英语专四 新闻听力 news 4-4-2

 新闻

Questions 23 to 24 are based on the following news.

It has been an ambitious project. Laying a 17,000 kilometre fibre optic cable under the sea linking Europe and Asia with East and Southern Africa. Seacom，a Mauritius- based company, is today officially launching the arrival of a fast broadband Internet service in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa.

(23) It should be commercially available in a few weeks’ time.

Three other fibre optic cables are due to become operational soon including one which is backed by the Kenyan government. In theory the region could be on the brink¹ of an Internet revolution. (24) But it all depends how well the service is rolled out across the region.

 

题目

News 4

Questions 23 to 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item , you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

Now, listen to the news.

23. According to the news, the fast broadband Internet service could be available_____

A. a few days later B. several weeks later

C. three months later D. a year later

24. The success of the program in Kenyan would be mainly decided² by_____

A. the government's support B. the speed of the network

C. the company’s financial aid D. the introduction of the service

 

答案解析

23B细节题。新闻中指出，快速宽带服务将在几周后正式开通。故正确答案是B。

24D细节题。新闻中指出，理论上，肯尼亚地区可能处于互联网革命的边缘，但能不 能实现还得取决于该项目在该地区推出的顺利程度。故选项D正确。

 

1 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。