1 . Open an app, place your order, and wait for your food to be delivered. This is how many young people eat in China these days. According to the latest data (数据), about 421 million Chinese people use online food delivery services. That’s just half of the total number of Internet users in China.
Which group of people is ordering food online the most? It’s mainly young people. A recent report by Meituan showed that 86.3% of the service’s users are between 20 and 34 years old. They are the main force driving the development of the food delivery industry.
Small families depend largely on food delivery services, Chinese families have changed in size over the past ten years. In 2002, only 7.7% of families have only one person. But this number increased to 15.6% in 2017. Two-person families rose from 18.4% in 2002 to 27.2% in 2017. For small families, cooking always takes lots of time and energy, so ordering food online has become more popular.
The improvement of China’s food delivery services has made more customers interested. According to Meituan’s report, the average (平均) time it takes to make a food delivery dropped from 38 minutes in 2016 to 29 minutes in 2020. Many delivery apps are offering more services, delivering products such as fruit, vegetables, medicine and even flowers. As their services continue to improve, the food delivery industry will keep growing in the future.
1. How many internet users are there in China?| A．842 million. | B．631.5 million. | C．421 million. | D．210.5 million. |
| A．People are lazier than before. | B．Families are becoming smaller. |
| C．Families prefer different food. | D．People aren’t good at cooking. |
| A．It will be growing well. | B．Its service badly needs improving. |
| C．It shouldn’t offer other services. | D．Its development will slow down. |
| A．telling a story | B．answering a question |
| C．making a comparison | D．giving an example |
2 . Every day, Vickey traveled by bus between her office and home. She noticed something special about the bus driver. Whenever the passengers(乘客）got on the bus, he would smile at them. However, Vickey also noticed a passenger who never smiled back at the driver. It seemed that he never had any clean clothes. He often made big noises when he coughed. Every time he got on the bus, he made the other passengers give up the seat to him in a loud voice. But the driver still smiled at the passenger. Instead, the “noisy” man never smile. This got Vickey more interested. Once, she asked the driver, “Sir, may I ask you a question? Why don’t you throw that noisy man out of the bus?” The driver looked at Vickey and said, “He’s my guest.’’
“Then take back your smile at least. Don’t be so nice to him!”
“Let me tell you about my dog, ” the driver said patiently. “Each time the moon shines, my dog barks(狗叫）at it crazily. ”
Hearing this, Vickey was confused(困惑的) and said, “Sorry, but I’m not sure what you’re trying to tell me.”
The driver said, “It keeps barking, but the moon still shines.”
1. Vickey thinks the bus driver is special because the bus driver ________.| A．drives too fast | B．wears clean clothes |
| C．works hard every day | D．smiles at every passenger |
| A．greet the driver loudly | B．smile back at the driver |
| C．pay no attention to the smile | D．cough and make big noises |
| A．offer him a seat | B．be kind to him |
| C．take back the smile | D．throw him out of the bus |
| A．smile every day | B．be polite to others |
| C．be strict with ourselves | D．always show our kindness to others |
