Question

Building her own app

While other teenagers hang out with friends or play sports after school, Brooke Yoakam goes to business meetings.

Yoakam first began developing a mobile app called Gift Pocket at the age of 12. Now 17, this girl from Ohio, US has finally launched the app.

It allows users to upload gift cards from various businesses and store them all in one place. User can also exchange gift cards. The app is free to download and use.

Yoakam says about 1,000 users have downloaded the app, with 87 percent of them signing up（注册）and 45 percent adding at least one gift card to the service.

Yoakam came up with the idea for the app after attending a leadership academy（领导学院）in sixth grade. She was asked to solve a problem. She realized that she always forgot her gift cards when she went shopping with friends. But since most people have mobile phones, it would be easy to store and use the gift cards from there.

After leaving the academy, Yoakam decided to develop an app that would solve this problem. She won a local business competition and received $2,000（13, 800 yuan） from a company to invest（投资）in her idea. She traveled around after school two or three times a week to work on the app. She even gave up some of her hobbies and activities.

The app has helped her realize her interests. So she hopes to major（主修）in business and technology in college.

1.Yoakam first started _____________ called Gift Pocket when she was 12 years old.

2.Users can_____________ from various businesses and store them all in one place.

3.A company invested $2,000（13, 800 yuan） to her as her reward in _____________.

4.Yoakam had the idea for the app_____________ in sixth grade.

5."I hope to major in business and technology in college in order to_____________," Yoakam said.

Answer

1.developing a mobile app

2.upload gift cards

3.a local business competition

4.after attending a leadership academy

5.realize my interests

【解析】

本文介绍了Yoakam在12岁时就开始研发一款名为Gift Pocket的移动应用程序，以及这款程序的研发过程和使用方法等。

1.根据“Yoakam first began developing a mobile app called Gift Pocket at the age of 12.”Yoakam在12岁时就开始研发一款名为Gift Pocket的移动应用程序。对比题干可知started=began，when she was 12 years old=at the age of 12。此处需要填developing a mobile app（研发一款移动应用程序），故填：developing a mobile app。

2.根据“It allows users to upload gift cards from various business and store them all in one place.”它允许用户上传不同企业的礼品卡，并将它们全部存储在一个地方。可知用户可以“上传礼品卡”，故填：upload gift cards。

3.根据“She won a local business competition and received $2,000 (13,800 yuan) from a company to invest (投资) in her idea.”她在当地的一次商业竞赛中获胜，并从一家公司获得2000美元（约合13800元人民币）投资于她的创意。可知，一家公司给她投资2000美元（约合13800元人民币）作为“她赢得比赛”的奖励。故填：a local business competition。

4.根据“Yoakam came up with the idea for the app after attending a leadership academy (领导学院) in sixth grade.”Yoakam在六年级就读于一所领导学院后提出了这个应用程序的想法。had the idea=came up with the idea，可知此处需要填写after attending a leadership academy（就读于一所领导学院后），故填：after attending a leadership academy。

5.根据“The app has helped her realize her interests. So she hopes to major (主修) in business and technology in college.”这个应用程序帮助她实现了自己的兴趣。所以她希望在大学主修商业和技术。可知，Yoakam说：“我希望在大学主修商业和技术，为的是“实现我的兴趣”，故填：realize my interests。