It has been seen as a hi-tech bike-sharing boom that entrepreneurs hope will make them rich while transforming China's traffic-jammed cities.
But, occasionally, dreams can turn less pleasant. In the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, more than 500 bicycles for hire have been found dumped in huge piles on the streets, according to reports. Pictures showed vehicles nearly three metres high, with small parts on the ground. City streets around the country have seen an explosion of the colourful bikes that users can rent on demand with a smartphone app and then park wherever they choose.
The sharing economy is taking off in China, where ride-sharing and Airbnb are increasingly commonplace. From Shanghai to Sichuan province, bike-sharing are being started in an effort to reduce traffic jam and air pollution by putting a country once known as the “Kingdom of Bicycles” back on two wheels.
Companies such as Ofo and Mobike, with their yellow and orange bikes, have been in a cut-throat battle for customers. But problems have arisen when clients have abandoned their cycles. “Some people these days just have really bad character,’’ a man named He，who lives near where the piles appeared, told the Southern Metropolis Daily. When they're done using (the bike) they just throw it away somewhere, because they've already paid. Residents told the paper that hikes had been piling up over the past week, either parked random by careless users or piled by local security guards trying to clear narrow residential alleys and footpaths.
Zhuang Chuangyu, a representative at Shenzhen's municipal people s congress, said the city needed to step up regulation of the bike-sharing industry in order to improve conditions and safety standards, especially since schoolchildren often used the bikes.
In 1980, almost 63% of commuters cycled to work, the Beijing Morning Post reported in 2015, citing government data. But by 2000 that number had decreased to 38% and today it stands at less than 12%. Car use, meanwhile, has rocketed. In 2010 China overtook the US to become the worlds largest car market, with 13.5 m vehicles sold in just 12 months.
1. The underlined word “Dreams” in Paragraph 2 does not include .| A．entrepreneurs making a lot of money |
| B．hike-sharing boom |
| C．vehicles being used well |
| D．transforming China’s traffic-jammed cities |
| A．It refers to smart phones and apps. | B．China has taken a step in it. |
| C．Airbnb has been a common thing. | D．It is widespread across China. |
| A．Ofo and Mobike are yellow and orange bikes. |
| B．Ofo and Mobike have really bad character. |
| C．Ofo and Mobike cause the clients to abandon their cycles. |
| D．Ofo and Mobike are in competition with each other. |
| A．Careless users and local guards are to blame for the piling bikes. |
| B．Many users lack proper behavior in using the bikes. |
| C．Regulations should be strict for schoolchildren. |
| D．China overtook the US becoming hack on two wheels. |
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【推荐1】Each day, 10-year-old Seth asked his mom for more and more lunch money. Yet he seemed skinnier than ever and came home from school hungry. It turned out that Seth was handing his lunch money to fifth-grader, who was threatening to beat him up if he didn't pay.
Most kids have been teased by a brother or a friend at some point. And it's not usually harmful when done in a playful and friendly way, and both kids find it funny. But when teasing becomes hurtful, unkind, and constant, it crosses the line into bullying and needs to stop.
Bullying is intentional tormenting in physical or psychological ways. It can range from hitting, name-calling and threats to blackmailing money and possessions. Some kids bully others by deliberately separating them and spreading rumors about them. Others use social media or electronic messaging to tease others or hurt their feelings.
It's important to take bullying seriously and not just brush it off as something that kids have to tolerate. The effects can be serious and affect kids' sense of safety and self-worth. In severe cases, bullying has contributed to tragedies, such as suicides and school shootings.
Kids bully for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they pick on kids because they need a victim — someone who seems emotionally or physically weaker, or just acts or appears different in some way — to feel more important, popular, or in control. Although some bullies are bigger or stronger than their victims, that's not always the case.
Sometimes kids torment others because that's the way they've been treated. They may think their behavior is normal because they come from families or other settings where everyone regularly gets angry and shouts or calls each other names. Some popular TV shows even seem to promote meanness — people are “voted off", ignored, or ridiculed for their appearance or lack of talent.
Unless your child tells you about bullying — or has visible injuries — it can be difficult to figure out if it's happening.
1. What is the author's purpose of telling Seth's story?| A．To introduce the topic. | B．To raise public concern. |
| C．To analyse the cause. | D．To display harmful effects. |
| A．Removing bullying. | B．Ignoring bullying. |
| C．Avoiding bullying. | D．Stressing bullying. |
| A．Bullies feel guilty for their bullying behavior in their hearts. |
| B．Bullies want to dominate everyone physically and mentally. |
| C．Bullies have taken the behavior from their original families. |
| D．Bullies are obviously controlled by some popular TV shows. |
| A．Signs of bullying. | B．Advice for kids. |
| C．Problems of bullying. | D．Advice for society. |
【推荐2】If you’ve ever travelled with other people, the chances are you’ve had to make compromises. When you want to get up early to watch the sunrise, for example, your friends may argue that getting enough sleep is more important. And when you want to try the different food, your friends might say it looks strange and push you to a Chinese restaurant instead.
This is probably why more people these days are choosing to travel alone. According to reports on holiday habits from the Association of British Travel Agents, the percentage of people in the UK who take trips alone has been increasing, from 6 percent in 2011, to 12 percent in 2017, and to 15percent in 2018. Most of these people said they choose to travel alone because this allows them to “do what they want”.
In fact, travelling alone is only a part of a recent trend（趋势）of people wanting to take more time alone--or what’s called “me time”. “Imagine yourself as a full pot of water and everything else that asks for your attention is an empty glass. When you provide what is needed for them you are using up your own water supply,” editor Nicole Lyons wrote for the mental health social network Psych Central. “But how are you refilling your pot？This is where your ‘me time’ comes in.”
However. it’s still quite a common belief that those who do things alone are losers and they’re alone simply because they don’t have anybody to be with. But why can’t people just be enough for themselves？
The now Duchess of Sussex Rachel Meghan Markle once wrote on her blog in 2016 about how she enjoyed taking herself out to dinner and travelling alone. “It’s not easy. But it’s important,” she wrote. You should face everything and encourage yourself to move forward when the feeling of loneliness and boredom sweeps through your body and mind, according to Markle.
1. What does the underlined phrase “make compromises” mean？| A．Turn up. | B．Work hard. | C．Give in. | D．Take care. |
| A．To save more money. | B．To enjoy their freedom. |
| C．To calm themselves down. | D．To avoid troubling someone. |
| A．Show when “me time” occurs. | B．Explain why we need “me time”. |
| C．Give some examples of “me time”. | D．Offer ways to increase “me time”. |
| A．Me time: enjoy yourself alone. | B．A new way of travelling abroad. |
| C．The disadvantages of travelling alone. | D．How to find a proper partner in trips. |
【推荐3】Nobel economics prize goes to professor for research on the workplace gender gap
The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin for research that has advanced the understanding of the gender gap in the labor market.
Claudia Goldin has studied 200 years of women’s participation in the workplace, showing that despite continued economic growth, women’s pay did not continuously catch up to men’s and a divide still exists despite women gaining higher levels of education than men.
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Goldin’s research does not offer solutions, but it allows policymakers to tackle the entrenched problem, said economist Randi Hjalmarsson, a member of the Nobel committee. “
Goldin said that what happens in people’s homes reflects what happens in the workplace, with women often taking jobs that allow them to be on call at home work that often pays less. “Ways in which we can even things out or to create more couple equity also leads to more gender equality,” she said.
Goldin had to become a data “detective” as she sought to fill in missing data for her research.
| A．She explains the source of the gap, and how it’s changed over time and how it varies with the stage of development. |
| B．The Nobel committee credits Goldin with finding missing data to better explain continuing differences between both the pay and work involvement, or participation, of men and women. |
| C．I’ve always been an optimist. |
| D．I looked at women whose jobs went uncounted, such as those who worked on farms alongside their husbands or made clothing at home. |
| E．The announcement went a tiny step to closing the Nobel committee’s own gender gap. |
| F．For parts of history, systematic labor market records did not exist, and, if they did, information about women was missing. |
