Question

【題目】Building her own app

While other teenagers hang out with friends or play sports after school, Brooke Yoakam goes to business meetings.

Yoakam first began developing a mobile app called Gift Pocket at the age of 12. Now 17, this girl from Ohio, US has finally launched the app.

It allows users to upload gift cards from various businesses and store them all in one place. User can also exchange gift cards. The app is free to download and use.

Yoakam says about 1,000 users have downloaded the app, with 87 percent of them signing up（注冊(cè)）and 45 percent adding at least one gift card to the service.

Yoakam came up with the idea for the app after attending a leadership academy（領(lǐng)導(dǎo)學(xué)院）in sixth grade. She was asked to solve a problem. She realized that she always forgot her gift cards when she went shopping with friends. But since most people have mobile phones, it would be easy to store and use the gift cards from there.

After leaving the academy, Yoakam decided to develop an app that would solve this problem. She won a local business competition and received $2,000（13, 800 yuan） from a company to invest（投資）in her idea. She traveled around after school two or three times a week to work on the app. She even gave up some of her hobbies and activities.

The app has helped her realize her interests. So she hopes to major（主修）in business and technology in college.

【1】Yoakam first started _____________ called Gift Pocket when she was 12 years old.

【2】Users can_____________ from various businesses and store them all in one place.

【3】A company invested $2,000（13, 800 yuan） to her as her reward in _____________.

【4】Yoakam had the idea for the app_____________ in sixth grade.

【5】"I hope to major in business and technology in college in order to_____________," Yoakam said.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】developing a mobile app

【2】upload gift cards

【3】a local business competition

【4】after attending a leadership academy

【5】realize my interests

【解析】

本文介紹了Yoakam在12歲時(shí)就開始研發(fā)一款名為Gift Pocket的移動(dòng)應(yīng)用程序，以及這款程序的研發(fā)過程和使用方法等。

【1】根據(jù)“Yoakam first began developing a mobile app called Gift Pocket at the age of 12.”Yoakam在12歲時(shí)就開始研發(fā)一款名為Gift Pocket的移動(dòng)應(yīng)用程序。對(duì)比題干可知started=began，when she was 12 years old=at the age of 12。此處需要填developing a mobile app（研發(fā)一款移動(dòng)應(yīng)用程序），故填：developing a mobile app。

【2】根據(jù)“It allows users to upload gift cards from various business and store them all in one place.”它允許用戶上傳不同企業(yè)的禮品卡，并將它們?nèi)�部存�?chǔ)在一個(gè)地方�？芍�用戶可以“上傳禮品卡”，故填：upload gift cards。

【3】根據(jù)“She won a local business competition and received $2,000 (13,800 yuan) from a company to invest (投資) in her idea.”她在當(dāng)?shù)氐囊淮紊虡I(yè)競(jìng)賽中獲勝，并從一家公司獲得2000美元（約合13800元人民幣）投資于她的創(chuàng)意。可知，一家公司給她投資2000美元（約合13800元人民幣）作為“她贏得比賽”的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。故填：a local business competition。

【4】根據(jù)“Yoakam came up with the idea for the app after attending a leadership academy (領(lǐng)導(dǎo)學(xué)院) in sixth grade.”Yoakam在六年級(jí)就讀于一所領(lǐng)導(dǎo)學(xué)院后提出了這個(gè)應(yīng)用程序的想法。had the idea=came up with the idea，可知此處需要填寫after attending a leadership academy（就讀于一所領(lǐng)導(dǎo)學(xué)院后），故填：after attending a leadership academy。

【5】根據(jù)“The app has helped her realize her interests. So she hopes to major (主修) in business and technology in college.”這個(gè)應(yīng)用程序幫助她實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的興趣。所以她希望在大學(xué)主修商業(yè)和技術(shù)。可知，Yoakam說：“我希望在大學(xué)主修商業(yè)和技術(shù)，為的是“實(shí)現(xiàn)我的興趣”，故填：realize my interests。