单选题 Question 25 to 26 are based on the follwing news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.
单选题 Which of the following is INCORRECT about the newly released proposal?
  • A.It requires that high-speed Internet service be available to all Americans.
  • B.It wants to better Interact service at ten times current speed.
  • C.It aims to expand broadband access nationwide.
  • D.It helps restore the United States to the leading position.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文] {{U}}A newly released proposal calls for almost everyone in the United States to have high-speed Internet service at home within ten years{{/U}}. On Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission sent its National Broadband Plan to Congress. {{U}}The F.C.C. wants one hundred million homes to have inexpensive Internet service at ten times current speed{{/U}}. Another goal for 2020 is to have the fastest and most extensive wireless network of any nation. The United States invented the Internet. Yet a recent study placed it sixteenth in broadband access. F.C.C. Chairman Julius Genachowski says the service available is slow and costly compared with other developed countries. {{U}}Currently, about two-thirds of Americans have broadband at home. But almost one hundred million do not{{/U}}. The government says fourteen million of them cannot get broadband even if they want it. [解析] 推断题。新闻一开始提到新发布的提议要求几乎所有的美国人在十年内部能在家享受高速网络服务，由此可以判断A与C是正确的；接下来提及The F.C.C. wants...to have inexpensive Internet service at ten times current speeds，故B说法正确；新闻中虽然提到美国在普及宽带上网方面的弱势地位，但没有提及这一提议对提升其地位的影响，故D错误。
单选题 How many Americans have access to broadband at home at present?
  • A.About 16,000,000.
  • B.About 100,000,000.
  • C.About 14,000,000.
  • D.About 200,000,000.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 推断题。预览选项知，数字信息为听音重点。新闻提到大约三分之二的美国人在家可享受宽带服务，而几乎1亿人不能享受此服务。据此可以算出，在家可享受宽带服务的美国人有2亿，D为答案。