的預測正符合。故選C項 revise（vt.修改）。

5.connect …to … 把… …和…..連在一起。歐洲有233個項目在鋪設把家和樓房和網絡連接起來所用的光纜。F項 connect 和to連用，意思是： 把… …和…..連在一起。

6.Helsen 先生說，地方政府對FTTH 很感興趣，因為它帶來了經濟和社會的雙重利益。故選G： benefits（好處）。注意是復數形式。

7.高速光纖網絡的快速度吸引了可能寬帶的新用戶。B項 possible是形容詞：可能的；修飾uses。

8.Helsen 先生說：不耽誤事很重要。尤其是如果你談論起光纖寬帶的時間緊迫的具體應用，如私人交流會議或者視頻要求這些推遲就會造成很多麻煩的情況。所以選擇D項 applications( n.應用),注意復數的變化。

9.Helsen 先生還說：A concentrate是動詞：聚焦；早期的FTTH services聚焦于城市，而越來越多的這種服務正延伸至農村用于網絡保健和學習項目中。

考點: 考查選擇正確的單詞及其形式填空。