Question

    After bikes and umbrellas are made sharable across China, some companies started eyeing the fitness market, so shared gym rooms have hit the streets in Beijing.

Unlike regular gyms that provide large, open spaces for many members to share at the same time, the newly built shared gym rooms are small, stand-alone rooms for a person to use, often set up near living communities.

Every four-square-meter room is equipped with a treadmill (跑步机), an air cleaner, a mirror, a television and an air conditioner, and users can let down the curtains for privacy. When exercising, users can listen to music, watch movies and check emails by connecting to the Internet by the screen fixed on the treadmill. There’s no shower or washbasin.

Similar to using a shared bike, users can locate a shared gym room by smartphone application, book a room in advance and then need to scan (扫描) a QR code for use. A refundable deposit (保证金) of 99 yuan is required, and users are charged 0.2 yuan per minute.

The shared gym rooms are created by Misspao, a Beijing-based technology company founded in July. Within two weeks since it was founded, the company has already got two rounds of funding valued over 100 million yuan, Yicai Global reports. The idea of the shared fitness experience is not entirely nascent. Last December, the Shanghai-based technology company VRUN set up shared treadmills in office and apartment buildings.

The sharing economy is still becoming popular in China. According to Yicai Global, confident investors are pouring millions into sharing start-ups. In March, the State Information Center published a report which predicts that the total value of China’s sharing economy will see a yearly growth of 40% in the coming years, and it is expected to contribute around 10% to the country’s GDP by 2020.

1.What makes the shared gym room different from the regular one?

A.Offering open spaces. B.Standing in the living zone.

C.Holding one person at a time. D.Having some advanced equipment.

2.What can we learn about the shared gym room from the text?

A.Users can have a shower in it after exercise.

B.Users who want to use it need a smartphone.

C.Users who use it first need to pay for 99.2 yuan.

D.Users’ privacy can’t be protected while they are exercising.

3.What does the underlined word “nascent” probably mean in Paragraph 5?

A.Simple. B.Popular. C.Satisfying. D.New.

4.What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A.To introduce shared gym rooms.

B.To advertise a technology company.

C.To predict the future of the sharing economy.

D.To persuade people to support the sharing economy.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。在自行车和雨伞在中国被共享之后，一些公司开始关注健身市场，因此共享健身房开始在北京的街道上出现。文章主要介绍了共享健身房的一些特点和使用方法，以及这个项目的创立过程，这一项目也体现了共享经济在中国仍然很流行。

1.

细节理解题。根据第二段Unlike regular gyms that provide large, open spaces for many members to share at the same time, the newly built shared gym rooms are small, stand-alone rooms for a person to use, often set up near living communities.可知不像一般的健身房会为许多会员提供宽敞的开放空间，新建的共享健身房是供人使用的独立小房间，通常建在居住社区附近。由此可知，共享健身房和普通健身房的不同之处在于，共享健身房每次只容纳一个人。故选C。

2.

细节理解题。根据第四段Similar to using a shared bike, users can locate a shared gym room by smartphone application, book a room in advance and then need to scan (扫描) a QR code for use. A refundable deposit (保证金) of 99 yuan is required, and users are charged 0.2 yuan per minute.可知与共享单车类似，用户可以通过智能手机应用程序定位共享健身房，提前预订房间，然后需要扫描二维码才能使用。用户需缴纳99元可退还的押金，每分钟收费0.2元。由此可知，想要使用共享健身房的用户需要一部智能手机。故选B。

3.

词义猜测题。根据后文Last December, the Shanghai-based technology company VRUN set up shared treadmills in office and apartment buildings.可知去年12月，总部位于上海的科技公司VRUN在办公楼和公寓楼里设立了共享跑步机。由此可知，共享健身体验的想法并不完全是新事物。即划线单词意思为“新的”。A. Simple.简单的；B. Popular.流行的；C. Satisfying.令人满意的；D. New.新的。故选D。

4.

推理判断题。根据第一段After bikes and umbrellas are made sharable across China, some companies started eyeing the fitness market, so shared gym rooms have hit the streets in Beijing.可知在自行车和雨伞在中国被共享之后，一些公司开始关注健身市场，因此共享健身房开始在北京的街道上出现。结合文章主要介绍了共享健身房的一些特点和使用方法，以及这个项目的创立过程，这一项目也体现了共享经济在中国仍然很流行。由此可推知，作者写这篇文章的目的是介绍共享健身房。故选A。