As Uber looks to expand its food courier serv...

As Uber looks to expand its food courier service in Japan, the ride-share giant has faced road blocks rarely seen on the home soil of the United States. 1..

Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi told Bloomberg News his company's food-delivery in Japan has taken an alternative route to delivering food. The country has strict laws against ride sharing, and its unemployment rate is at 2.4 percent, making a tight job market. With a growing demand for food delivery, more of the elderly population has applied to become couriers.

“The elderly are actually signing up for Eats couriers,” Khosrowshahi said. “Eats has been a huge success for us in Japan. 2..” In Japan, the majority of current food deliverers bring the product via scooter or bicycle, but the older generation of applicants prefer to do it by foot. 3.; adult diapers (尿布) outsell baby diapers. “This is one area unique to Japan, and we are looking if we can expand to the rest of the world,” Khosrowshahi said.

That plan includes increasing staffing levels in Japan by at least 30 percent over the next year, and these jobs aren't limited to grannies in sneakers. 4.. It's still a slow pace considering the San Francisco-based company has more than 22,000 employees.

Uber currently works with eight taxi cab companies in Japan, and the pedestrian courier method is a way to branch out into areas untouched so far. There are cab-hailing apps available, as well as Uber Black, a car-hire service that's only available in Tokyo for now. “It will take time, but we like what we see in terms of the potential of the market” Khosrowshahi said. “5..”

A.The population is aging

B.They also include sales, operations and account management

C.It is going to be a very effective introduction to the Uber brand

D.Last year, Uber shifted to partnerships with local taxi companies

E.Japan is a growing nation for food-delivery-still way far behind the US

F.But putting grandma and grandpa in running shoes seems to make sense

G.The innovations that we are going to make here are going to carry around the world

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In some restaurants, food and service are worse than ______ used to be.

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61. In some restaurants, food and service are worse than ______ used to be.

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Service Foods makes it easier for cooks to reduce mealtime complains. Service Foods is so confident that they can reduce complaints, in fact, that the company is offering a series of mealtime complaint-reduction tips.

According to a representative of Service Foods, complaints can occur when busy cooks serve substandard, low quality meats. As products sit in packaging in the meat case at the store, the meat can age out too much. The natural flavor disappears, and it can be replaced with an undesirable strange flavor. According to Service Foods, complaints from children are common when you serve substandard meats. Kids may not have the words to describe why they don't like the meats, but they're certainly willing to express their displeasure. By serving meats from Service Foods, complaints can be reduced. Service Foods meats are all natural and organic, meaning the meats have-no chemicals or water or colorings that could change the taste. And the meats are flash-frozen right after cutting, so they won't taste strange to your children.

If you're facing different types of complaints, Service Foods may still be able to help you. Some families have mealtime boredom. The same meals, served in the same way, week after week, can be incredibly boring and hard 'to look forward to. When it comes to these complaints, Service Foods has the answer right on the web. Just go to http: //www. servicefoods.com and you'll find a long list of recipes to try. Some of these recipes are made in demonstration format, so you can watch the video and get step-by-step instructions on how to prepare the meals. By following these recipes from Service Foods, complaints relating to boredom can certainly be reduced.

While Service Foods knows complaints at mealtime can never be totally eradicated, as picky kids will always be picky kids with concerns, the company is doing everything possible to deal with the problem and get cooks the help they need.

1.Service Foods can solve mealtime boredom by ______.

A.serving flash-frozen meat

B.expressing children's complaints

C.instructing different ways of cooking

D.supplying natural food without chemicals

2.The underlined word "eradicated" in the last paragraph can be replaced with ______.

A.covered　　 　　　　 B.removed

C.reduced　　　　　　　 D.accepted

3.From the passage we can learn that Service Foods can do the following EXCEPT ______.

A.cook food for picky kids

B.teach how to prepare meals

C.provide natural and organic meat

D.help reduce complaints about foods

4.What will the readers probably do after reading the passage?

A.Pay for Service Foods service.

B.Buy organic meat from now on.

C.Write recipes for Service Foods.

D.Answer complaints on the web.

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Service Foods makes it easier for cooks to reduce mealtime complaints．Service Foods is so confident that they can reduce complaints, in fact, that the company is offering a series of mealtime complaint-reduction tips．

According to a representative of Service Foods, complaints can occur when busy cooks serve substandard, low quality meats．As products sit in packaging in the meat case at the store, the meat can age out too much．The natural flavor disappears, and it can be replaced with an undesirable strange flavor．According to Service Foods, complaints from children are common when you serve substandard meats．Kids may not have the words to describe why they don't like the meats, but they're certainly willing to express their displeasure．By serving meats from Service Foods, complaints can be reduced．Service Foods meats are all natural and organic, meaning the meats have-no chemicals or water or colorings that could change the taste．And the meats are flash-frozen right after cutting, so they won't taste strange to your children．

If you're facing different types of complaints, Service Foods may still be able to help you．Some families have mealtime boredom．The same meals, served in the same way, week after week, can be incredibly boring and hard 'to look forward to．When it comes to these complaints, Service Foods has the answer right on the web．Just go to http: //www. servicefoods．com and you'll find a long list of recipes to try．Some of these recipes are made in demonstration format, so you can watch the video and get step-by-step instructions on how to prepare the meals．By following these recipes from Service Foods, complaints relating to boredom can certainly be reduced．

While Service Foods knows complaints at mealtime can never be totally eradicated, as picky kids will always be picky kids with concerns, the company is doing everything possible to deal with the problem and get cooks the help they need．

1.Service Foods can solve mealtime boredom by ______．

A．serving flash-frozen meat

B．expressing children's complaints

C．instructing different ways of cooking

D．supplying natural food without chemicals

2.The underlined word "eradicated" in the last paragraph can be replaced with ______．

A．covered        B．removed            C．reduced                        D．accepted

3.From the passage we can learn that Service Foods can do the following EXCEPT ______．

A．cook food for picky kids

B．teach how to prepare meals

C．provide natural and organic meat

D．help reduce complaints about foods

4.What will the readers probably do after reading the passage?

A．Pay for Service Foods service．

B．Buy organic meat from now on．

C．Write recipes for Service Foods．

D．Answer complaints on the web．

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65．According to the passage, __________.

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B. the 2010 Alaska travel selection gives you the most choices in the world

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Ahmad is the founder of Copia, which she describes as "match com meets Uber for food　 recovery." Conipanies use the Copia app to report when they have leftover food，what kind， and how much. When recipients (受助者) such as shelters, soup kitchens, and agencies first register　 with Cupia, they indicate how many people they need to feed，on what days , and what kind of food they'll take. Cupia　 makes a　 profit from the fees that companies pay to remove leftever food；the companies receive a tax write-off for their food donations.

How did Ahmad create Copia? As a senior at UC Berkeley, the found nearly 50 million Americans are at risk of going hungry every day, while more than 133 billion pounds of eatable food are deserted each year.

Ahmad started a student group that recovered food from the campus and distributed it to local nonprofits.

As rewarding as this was, the inefficiencies (低效) bothered her. One day, she got a call from the dining hall manager, who had 500 sandwiches left over from an event. She rented a car, loaded it with the food, and called non-profits. She found takers for only 25 sandwiches and ended up giving out the rest to a nearby park.

“I remember thinking how cool it would be if people who had food could say, ‘Hey, we have stuff,’ and people who needed it could speak up, and then we could connect the two.”

After she graduated, Ahmad launched Copia carlier this year, it operates in 40 cities in Northern California and has served over 700,000 people. Its biggest success—and challenge—10 date was this past Super Bowl：Copia recovered more than 14 tons of food, which fed more than 23,000 people.

Despite her busy schedule, Ahmad tries to do a food pickup a week. "When you get to the shelter," she says, "If you wouldn't have eaten." And that's when I'm like, ‘This is why I do what I do.’

1.Who will benefit from Copia app?

A. Hungry people living in Copia.

B. Registered companies donating food.

C. Charity organizations serving the poor.

D. Food recovery companies removing food.

2.What made Ahmad create the app?

A. She wants to make money.

B. Her group's work is rewarding.

C. Her group's work doesn't go well.

D. Too many people go hungry while much food is wasted.

3.What is Ahmad really proud of?

A. She founds Copia and makes a profit.

B. She connects the companies, and recipients.

C. She helps hungry people go through hard time.

D. She enjoys the biggest suecess—the Super Bowl.

4.What's a Copia's operating model?

A. Consumer to consumer.

B. Production to consumer.

C. Business to consumer.

D. Business to business.

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Taxi-booking app Uber agreed to sell its business in China to Didi Chuxing. The two firms had been fierce competitors, but Didi Chuxing had controlled the Chinese market with an 87% share.

Uber China launched in 2014, but it had failed to make any profit for a long time. Cheng Wei, founder and chief executive of Didi Chuxing, said the two companies had learned a great deal from each other over the past two years in China. He added that the deal would set the mobile transportation industry on a healthier path of growth at a higher level. As part of the deal, Mr. Cheng would join the board of Uber, while Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick would also join Didi’s board.

Uber’s China business would own its separate branding while US-based Uber Technologies would hold about 17.5% in the combined company. Didi Chuxing is backed by Chinese Internet giants Tencent and Alibaba.

Uber had been struggling to break into the Chinese market despite having Chinese search engine Baidu as an investor. Last February, the company admitted it was losing more than $1 billion a year in China. “Funding their Chinese dreams was becoming too expensive for Uber,” Duncan Clark, chairman of Beijing-based consultancy BDA, told the BBC. Travis Kalanick said, “As a businessman, I’ve learned that being successful is about listening to your head as well as following your heart.”

The fierce competition had led both companies to spend much more on their journeys. The combination is likely to see fewer such subsidies（补贴）. “One thing to watch carefully is how quickly consumers feel the impact as subsidies are withdrawn.” Mr. Clark added.

The deal with Didi Chuxing came just days after China had agreed to provide a legal framework for taxi-ordering apps. Both Uber and Didi welcomed the decision. The new rules took effect last November and could, among other things, forbid such platforms to operate below cost.

1.According the second paragraph, what can we know?

A. Being successful is about listening to your head and following your heart.

B. The deal would make the mobile transportation industry grow much faster.

C. Didi Chuxing had learnt more in China than Uber over the past two years.

D. Mr. Cheng would be working as a member of the board of Uber as planned.

2.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Uber sold Chinese business to Didi Chuxing

B. Using Didi Chuxing brings more subsidies

C. Listen to your head and follow your heart

D. The new rules look effect last November

3.What is the impact of the fierce competition between Uber and Didi?

A. Uber dominated the Chinese market with an 87% share.

B. China provided a legal framework for taxi-ordering apps.

C. Funding their Chinese dreams became expensive for Uber.

D. Chinese search engine Baidu became an investor of Uber’s.

4.The passage is probably taken from a website about ________.

A. apps　　 B. politics

C. economy　　 D. technology

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The video rooms have been open since Jan. 2. If successful, the chain hopes to expand the service to other provinces, or even other countries. In addition to the food, customers pay 200 yuan per hour for using the room.

''The video rooms have been fully booked in February,'' said Chen Yu, manager of the Wangfujing branch. The Video room in Beijing is about 30 square meters and large enough for six customers.

''Many customers prefer to use the room for dinners rather than lunch,'' Chen said, adding the average age of customers who booked the video hotpot(火锅) is about 30.

''The whole process is very smooth. The image and the voice transmission(转换) are as good as those of video conferencing at work, ''said one of Chen's colleagues surnamed Luo.

''I have a lot of friends in Beijing, whom I haven’t met for a long time because of being busy at work,'' said a woman surnamed Yu who is having dinner with her husband at Haidilao.''The new service gives us a chance to have a dinner together without traveling. I would like to give it a try.''

The video hotpot also helped establish a friendship between waitresses in the two cities.

Zhao Huanhuan, in her 20s, who is specially trained for serving in the video room in Shanghai, developed a friendship with a waitress named Lu Ke in the Beijing branch.

Zhao said excitedly: ''It was too amazing to believe. I'm so interested in using the special room and enjoy serving people there. I also talk about some interesting interactive games with Lu before guests come for dinner''.

Although Lu felt a little bit nervous when she first served in front of the screens, she said the new mode of communication also encouraged her to supply better services for customers.

''It's like a service competition. We saw each other through video and I could learn from Zhao's serving,'' Lu said, adding she will visit Zhao if she goes to Shanghai.

It seems that video hotpot doesn't satisfy everyone's taste, however.

1.From the passage we know that ______.

A. the video room service has been open for a long time

B. the video room service has been open in many provinces in China

C. using the video room, you have to pay extra 200 yuan per hour

D. the Video room in Beijing is only designed for six people to use

2.Haidilao may be the name of ______.

A. a theatre          B. a restaurant                 C. a cinema         D. a hotel

3.Why do many customers choose the video room service?

A. Because the service there is excellent.

B. Because they can have dinner with friends without traveling.

C. Because the food there is delicious.

D. Because the room is large enough for six people.

4.We can learn from the passage that Zhao Huanhuan ______.

A. enjoys communicating with Lu Ke

B. hasn't met Lu Ke for a long time

C. is twenty years old now

D. learned a lot from Lu Ke

5.What do you suppose will be talked about in the paragraph to be followed?

A. Lu's visit to Zhao in Shanghai.

B. Other customers' praise for the service.

C. How to improve the service.

D. Other customers' complaint about the service.

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—It looks as if it’s going to rain, but I’m not sure whether the windows are shut in my apartment.

—You ________ as well go back to have a look.

A．should            B．might             C．need             D．can

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