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17．Some young engineers from the United States have brought the Internet to several areas of rural Kenya．Their idea was to connect the communities to the Web by satellite．But there was a problem-the areas are not even connected to Kenya's electric power supply．However，the young engineers offered the answer：solar panels．Energy from the sun powers the satellite by dishes （接收器） and computers that link the areas with the world outside．Kelly Moran，Joan Ervin and Tricia Donajkowski spent ten days in Kenya in November．The three women recently earned master's degrees in space system engineering from the University of Michigan．People now have access to educational，medical and all kinds of other information．Farmers，for example，can easily find weather，crop and price information online．
The project began back at the college of engineering in Ann Arbor，Michigan in 2007．That was when 25students in a class taught by Thomas Zurbuchen first talked about the idea．The goal was to test whether Internet stations could be set up，how much they would cost，and how long they could operate．But the engineers also had to consider other things such as social needs．Students from the public health and business schools offered advice．The young engineers also had to design the equipment to survive the heat in Africa．Prof，Zurbuchen praised his former students for"making something work in a different climate far away from home．"Just 5% of Africans have Internet connections．The International Telecommunication Union says 1/3of Kenyans have moble phones．But mobile phones may or may not work well with the Internet．

66．What was the solution（解决方法） to the connection to Kenya's Internet？B
A．Providing electric power to the satellite dishes and computers．
B．Providing solar power to the satellite dishes and computers．
C．Providing advanced satellite dishes to connect the Internet．
D．Providing computer technology to connect the Internet．
67．What is the advantage of connecting the communites to the Web？C
A．Students can surf the Internet at home．
B．Schools can develop more classes online．
C．People can get all kinds of information online．
D．People can work an extra shift at home．
68．Who offered advice to the engineers？B
A．People in the rural areas．
B．Students from the public health and business schools．
C．People from the United States．
D．Students from the Kenya's universities．
69．Why did Prof．Zurbuchen speak highly of the young engineers？A
A．Because they had overcome troubles and made progress in Africa．
B．Because they had invented new equipment to complete the project in Africa．
C．Because they had completed connecting the communities to the Web in Africa．
D．Because they had succeeded in helping the African people solve the network problems．
70．What was the problem in connecting the communities to the Web by satellite？D
A．People in the areas didn't like the Web．
B．The local government couldn't pay for the cost．
C．The government of the United States didn't support the plan．
D．The areas weren't connected to Kenya's electric power supply．

分析本文讲述了美国的工程师们计划将网络通过卫星连接的方式引入到肯尼亚的几个乡村区域，其中遇到了一些问题，最终得以解决．

解答 66．B 细节理解题．根据文章内容Energy from the sun powers the satellite by dishes （接收器） and computers that link the areas with the world outside来自太阳的能源为卫星接收器和电脑提供动力，故B正确
67．C 细节理解题．根据文章内容People now have access to educational，medical and all kinds of other information．由该句可知，人们现在可以获取关于教育、医疗等的各方面信息，故选C．
68．B 细节理解题．根据文章内容The project began back at the college of engineering in Ann Arbor，Michigan in 2007．That was when 25students in a class taught by Thomas Zurbuchen first talked about the idea 该项目最开始是因为25个学生对于它的探讨，工程师再进一步的调查研究，最终有了该项目，故选B．
69．A 细节理解题．根据文章内容The young engineers also had to design the equipment to survive the heat in Africa．Prof，Zurbuchen praised his former students for"making something work in a different climate far away from home．一批年轻的工程师设计出设备以克服了非洲的高温，Prof，Zurbuchen 对此表示高度表扬，对他们在离家很远的地方取得了巨大的成就，故答案为A
70．D 细节理解题．根据文章内容But there was a problem-the areas are not even connected to Kenya's electric power supply．问题是那些区域不能连接肯尼亚的供电系统，联系选项，答案为D．

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