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Home Fibre Plans Survive Downturn

The latest figures on superfast broadband delivered by fibre to the home(FTTH) shows 18% growth over the last survey compiled in late 2008. The continued growth suggests that the global economic downturn has not hit plans to build a fibre infrastructure. Sweden tops the list of nations rolling out the technology, with 10.9% of its broadband customers using fibre.
Karel Helsen, president of Europe's Fibre-To-The-Home Council, said the growth matched predictions that were revised when the credit crunch started to make itself felt. By 2012, the FISH Council expects that 13 million people across 35 European nations will have their broadband delivered by fibre. Such services would start at speeds of 100 megabits per second(mbps), said Mr. Helsen.
Around Europe more than 233 projects were underway to lay the fibre that would connect homes or buildings to the net, said Mr. Helsen. Many of those, he said, were being operated by local governments or smaller net firms. They were interested in FTTH because of the economic and social benefits it brought, said Mr. Helsen. The low delay in data transfer in high-speed fibre networks made possible novel uses of broadband, he said.
"No delay is very important," he said," specifically if you talk about applications that are time dependent such as personal communications, conference calls or video calls where delays cause a lot of interference. "While early FTTH services were concentrated in cities, said Mr. Helsen, many more were reaching out to rural areas for e—health and e—learning projects.
Separate studies show that all FTTH infrastructure carl have a direct impact on local economic output, said Mr. Helsen. The UK, France and Germany have yet to break into the list of top ten FTTH nations.

单选题 How many people in Sweden are using fibre?

单选题 Which one of the following statement is not mentioned by Mr. Helsen?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】在文章接下来的段落中都有关于Helsen的内容，因此需要我们对照原文进行仔细的辨别。第二段第二句：By 2012... across 35 European nations will have their broadband delivered by fiber. Such services would start at speeds of 100 megabits per second(mbps)(到2012年，35个欧洲国家的居民会享受光纤宽带。光纤宽带的传输速度可达到每秒100mbp)，可见选项A是合文意的。第三段第一句：Many of those(233 projects)were being operated by local governments or smaller net firms. They were interested in FTTH because of the economic and social benefits itbrought, said Mr. Helsen(在233个项目中，有很多是政府或者网络公司组织施建的，他们之所以对这些项目感兴趣，是因为其可观的社会和经济效益)，可见选项B和C是正确的。第二段第一句中提到the growth matched predictions，可见增长是符合预期的，可见D是不符合文意的，因此本题的正确答案为D。

单选题 Which one is NOT mentioned as the applications specially dependent on time?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】第四段第一句：No delay is very important, specifically if you talk about applications that are time dependent such as personal communications, confe rence calls or video calls(没有数据传输延误是很重要的，特别是个人通讯、电话会议，视频电话，都非常依赖即时性)，可见选项A、B、C都被提及，而D项的计算功能没有被提到，故正确答案为D。

单选题 Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】原文倒数第二段最后一句说：While early FTTH services were concentrated in cities, many more were reaching out to rural areas for e-health and e-learning project(早期的光纤入户服务集中在城市，现在有很多此类服务正在向农村地区扩展，用于电子医疗和电子学习项目)，由此我们可以推断出农村地区需要更多的光纤来满足其在线学习和医疗的需求，即A选项的内容，因此本题的正确答案为A。最后一段第一句说：Separate studies show that an FTTH infrastructure can have a direct impact on local economic output(独立研究显示光纤入户对当地经济产出有直接的作用)，可见B不合文意。第三段最后一句说：The low delay in data transfer in high-speed fibre networks made possible novel uses of broadband(光纤在数据传输方面的低延误使很多新的宽带用途成为现实)，可见C不合义意。