Climbers at the top of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, will now be able to make video calls and surf the Internet on their mobile phones, a Nepalese (尼泊爾的) telecom group claims.
Ncell, a branch company of Swedish phone giant TeliaSonera, said on Thursday it had set up a high-speed third-generation (3G) phone base station at an altitude of 5,200 metres in the Everest region.
“Today we made the world’s highest video call from Mount Everest base camp successfully. The coverage (覆蓋范圍) of the network will reach up to the peak of Mount Everest,” Ncell Nepal chief Pasi Koistinen told reporters in Kathmandu.
The installation (安裝) will also help tens of thousands of tourists and hikers who visit the world’s highest mountain every year.
Climbers who reached its 8,848-metre peak previously depended on expensive satellite phones and a voice-only network set up by China Mobile in 2007 on the Chinese side of the mountain.
“This is a great milestone for mobile communications as the 3G high speed Internet will bring faster, more affordable telecommunication services from the world’s tallest mountain,” said Lars Nyberg, chief executive of TeliaSonera, which owns 80 percent of Ncell.
The 3G services will be fast enough to make video calls and use the Internet, said the company, which also claimed the world’s lowest 3G base at 1,400 metres below sea level in a mine in Europe.
Despite the installation in Mount Everest, telecom services cover less than one-third of the 28 million people of Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world.
TeliaSonera said it planned to invest $ 100 million in the next year to ensure that mobile coverage increases to more than 90 per cent of the Himalayan nation’s population.
The 3G network on Mount Everest puts TeliaSonera ahead of state-controlled Nepal Telecom, Indian-owned United Telecom and China Mobile.
Around 3,000 people have climbed to the Everest summit since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to conquer the peak in 1953.
小題1:Who are most likely to benefit from the 3G services at Mount Everest?
A．The telecom firm.B．The local residents.
C．Travelers to Nepal.D．Mount Everest explorers.
小題2:According to Lars Nyberg, the 3G services they provide __________.
A．a(chǎn)re fast and convenientB．a(chǎn)re a little expensive
C．can make voice-only callsD．offer free emailing
小題3:What do we know about TeliaSonera?
A．80 percent of it is owned by Ncell
B．It belongs to Nepal Telecom.
C．It is in the charge of Pasi Koistinen
D．It provides services for Pasi Koistinen.
小題4:What is the best title of the text?
A．Telecommunication in Nepal
B．3G services reach Mt. Everest summit
C．TeliaSonera takes lead in communication
D．Good news for hikers and climbers

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B

試題分析：本文敘述了瑞典手機(jī)巨頭TeliaSonera的分公司Ncell它們已經(jīng)在海拔5200米以上的建立了3G的服務(wù)，這對(duì)于等珠穆朗瑪峰的人來(lái)說(shuō)是一件好事，這項(xiàng)服務(wù)既快捷又方便。
小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)set up a high-speed third-generation (3G) phone base station at an altitude of 5,200 metres in the Everest region因?yàn)樵诤０?200米以上有3G手機(jī)的信號(hào)，當(dāng)然對(duì)登山的人有好處，他們能受益，故選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)This is a great milestone for mobile communications as the 3G high speed Internet will bring faster, more affordable telecommunication services from the world’s tallest mountain可知 3G是非�？斓暮头奖愕模蔬xA。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Ncell, a branch company of Swedish phone giant TeliaSonera, 及Ncell Nepal chief Pasi Koistinen可知Pasi Koistinen 負(fù)責(zé)TeliaSonera公司，故選C。
小題4:標(biāo)題歸納題。縱觀(guān)全文主要敘述了在海拔很高的珠穆朗瑪峰可以收到了3G的服務(wù)信號(hào)，故選B。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：推理判斷題屬于主觀(guān)題，是層次較高的題目。它包括判斷和推理題。這兩類(lèi)題常常相互依存，推理是為了做出正確的判斷，正確的判斷又依賴(lài)于合乎邏輯的推理。該題要求在理解表面文字的基礎(chǔ)上做出判斷和推論，從而得到文章的隱含意思和深層意思，也就是通過(guò)文章中的文字信息，上下邏輯關(guān)系及事物的發(fā)展變化等已知信息，推斷出作者沒(méi)有直接表達(dá)的態(tài)度和觀(guān)點(diǎn)。
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