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 brink of an Internet revolution. (24) But it all depends how well the service is rolled out across the region.

 

题目

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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 decided 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。