3.If a stranger offered you money to keep a suitcase in your spare room,would you accept?How about the other way round:if you had too many belongings,would you consider trusting someone you met online with their safekeeping?Anthony Paine believed enough of us would answer"yes"to these questions to launch his own startup(新興公司),Stashbee.His business links people with space to those who need it.
And it's just one player in the booming"sharing economy",an industry that relies on people renting out things like their beds,bikes and even parking spaces.Airbnb,a company valued at﹩20bn,provides a platform for those renting property short-term.DogVacay pairs holidaymaking pet owners with pet-friendly hosts,and aims to be profitable by 2017.
All their business models are running well based on one simple word:trust.So,how does Stashbee measure up?BBC journalist Dougal Shaw decided to try it out for himself.He had some odds and ends(零碎東西)to store while repairing his house,and met a host through the site who could keep them for﹩285 for two months.All relatively smooth and easy!
Heavyweights(行業(yè)巨頭)in the traditional storage industry,such as Big Yellow and Access,aren't convinced.A representative from Access told Shaw he was skeptical about storing with"amateurs".He considered 24/7(全天候)access to the items and better security as the main advantages of his service.
Stashbee agree that dealing with security concerns is important,but say business success depends more on people overcoming a distrust of strangers we've been taught since childhood.They aren't alone.Companies such as Costockage,Roost and Spacer all run similar storage businesses,and are all relying on a change in consumer attitudes.
The concept of social storage won't stop there.Then would you try it out?It's question of trust.
29.The author asked two questions at the beginning of the text toD.
A.show readers some data
B.carry out a survey among readers
C.start a debate among readers
D.draw readers'attention to the topic.
30.What does the underlined phrase"measure up"probably mean?C
A.Tell the truth.B.Find the size.C.Achieve success.D.Make a change.
31.What do Stashbee consider to be the biggest barrier to business success?A
A.The distrust of strangers.
B.The cost of starting the business.
C.The lack of space for storage.
D.Disapproval from traditional industry.
32.What is the best title for the text?B
A.Ways to start new business.
B.New business models of storage.
C.The change in service attitudes.
D.The concept of house renting.
分析 本文主要是對一種新的存儲方式的介紹,對陌生人的信任是業(yè)模式都運行成功的秘訣.
解答 29.D推理判斷題.根據(jù)句子Anthony Paine believed enough of us would answer"yes"to these questions.Anthony Paine認為,有足夠多的人會回答"是的"可見在第一段提出兩個大家都熟悉的問題,是為了引起讀者的興趣,所以答案選D.
30.C 詞義猜測題.根據(jù)前一句All their business models are running well based on one simple word:trust.他們所有的商業(yè)模式都運行得很好,基于一個簡單的詞:信任.下一句So,how does Stashbee measure up?的意思應(yīng)該是:因此,Stashbee是如何做到這樣完美的呢,measure up應(yīng)該是取得成功的意思,所以答案選C.
31.A 推理判斷題.根據(jù)句子All their business models are running well based on one simple word:trust.他們所有的商業(yè)模式都運行得很好,基于一個簡單的詞:信任.business success depends more on people overcoming a distrust of strangers we've been taught since childhood商業(yè)上的成功更多地取決于人們克服對我們從小就被教導(dǎo)的陌生人的不信任.可以推斷出商業(yè)成功的最大障礙是對陌生人的不信任,所以答案選A.
32.B 標題歸納題.根據(jù)第一段最后一句His business links people with space to those who need it.他的生意將人們與空間聯(lián)系在一起,使之成為需要的人.以及下文對這種存儲方式的介紹,可見B選項新的倉儲商業(yè)模式符合文意,所以答案選B.
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