Inacomputerage，abroadbandInternetconnectionisverypopularnow．Whethercableormobilebroadband，today’sconnectionsaremanytimesfasterthanthoseintheearlydays.Videosplaysmoothlycomplexwebsitesloadquickly，andfilesdownloadmuchfasterthantenyearsago．Andthefilesaremuchbiggertoo．
There’sahiddenproblem：YouhavetolivenearenoughtoamajorcitytogetbroadbandInternet.Ifyoudon’t，it'sslowdial-upaccessforyou.Andforthoselivingreallyfarout，theremaybenoInternetaccessata11．
Technologyexpertsoftentalkaboutthe“lastmile”problem，whichreferstothedifficultyofbringingInternetaccesstoremotelocations．Incitiesandsuburbs(郊区)，it'srelativelyeasytoprovideaccessforeveryone．Itismuchmoredifficulttodeliveraccesstothoselivingfarfromcities，especiallyindevelopingcountries．Internetserviceproviders．fortheirpart，havebeenreluctanttoprovideaccesstosparsely(稀疏地)populatedareas．ThehandfulofInternetuserstheywouldreachwouldn’tcovertheexpense.
ButeveryyeartechnologicaladvancementsallowofmoreandmoreInternetusers.MostbroadbandconnectionstodayrunoverexistingcableTVandtelephonelinesalthoughthesetechnologiesaren’tavailableeverywhere．
SomecompanieshavedeliveredtheInternetoverstandardpowerlines.Advancementsincheapermoreefficientfiberopticscables(光纤电缆)promisetobringextremelyfastInternetconnectionstomoreusers．Still．the“lastmile”problemremainshardtodealwith．Therewillalwaysbesomewherethatdoesn’thaveanaffordablebroadbandconnection．Butsomedaythatmightnotmatter．Iftherapidprogressincellphonetechnologyisanyindication，itmaynotbetoolongbeforeanInternetconnectionsimplyfollowsyouwhereveryougo.
1.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?
A．Internetconnectionshavebeenpopulareverywhere．
B．Internetserviceprovidersarewillingtocareaboutrural(农村的)customers．
C.TheproblemofInternetaccesshasn’tbeencompletelydealtwith
D.Computercan’tbecomepopularindevelopingcountries．
2.Paragraph4mainlytellsusthattechnologicaladvancements_______.
A．makeTVandtelephone