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Highlights of the Current Affairs
Loneliness economy
China's younger generations are driving up the value of the country's industry. In recent years, businesses built around loneliness have appeared and boomed in China , presenting single people with the services they need. As furry animals occupy the personal lives of more and more people, the industrial chain established around pets is starting a market that might soon be worth hundreds of billions of yuan.
Following the catering industry, shopping and housekeeping services which turned to the Internet for modem solutions, the pet industry is also offering creative services, such as a call-out vet （兽医）service.
Alipay adds beauty filters （美颜）to face-scan
The Chinese mobile payment application, Alipay launched a new update that included "beauty filters" into its face-scan payment system. The "beauty filters" , which beautify users when they make payments via the application, have been well received by the market.
A survey run by news portal Sina Technology showed that more than 60% of respondents think they look uglier through the face-scan payments method than on a regular camera. The number of women users, in particular, increased by 123 percent after this technique appeared.
Future pocket money
Research has found that 84% of British parents currently give notes and coins to their children. But banks predict that by 2028 only one in ten businesses will be with cash. Children may not understand the value of cash because they never see it. Parents face a dilemma—finding a new way to offer pocket money, or maybe not bothering to pay it at all.
But whatever method a parent chooses to adopt, they need to teach their kids that money doesn't grow on trees!
1. What's the purpose of the passage?
A. To introduce the latest news.
B. To attract attention to Alipay.
C To predict the disappearance of cash.
D. To promote the economic development.
2. With the economy booming, which of the following can be available?
A. Beauty filters can make women more beautiful. '
B. Youngsters can ask for a call-out service for pets.
C. Single people can get furry animals treated for free.
D. Alipay can be turned to for getting rid of loneliness.
3. How can parents help their kids learn about money?
A. Encourage children to visit banks.
B. Teach children healthy attitudes to money.
C. Give notes to their children as pocket money.
D. Guide children to use Alipay face-scan payment.
【答案】1. A 2. B 3. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文。短文介绍了几则时事要闻。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据标题“Highlights of the Current Affairs” 时事要闻。由此判断出短文的目的是介绍最新的消息。故选A项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Loneliness economy下的“Following the catering industry, shopping and housekeeping services which turned to the Internet for modem solutions, the pet industry is also offering creative services, such as a call-out vet （兽医）service.”可知，继餐饮业、购物业和家政服务业转向互联网寻求现代解决方案之后，宠物业也在提供创造性的服务，例如兽医上门服务。所以年轻人可以要求为宠物提供上门服务。故选B项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。Future pocket money中的“But whatever method a parent chooses to adopt, they need to teach their kids that money doesn't grow on trees!” 但是无论父母选择采用什么方法，他们都需要教育孩子钱不是长在树上的！由此判断出，父母应该教育孩子对金钱的健康态度。故选B项。
