单选题从下面提供的答案中选出应填入下列英文语句中______内的正确答案。
A local-area network(LAN) is a communications network that (1) a variety of device and provides a (2) for information exchange among those devices. The scope of the LAN is small typically a single building or a cluster ofbuildings. The LAN is usually owned by the same organization that owns the (3) devices. The internal data rate of LAN is at least several Mbps. The basic Of LAN communication is broadcasting. At each station, there is a transmitter/ receiver that communicates over a (4) shared by other stations.A transmission from any one station is (5) to and received by all other stations.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】根据句法结构，这里应该填一个动词，而且是单数第三人称形式，因此只能在D和G之间选择。interconnect的意思是“(使)互相连接”，符合题意，因此选D。
[参考译文]局域网是一种通信网络，它把许多设备互连并提供在这些设备之间交换设备的方法。局域网范围小，通常在一个建筑物里或一群建筑物范围内。一个局域网通常属于拥有互连设备的同一组织。局域网内部的传输速率通常为几个Mb/s。局域网的基本通信方式为广播方式。每个站都有一个转发/接收器，通过与其他站共享的介质通信从任何一个站发布的消息都会广播到全部站并被这些站接收。