Passage 1
If you are a fruit grower—or would like to become one—take advantage of Apple Day to see what’s around.It’s called Apple Day but in practice it’s more like Apple Month.The day itself is on October 21,but since it has caught on,events now spread out over most of October around Britain.
Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see,and often taste,a wide variety of apples.To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets,it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence,such as Decio which was grown by the Romans.Although it doesn’t taste of anything special,it’s still worth a try,as is the knobbly(多疙瘩的) Cat’s Head which is more of a curiosity than anything else.
There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions.One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette,but you’ll need a warm,sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it,so it’s a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it.
At the events,you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions,and because these are family affairs,children are well catered for with apple-themed fun and games.
Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit,including stately gardens and commercial orchards(果園).If you want to have a real orchard experience,try visiting the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale,near Faversham in Kent.
1.What did Shabtai do when he found his girlfriend’s gift out of date?
A.He improved it.
B.He took it apart.
C.He put it away.
D.He used it anyway.
2.What sets Waze Mobile apart from traditional navigation apps?
A.It has the most users.
B.It can indicate directions.
C.It reports road conditions in real time.
D.Most users help edit its words.
3.What does the underlined word “perpetually” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?
A.Difficultly. B.Carefully.
C.Greatly. D.Constantly.
4.What is mainly talked about in the text?
A.The rise of carpooling.
B.An advanced navigation app.
C.The development of Google.
D.Traffic problems in the world.
Passage 2
In the mid-2000s,Waze Mobile co-founder Ehud Shabtai received a cutting-edge (尖端的) gift from his girlfriend—a GPS.The expensive gift was supposed to be helpful.But straight out of the box,it was already out of date.
Shabtai,a coding enthusiast,had an immediate reaction to reinvent.Shabtai’s solution?To build an app.With 80 million monthly active users globally and nearly 400,000 superusers who function much like Wikipedia volunteer editors (editing maps rather than words),Waze Mobile caught the eye of Google as a revolutionary approach to navigation (導(dǎo)航).
Acquired by Google in 2013,Waze’s value mainly lies in its high rate of user involvement.Unlike traditional navigation apps that simply show directions,Waze asks its users to report accidents and other road conditions in real time,so other users can avoid the traffic by using an alternative route.
The goal behind Waze’s approach is an ambitious one—not to just avoid traffic,but to end it altogether.Waze is finding new ways to put its loyal and active user base to use to make that vision a reality,including a plan to make carpooling (拼車) cool.
To be sure,traffic jams are troubling people all over the world.Waze has been quietly ahead of the game for some time.In 2013,when Waze was just a small digital-mapping business with limited resources,it had something Google Maps and other competitors didn’t—richer GPS guidance thanks to its stream of live traffic reports from users.
These users were the basis of Shabtai’s plan to solve for his GPS device’s “silent” hardware—he grounded the app in software that could be perpetually updated by users,anywhere and anytime.
Waze Carpool is going straight to the heart of traffic jams,trying to get more drivers off the road and into carpools.The app has already connected tens of thousands of rideseekers with drivers willing to ferry them along a shared route,and that trend could be the answer to a traffic-free future.
1.What did Shabtai do when he found his girlfriend’s gift out of date?
A.He improved it.
B.He took it apart.
C.He put it away.
D.He used it anyway.
2.What sets Waze Mobile apart from traditional navigation apps?
A.It has the most users.
B.It can indicate directions.
C.It reports road conditions in real time.
D.Most users help edit its words.
3.What does the underlined word “perpetually” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?
A.Difficultly. B.Carefully.
C.Greatly. D.Constantly.
4.What is mainly talked about in the text?
A.The rise of carpooling.
B.An advanced navigation app.
C.The development of Google.
D.Traffic problems in the world.
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