2018年3月全國(guó)英語(yǔ)等級(jí)考試三級(jí)真題及答案[閱讀D]

SECTIONⅡReading(50 minutes)

Part D

Directions:Read the following text from which 10 words have been removed.Choose from the words A-0 the most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text(46-55).There are FIVE extra words that you do not need to use.Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.

America’s Internet is faster than ever before,but people still complain about their Internet being too slow.

New York’s Attorney General’s office 46 an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizon,Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband that’s as fast as the providers 47 it is.Earlier this month,the office asked for the public’s help to measure their speed results,saying consumers 48 to get the speeds they were promised.“Too many of us may be paying for one thing,and getting another,”the Attorney General said.

46._________

[A]accusations

[B]actually

[C]claim

[D]communicating

[E]complain

[F]data

[G]deserved

[H]frustrated

[I]hated

[J]launched

[K]relating

[L]times

[M]trouble

[N]usually

[O]worried

參考答案：J

參考解析：“l(fā)aunch an investigation”意思為“開(kāi)展一項(xiàng)調(diào)查”

47._________

[A]accusations

[B]actually

[C]claim

[D]communicating

[E]complain

[F]data

[G]deserved

[H]frustrated

[I]hated

[J]launched

[K]relating

[L]times

[M]trouble

[N]usually

[O]worried

參考答案：C

參考解析：claim意思為“聲稱”

48._________

[A]accusations

[B]actually

[C]claim

[D]communicating

[E]complain

[F]data

[G]deserved

[H]frustrated

[I]hated

[J]launched

[K]relating

[L]times

[M]trouble

[N]usually

[O]worried

參考答案：G

參考解析：“consumers deserved to get the speeds they were promised”意思為“消費(fèi)者應(yīng)該獲得服務(wù)商承諾的網(wǎng)速”

If the investigation uncovers anything，it wouldn’t be the first time a telecom provider got into 49 over the broadband speeds it promised and delivered customers.Back in June,the Federal Communications Commission fined AT&T$100 million over 50 that the carrier secretly reduced wireless speeds after customers consumed a certain amount of 51.

49._________

[A]accusations

[B]actually

[C]claim

[D]communicating

[E]complain

[F]data

[G]deserved

[H]frustrated

[I]hated

[J]launched

[K]relating

[L]times

[M]trouble

[N]usually

[O]worried

參考答案：M

參考解析：“get into trouble”意思為“陷入麻煩”

50._________

[A]accusations

[B]actually

[C]claim

[D]communicating

[E]complain

[F]data

[G]deserved

[H]frustrated

[I]hated

[J]launched

[K]relating

[L]times

[M]trouble

[N]usually

[O]worried

參考答案：A

參考解析：accusation意思為“控告”

51._________

[A]accusations

[B]actually

[C]claim

[D]communicating

[E]complain

[F]data

[G]deserved

[H]frustrated

[I]hated

[J]launched

[K]relating

[L]times

[M]trouble

[N]usually

[O]worried

參考答案：F

參考解析：“a certain amount of data”意思為“一定數(shù)量的數(shù)據(jù)流量”

Even when they stay on the right side of the law,Internet providers arouse customers’anger over bandwidth speed and cost.Just this week,an investigation found that media and telecom giant Comcast is the most 52 provider.Over 10 months,Comcast received nearly 12,000 customer complaints,many 53 to its monthly data cap and overage charges.

52._________

[A]accusations

[B]actually

[C]claim

[D]communicating

[E]complain

[F]data

[G]deserved

[H]frustrated

[I]hated

[J]launched

[K]relating

[L]times

[M]trouble

[N]usually

[O]worried

參考答案：I

參考解析：the most hated provider意思為“最令人憎恨的服務(wù)商”

53._________

[A]accusations

[B]actually

[C]claim

[D]communicating

[E]complain

[F]data

[G]deserved

[H]frustrated

[I]hated

[J]launched

[K]relating

[L]times

[M]trouble

[N]usually

[O]worried

參考答案：K

參考解析：relating to意思為“與……有關(guān)”

Some Americans are getting so 54 with Internet providers they’re just giving up.A recent study found that the number of Americans with high-speed Internet at home today 55 fell during the last two years,and 15%of people now consider themselves to be“cord-cutters”.

54._________

[A]accusations

[B]actually

[C]claim

[D]communicating

[E]complain

[F]data

[G]deserved

[H]frustrated

[I]hated

[J]launched

[K]relating

[L]times

[M]trouble

[N]usually

[O]worried

參考答案：H

參考解析：frustrated意思為“失望的”

55._________

[A]accusations

[B]actually

[C]claim

[D]communicating

[E]complain

[F]data

[G]deserved

[H]frustrated

[I]hated

[J]launched

[K]relating

[L]times

[M]trouble

[N]usually

[O]worried

參考答案：B

參考解析：actually意思為“實(shí)際上”