36. There has long been concern that broadband providers would
- A. bring web-based firms under control.
- B. slow down the traffic on their network.
- C. show partiality in treating clients.
- D. intensify competition with their rivals.
答案：C
答案句：From the early days of broadband, advocates for consumers and web-based companies worried that the cable and phone companies selling broadband connections had the power and incentive to favor affiliated websites over their rivals’.
参考译文：从宽带早期开始，消费者和网络公司的倡导者就担心，销售宽带连接的电缆和电话公司有能力和动机偏袒附属网站，而不是其竞争对手的网站。
定位线索：题干“long been concern”→答案句“worried that the cable and phone companies...had the power and incentive to favor affiliated websites over their rivals'”；文中“favor affiliated websites over their rivals'”对应选项C“show partiality in treating clients”（在对待客户时偏袒不公）。
解析：题干问长期以来的担忧，答案句直接指出担忧内容是宽带提供商会偏袒附属网站、差别对待用户，即对客户不一视同仁，对应C“show partiality in treating clients”。A项“bring web-based firms under control”无中生有；B项“slow down the traffic on their network”虽属偏袒的可能后果之一，但非担忧的直接表述，以偏概全；D项“intensify competition with their rivals”与原文“favor”（偏袒）相悖。
37. Faced with the demand for net neutrality rules, the FCC
- A. sticks to an out-of-date order.
- B. takes an anti-regulatory stance.
- C. has issued a special resolution.
- D. has allowed the states to intervene.
答案：B
答案句：Yet that demand has been almost impossible to fill—in part because of pushback from broadband providers, anti-regulatory conservatives and the courts. … The Republican-penned order not only eliminated the strict net neutrality rules the FCC had adopted when it had a Democratic majority in 2015, but rejected the commission’s authority to require broadband providers to do much of anything.
参考译文：然而，这一需求几乎不可能得到满足——部分原因是宽带提供商、反监管保守派和法院的抵制。……这份共和党人撰写的命令不仅取消了FCC在2015年民主党占多数时通过的严格网络中立规则，还拒绝了该委员会要求宽带提供商做任何事情的权力。
定位线索：题干“Faced with the demand”→答案句“Yet that demand has been almost impossible to fill”；文中“anti-regulatory conservatives”和“rejected the commission's authority”对应选项B“takes an anti-regulatory stance”（FCC采取反监管立场）。
解析：题干问FCC面对网络中立需求时的态度，答案句指出需求难以满足，且FCC的2017年命令取消了严格规则并拒绝监管权力，这体现了反监管立场，对应B项。选项A“sticks to an out-of-date order”偷换概念，FCC是取消旧规则；选项C“has issued a special resolution”与原文“prolonged the fight”不符；选项D“has allowed the states to intervene”与原文“declared that state and local governments couldn't regulate”相反。
38. What can be learned about AT& T from Paragraph 3?
- A. It protects against unfair competition.
- B. It engages in anti-competitive practices.
- C. It is under the FCC’s investigation.
- D. It is in pursuit of quality service.
答案：B
答案句：The commission argued that other agencies would protect against anti-competitive behavior, such as a broadband-providing conglomerate like AT& T favoring its own video-streaming service at the expense of Netflix and Apple TV. Yet the FCC also ended the investigations of broadband providers that imposed data caps on their rivals’ streaming services but not their own.
参考译文：该委员会辩称，其他机构将保护免受反竞争行为的影响，例如像AT&T这样的宽带提供商巨头偏袒自己的视频流媒体服务，损害Netflix和Apple TV的利益。然而，FCC也结束了对那些对竞争对手的流媒体服务设置数据上限而对自己不设限的宽带提供商的调查。
定位线索：题干“AT&T from Paragraph 3”→答案句取自第3段“such as a broadband-providing conglomerate like AT&T favoring its own video-streaming service”；文中“favoring its own video-streaming service at the expense of Netflix and Apple TV”对应选项B“It engages in anti-competitive practices”（实施反竞争行为）。
解析：题干问从第3段能了解到AT&T什么。答案句把AT&T作为“anti-competitive behavior”（反竞争行为）的例子，指出它偏袒自家流媒体服务、损害Netflix与Apple TV，即从事反竞争行为，对应B项。A项“It protects against unfair competition”与原文相反，AT&T正是损害竞争的一方；C项“It is under the FCC's investigation”偷换概念，原文说FCC“ended the investigations”（结束调查），并非处于被调查中；D项“It is in pursuit of quality service”无中生有。
39. Judge Patricia Millett argues that the appeals court’s decision
- A. focus on trivialities.
- B. conveys an ambiguous message.
- C. is at odds with its earlier rulings.
- D. is out of touch with reality.
答案：D
答案句：But Judge Patricia Millett rightly argued in a concurring opinion that “the result is unhinged from the realities of modern broadband service,” and said Congress or the Supreme Court could intervene to “ avoid trapping Internet regulation in technological anachronism.”
参考译文：但法官Patricia Millett在协同意见中正确地指出，“这一结果与现代宽带服务的现实脱节”，并表示国会或最高法院可以介入，以“避免将互联网监管困在技术过时的状态中”。
定位线索：题干“Judge Patricia Millett argues”→答案句“Judge Patricia Millett rightly argued”；文中“unhinged from the realities”对应选项D“is out of touch with reality”（与现实脱节）。
解析：题干问法官对上诉法院裁决的看法，答案句直接引用其观点“unhinged from the realities”，即与现实脱节，对应D项。选项A“focus on trivialities”与原文“realities”不符；选项B“conveys an ambiguous message”无中生有；选项C“is at odds with its earlier rulings”未提及。
40. What does the author argue in the last paragraph?
- A. Congress needs to take action to ensure net neutrality.
- B. The FCC should be put under strict supervision.
- C. Rules need to be set to diversify online services.
- D. Broadband providers' rights should be protected.
答案：A
答案句：The endless legal battles and back-and-forth at the FCC cry out for Congress to act. It needs to give the commission explicit authority once and for all to bar broadband providers from meddling in the traffic on their network and to create clear rules protecting openness and innovation online.
参考译文：FCC无休止的法律斗争和反复变化呼吁国会采取行动。国会需要一劳永逸地授予该委员会明确权力，禁止宽带提供商干预其网络流量，并制定明确规则保护在线开放性和创新。
定位线索：题干“author argue in the last paragraph”→答案句取自末段“cry out for Congress to act”；文中“give the commission explicit authority”对应选项A“Congress needs to take action to ensure net neutrality”（国会需采取行动确保网络中立）。
解析：题干问作者在末段的论点，答案句明确呼吁国会采取行动，并授予FCC明确权力制定规则保护网络开放与创新，对应A项“Congress needs to take action to ensure net neutrality”。B项“The FCC should be put under strict supervision”偷换概念，文中是国会给FCC授权而非监督FCC；C项“Rules need to be set to diversify online services”偷换概念，原文是“protecting openness and innovation”而非“diversify”；D项“Broadband providers' rights should be protected”与原文“bar broadband providers from meddling”相反。