[中学联盟]浙江省台州市书生中学2016-2017学年高二下学期起始考英语试题

台州市书生中学 2016学年第二学期 起始考高二英语试卷 命题人：杨青 2017.2 （满分：150分 考试时间：120 分钟） 第 I 卷（选择题） 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下面短文，从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。 A If you have spent any time living in or visiting a big city in China, you have most likely used the service that Didi provides. The convenient ride-sharing company, now known as Didi Chuxing, was praised last month by Fortune magazine. According to the magazine, it is changing the world with its environmentally friendly solution to getting around in major cities. As the magazine reported: “Didi concluded that last year its car-pooling services helped reduce total car trips in the country by 1 million a day, which saved 500 million liters of gas, cutting 13.5 million tons of carbon emmissions(排放) per day.” The transport service was the only Chinses company to make the important magazine’s list, and its influence can be felt in many parts of Chinese society. Didi is just one example of what is being called the “sharing economy”. The sharing economy is one in which regular people exchange goods and services, usually using an online marketplace. Other similar companies include companies that allow people to rent out their homes to strangers like Airbnb and Couchsurfing, and similar ride sharing services like Uber and Lyft. All of these services are possible partly because many people are realizing that they have underused assets in their lives. Millions of people around the world have started renting them out online to earn extra money. They rent their apartments while they are away for the weekend, lend people their cars for money and even sell their spare time. The sharing economy is the latest example of the Internet’s value to customers. This model is now big enough for regulators and companies to have woken up to it. That is a sign of its great potential. It is time to start caring about sharing. 1. What does the first paragraph imply? A. Didi Chuxi