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【題目】 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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】G

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章主要說明了在Uber尋求擴大其在日本的食品快遞服務之際，優(yōu)步首席執(zhí)行官Dara Khosrowshahi告訴Bloomberg新聞社，他的公司在日本的送餐服務采取了另一種送餐方式，即老年人送餐服務。文章說明了這一現(xiàn)象的原因以及好處。

【1】根據(jù)第二段中最后一句With a growing demand for food delivery, more of the elderly population has applied to become couriers.可知，隨著送餐需求的增長，越來越多的老年人申請成為送餐員。由此可知，越來越多的老年人申請成為送餐員，本句為第一段最后一句起到啟示下文“老年人成為送餐員”的作用。故F選項“但是讓老年人穿上跑鞋送餐似乎行得通”符合上下文語境，故選F。

【2】根據(jù)上文Eats has been a huge success for us in Japan.可知，在日本，“吃”對我們來說是個巨大的成功。由此可知，本句承接上文說明讓老年人送餐的好處，是對優(yōu)步品牌非常有效的介紹。故C選項“這將是對優(yōu)步品牌非常有效的介紹”符合上下文語境，故選C。

【3】根據(jù)后文adult diapers outsell baby diapers.可知，成人紙尿褲銷量超過嬰兒紙尿褲。由此可推知，日本的人口正面臨著老齡化問題，成人紙尿褲銷量超過嬰兒紙尿褲。故A選項“人口老齡化”符合上下文語境，故選A。

【4】根據(jù)上文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.可知，該計劃包括在明年將日本的員工人數(shù)增加至少30%，而且這些工作并不僅限于穿著運動鞋的老奶奶。由此可知，本句承接上文繼續(xù)說明計劃包括的內(nèi)容有哪些。故B選項“它們還包括銷售、運營和賬戶管理”符合上下文語境，故選B。

【5】作為本文的結束語，本句的主語The innovations that we are going to make here概括了前文中提到的Uber在日本嘗試的各種創(chuàng)新。故G選項“我們將在這里進行的創(chuàng)新將會傳播到世界各地”符合上下文語境，故選G。