America’ s Internet is faster than ever before, but people still complain about their Internet being too slow. New York’ s At

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问题    America’ s Internet is faster than ever before, but people still complain about their Internet being too slow.
   New York’ s Attorney General’ s office【C6】______an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizon, Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband that’ s as fast as the providers
  【C7】______it is. Earlier this month, the office asked for the public’ s help to measure their speed results, saying consumers【C8】______to get the speeds they were promised. "Too many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another, "the Attorney General said.
   If the investigation uncovers anything, it wouldn’ t be the first time a telecom provider got into
  【C9】______over the broadband speeds it promised and delivered customers. Back in June, the Fed- eral Communications Commission fined AT&T $ 100 million over【C10】______that the carrier secretly reduced wireless speeds after customers consumed a certain amount of【C11】______.
   Even when they stay on the right side of the law, Internet providers arouse customers’ anger over bandwidth speed and cost. Just this week, an investigation found that media and telecom giant Comcast is the most【C12】______provider. Over 10 months, Comcast received nearly 12, 000 customer complaints, many【C13】______to its monthly data cap and overage charges.
   Some Americans are getting so【C14】______with Internet providers they’ re just giving up. A re- cent study found that the number of Americans with high-speed Internet at home today【C15】______fell during the last two years, and 15% of people now consider themselves to be" cord-cutters".
   [A] accusations [B] actually [C] claim
   [D] communicating [E] complain [F] data
   [G] deserved [H] frustrated [I] hated
   [J] launched [K] relating [L] times
   [M] trouble [N] usually [O] worried
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答案A

解析 空格位于介词over之后,应填入名词。本句意思为:早在6月份,联邦通讯委员会对美国电话电报公司处以1亿美元的罚款,______该公司在顾客使用一定量的______后私自降低无线网速。由此可知,美国电话电报公司被政府监管部门处以巨额罚款,应该是触犯了法律。那么空格处应填入与法律相关,且含有“控告”意思的名词,故选A。
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