Question

Last Friday, all three of China's telecommunications(電信運營商) operators announced plans to raise Internet speeds and lower costs for consumers. This came about a month after China’s premier(總理) Li Keqiang said the country needed to do more to provide better Internet services.

China has more Internet users than any other country , but nowadays, average(平均) Internet speeds in China

are only3.4 megabits per second(Mbps,兆位/秒). In the US,however, average Internet speeds can reach l1.1Mbps.

According to China's Ministry of Industry and Informahon Technology(工信部), by the end of this year, the average Intemet speed for users in major cities and towns wi1 be increased to 20 Mbps. Other area in cities wi11 be improved to 10 Mbps. Besides, more than13 million 4G base stations will be built. They wi11 a1low mobile Intemet users to enjoy improved experiences.

And faster speeds wi11 come with lower costs. Average costs for mobile phone Intemet and fixed Internet wi11 be lowered by at least 30 percent next year. China Telecom(中國電信), for example, now gets 3,000 yuan a year for its 100-Mbps Internet service. Last week, the company said it would lower the price by 30 percent or more.

1.What does the underlined word “consumers” in the passage probably mean in Chinese?

A.費用 B.用戶 C.速度

2.What's the average Internet speed in China now?

A.3.4Mbps. B. 10Mbps. C. 11.1Mbps.

3.Premier Li Keqiang said China needed to .

A. do more to provide better Internet services

B.bui1d more bus stations in the countryside

C. cal1 on people to use better mobile phones

4. We can leam from the passage that .

A. China's telecommunications operators refuse to lower costs

B. Internet speeds in China are faster than in the US nowadays

C. China has the largest number of Internet users in the world

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. More Stations and Fewer Users

B Better Sevices and Higher Price

C. Faster Speeds and Lower Costs

Answer 1