2020译林版高考英语一轮复习：第一部分语言知识选修7能力提升题组训练(付,46).pdf

高考 -英语 选修 7 Unit 1 Living with technology 能力提升题组训练 Ⅰ. 阅读理解 (2018 广东汕头高三三模 ) China ’s famed “bike wars ” may soon be fought on foreign shores,as Bluegogo and Mobike compete with fellow stand-free cycle hire company ofo in the British market. Cycle hire startups,so-called bike Ubers,are big business in China.Around 30 companies control tens of thousands of bikes in at least 35 Chinese cities.The two largest,ofo and Mobike,recently secured $450 million and $300 million in funding,respectively. Already locked in a battle for market share across China,the startups now have London in their sights.Elsewhere in the UK this month,Beijing Bikelock Technology ’s bike hire business ofo is launching a pilot bike-hiring scheme in Cambridge.Mobike is reportedly interested in launching similar projects in Birmingham and Manchester. The Sunday Times recently reported Bluegogo and Mobike were looking at London. Both London and Birmingham already have bike-hire schemes.The Chinese services differ in doing away with docking stations.Users of the bikes offered by the Chinese companies are free to pick up a cycle wherever they find one and leave it wherever they want,using a smartphone app and a code to deactivate and activate( 激活 ) a built-in lock. The capital ’s transport authority,Transport for London,has expressed interest in the new technology. TfL ’s head of strategy and outcome planning,Lilli Matson,said: “Weare always keen to talk to