Question

【題目】

Bitwalking is an invention(發(fā)明物) by a small company(公司) in London. To make people walk more, this new app(應(yīng)用程序) on the smartphone is paying its users according to(根據(jù)) the number of miles they walk each day.

With this app, walkers can get one “Bitwalking dollar (or BW$)” for about 10，000 steps, or 5 miles (about eight kilometers). One person can get at most three BW$ per day. Now, people can only spend the money in the Bitwalking inapp marketplace or trade it for cash(現(xiàn)金), but the company's heads Nissan Bahar and Franky Imbesi say that over time BW$ will become popular. “Some shoe makers are ready to accept BW$ payments, for example, and a UK bank could work with Bitwalking for an event，” they said.

One idea behind the app is to make people healthier. But the company also have another idea: to improve people's lives. In poor countries, people have to walk a long way to work, or to school, or just to get water. Workers in the countryside get less than one dollar a day. By walking around with the Bitwalking app, they could make three times more.

The company also set up Bitwalking centers in some poor places. At the centers, people will learn how to use the Bitwalking dollars or trade them for cash. Bitwalking is really helping to change(改變) life.

【1】From the passage we know Bitwalking is ________.

A.an invention from a poor countryB.a small company in London

C.an app to make people walk moreD.a new kind of smartphone

【2】In Paragraph 2, the writer uses ________ to show us that BW$ will become more popular.

A.numbersB.rulesC.gamesD.examples

【3】The last paragraph is mainly about ________ Bitwalking centers help poor people change their lives.

A.whyB.whenC.howD.where

【4】According to the passage, which word can BEST describe Bitwalking?

A.Beautiful.B.Helpful.C.Expensive.D.Meaningless.

【5】The best title for this passage might be “________”.

A.Making Money by WalkingB.Making People Exercise More

C.Spending Money on Online ShopsD.Setting up Bitwalking Centers

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

短文主要介紹倫敦一家小公司的發(fā)明Bitwalking。這款智能手機上的新應(yīng)用程序根據(jù)用戶每天步行的英里數(shù)向用戶付費，目的是讓人們更健康，有助于改變生活。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段To make people walk more, this new app(應(yīng)用程序) on the smartphone is paying its users according to(根據(jù)) the number of miles they walk each day.可知，Bitwalking一款讓人們多走路的應(yīng)用程序。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Some shoe makers are ready to accept BW$ payments, for example, and a UK bank could work with Bitwalking for an event.可知，列舉制鞋商和一家英國銀行來說明BW$將變得更加流行。故選D。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)At the centers, people will learn how to use the Bitwalking dollars or trade them for cash.可知，在這些中心，人們將學(xué)習(xí)如何使用比特行走美元或?qū)⑵鋬稉Q成現(xiàn)金。因此最后一段主要關(guān)于怎樣幫助窮人改善生活。故選C。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一句Bitwalking is really helping to change(改變) life.可知，Bitwalking是有幫助的。故選B.

【5】最佳標(biāo)題題。根據(jù)With this app, walkers can get one “Bitwalking dollar (or BW$)” for about 10，000 steps, or 5 miles (about eight kilometers). One person can get at most three BW$ per day.（有了這個應(yīng)用程序，步行者可以得到一個“比特行走美元（或BW$）”約10000步，或5英里（約8公里）。一個人每天最多能得到三個。）可知，走路能賺錢。故選A。