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【题目】Thousands of taxi drivers in Shenyang, Liaoning province, reportedly blocked streets with their vehicles on Sunday in protest against unlicensed vehicles using taxi-hiring apps(打车软件) and apps-based car rental companies providing passenger services, including high-end cars. Although the drivers also complained about the withdrawal of the fuel subsidy by the government, their main complaint was the loss of business because of the rising number of Internet-based car services companies.

On Wednesday, news reports came that Beijing transport authorities will take measures to stop the illegal “taxi business” of private cars through the newly rising Internet apps, following the footsteps of Shenyang and Nanjing.

It is not yet clear how the Shenyang city government will handle the issue and whether it will declare the services offered by market leaders such as Didi Dache, a taxi-hiring app provider backed by Tencent Holdings, and Kuaidi Dache illegal. But Shanghai transport regulators have set a rule, by banning Didi Zhuanche, or car services offered by Didi Dache in December.

Such regulations will cause a setback to the car-hiring companies and investors that are waiting to cash in on the potentially booming business. Just last month, Didi Dache got $700 million in funding from global investors, including Singapore state investment company Temasek Holdings, Russian investment company DST Global and Tencent. Besides, the market is uncertain that Kuaidi Dache is about to finalize its latest round of funding after getting $800 million from global investors.

Regulatory uncertainties, however, could cast a shadow on the future of the Internet-based car-hiring services, which have become popular in most of China’s big cities. To be fair, these companies’ business model is anything but bad. For example, Didi Zhuanche works side by side with established car rental companies to provide high-end car service mainly for businesspeople through the Internet and mobile phone apps.

Every link in this business model chain has legal companies and services. Hence, it is hard to define it as illegal and ban it.

【1】Why did taxi drivers in Shenyang block the streets with their vehicles?

A. Because they wanted the government to increase their driving allowances.

B. Because they wanted to be educated how to use the taxi-hiring apps.

C. Because they wanted to make their main complaints known to the government.

D. Because they wanted to call on passengers not to hire the private cars.

【2】The author’s attitude to banning internet car-hiring service is______.

A. positive B. negative C. neutral D. unclear

【3】Which of the following statements is false according to the passage?

A. The problem referred to in the passage exists in all cities

B. App-based car rental is helpful to some degree

C. The government should regulate the app-based car rental market

D. Didi Dache is a China-foreign joint company

【4】From the passage we learn ___________.

A. Shenyang banned apps-based car rental companies

B. Shanghai is the second city banning Didi Zhuanche

C. some international investment companies have faith in the future of apps-based car rental companies

D. it is easy to describe the apps-based car rental companies illegal

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：本篇为新闻报道，报道了沈阳出租车司机罢工的深层原因---软件打车业务的快速发展，以及当前政府对软件打车业务相对滞后和简单的管理手段。

【1】细节理解题。根据文章第一段的叙述可知，沈阳出租车司机堵塞街道主要源于对“滴滴”打车、“快的”打车兴起的不满，因为软件打车导致了他们生意冷清，此外政府取消燃油附加费也是沈阳出租车司机罢运的原因之一，而这一切都导致了他们生意冷清。结合四个选项的内容，只有C项能全面概括出租车司机因不满而罢工的缘由。故选C。

【2】作者观点态度题。根据文章第四段Such regulations will cause a setback to the car-hiring companies and investors that are waiting to cash in on the potentially booming business.“这样的规则会对这种汽车租赁公司造成阻碍，也阻碍了准备投资进入到这种新兴产业的投资者的脚步”和第五段Regulatory uncertainties, however, could cast a shadow on the future of the Internet-based car-hiring services, which have become popular in most of China’s big cities.“然而，规则的不确定性也给这种基于互联网的汽车租赁服务行业蒙上了一层阴影，如今这种汽车租赁在中国很多大城市都很普遍了”。故选B。

【3】细节理解题。A项中 in all cities（在所有城市）明显犯了扩大化的错误。故选A。

【4】推理判断题。根据文章第四段可知，快的打车在上个月从全球投资者获得资金7亿美元，包括新加坡国家投资公司淡马锡控股公司，俄罗斯投资公司DST国际和腾讯。由此可以得知一些外国投资公司对中国的软件打车的发展是持有信心的。故选C。