2012年GCT考试英语完型填空专项练习五

Using cable Internet services for the first time can be a breathtaking experience. Images and text -1- before your eyes instantly. Full-motion video and audio play without jitter. When you see this, you -2- that this was how the Internet was meant to be. -3- Internet old-timers, it´s like a whole new world.

The cable television network has 4 as the early leader in providing -5- fast data access in the home. -6- more than a million cable modem subscribers now in North America, the system -7- from a string of experimental deployments in 1995 to a mainstream service 8 in most major cities.

Internet access over cable runs at speeds -9- 100 times those of the traditional dial-up world. This raw speed is the catalyst producing the dramatic change to typical Internet services. And the connection is "always on," enabling users to call up a site -10- as the spirit moves them. Gone are the days of having to log in to the network.

1. A. flash B. flame C. flesh D. fresh

2. A. recognize B. realize C. revise D. release

3. A. In spite of B. Except for C. Even for D. Apart from

4. A. invented B. produced C. happened D. emerged

5. A. so B. such C. very D. much

6. A. As B. With C. For D. To

7. A. matures B. matured C. has matured D. had matured

8. A. available B. applicable C. liable D. adaptable

9. A. amount to B. thanks to C. up to D. see to

10. A. securely B. regularly C. immediately D. punctually

1. A. complete B. compute C. compete D. compact

2. A. take B. cost C. need D. consume

3. A. get B. arrive C. come D. reach

4. A. cut in B. cut off C. cut down D. cut out

5. A. worldwide B. regional C. national D. local

6. A. panel B. pair C. part D. parcel

7. A. approximately B. perfectly C. exactly D. supposedly

8. A. see B. watch C. observe D. spectate

9. A. However B.Furthermore C. Instead D. Moreover

10. A. taken B. taking C. took D. takes