Question

【题目】听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

【1】What can we learn about Pedal Power?

A. It was started in 1996.

B. It gives bicycles to people for free.

C. It sends bicycles to poor areas regularly.

【2】What happened to Pedal Power in August 2000?

A. It couldn’t meet its costs.

B. It won an Enterprise Award.

C. It was criticized by the British media.

【3】When did Dan Pearman go to Ecuador?

A. In 1993.

B. In 1998.

C. In 2001.

【4】Why was Dan Pearman’s neighbor successful in business?

A. He offered many jobs to craftsmen in the town.

B. He was the most skilled craftsman in the village.

C. He could reach customers easily by riding his bike.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

M: Pedal Power is a small charity based mainly in the UK. At Pedal Power, they collect second-hand bikes in the UK and send them to some of the poorest regions in the world. When they distribute bikes overseas, they don’t give them away for free. In order to continue operating they need to have a constant supply of bikes which they send out every six months. In August 2000, they simply ran out of money. It was a terrible situation. Fortunately, in October 2001 they won an Enterprise Award which helped them enormously.

Dan Pearman is the founder of Pedal Power. He got the idea of exporting bicycles to developing countries while he was in Ecuador. Dan Pearman went there in 1993 and he joined a voluntary organization. Where Dan Pearman lived in Ecuador was a rural area. His neighbor had the only bicycle in the village, whereas everyone else walked everywhere. His neighbor’s business was very successful. For years Dan Pearman couldn’t understand why. Then he realized having a bike meant his neighbor could reach anywhere he liked without much trouble. Other local carpenters could only accept jobs nearby, so no matter how skilled they were, they could never do as many jobs as his neighbor. When he returned to the UK in 1998, he started planning Pedal Power.

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