Don’t Make Me Wait How long are you willing to wait for a web-page to open? Half a minute? A few sec

A.slower   B.hardly    C.improved    D.discovered    E. traffic  
 
Don’t Make Me Wait
How long are you willing to wait for a web-page to open? Half a minute? A few seconds?
Internet engineers have 21. that even 400 milliseconds are too long for most Internet users.
A millisecond is one thousandth of a second. People 22. notice such a small time difference, but it does cause them to stop searching, reported The New York Times. Millions of smart-phones and computers are collecting and sending out information. With so many people downloading maps, sports videos, and news, you can get “23.jam online”. Meanwhile, users are expecting faster and faster service. If one website is 250 milliseconds 24. than another website, then people will visit it less often. That is why technology companies are now competing to be the fastest.
答案
21.D  22.B  23.E  24.A

解析
21.句意:互联网工程师发现,对于大多数互联网用户来说,即使是400毫秒也太长了。
根据句子结构可知,该空与前面的have搭配构成现在完成时,是句子的谓语动词;结合句意可知,空后that引导的宾语从句是网络工程师们所发现的情况,因此discovered意思合适。故选D。
22.句意:据《纽约时报》报道,人们几乎不会注意到这么小的时差,但这确实会导致他们停止搜索。
根据句子结构可知,该空修饰谓语动词notice,应用副词形式。结合上句话“A millisecond is one thousandth of a second.”可知,一毫秒是千分之一秒,是很短很短的一瞬间,因此人们几乎不会注意到,hardly“几乎不”,符合语境,故选B。
23.句意:有那么多人下载地图、体育视频和新闻,你可能在网上遭遇“堵车”。
由上句话“Millions of smart-phones and computers are collecting and sending out information.”可知,使用电脑和手机的人有上百万,这样会导致网络速度慢,就跟道路上的堵车一样。traffic意为“交通”,和jam组成短语traffic jam是“交通堵塞”,符合语境。故选E。
24.句意:如果一个网站比另一个网站慢250毫秒,那么人们访问它的频率就会降低。
根据句意和空后的than可知,这个空应用比较级形式,且结合句意“then people will visit it less often”可知,网站速度慢,人们就不想访问了。slower更慢的,符合语境。故选A。

 
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