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  Chinese social media apps have struggled to win over users beyond their home. TikTok is changing that. In the space of just two years, the app has attracted more than half a billion users — around 40% of them outside China --who share short videos of themselves singing, cooking, dancing or just being silly.

Created by the Beijing-based Internet technology company Byte Dance, TikTok has gained an international edge over China's influential social media platforms, such as Tencent's WeChat, Sina Weibo (WB) and Youku of Alibaba (BABA).

What makes Byte Dance better is its right direction and achievement in the social media category, which is largely controlled by Facebook ( FB) , Twitter and Snap 一 all Western companies, said Randy Nelson , head of Mobile Insights at analytics firm Sensor Tower. Social video apps reached new levels of popularity this year. Three of them are in the top 10 most downloaded apps worldwide, according to Sensor Tower. Byte Dance owns two of the three: Vigo Video and TikTok. The other is Instagram, which belongs to Facebook.

Byte Dance calls itself an artificial intelligence company. It uses machine learning   and algorithms to figure out what people like and give them more of what they want to see. the company is best known in China for the popular news app Toutiao, which was put into use in 2012. People got hooked on the app' s customized news feeds quickly. Toutiao now has more than 240 million monthly active users that spend on average 74 minutes per day on the platform.

Byte Dance' s success is attracting big investors. It's reportedly in talks with technology kingmaker SoftBank ( SFTBY) about an investment that would value it at around $75 billion, a huge jump from the $ 20 billion valuation it secured last year. That would make Byte Dance one of the world’s most valuable companies alongside Uber.

8．What can be learnt about TikTok?

A．It has appealed to many foreign users.

B．It's the most popular Chinese app abroad.

C．It's the most successful app of Byte Dance.

D．It allows users to share whatever they like on it.

9．What sets Byte Dance apart from other Internet technology companies overseas?

A．Support from its investors.                         B．Success in social video apps.

C．Greater diversity in contents.                       D．AI technology applied to apps.

10．Which of the following can replace the underlined words "got hooked on” in Paragraph 4?

A．were tired of                                             B．were trapped in.

C．were familiar with                                     D．were attracted by

11．What is the main idea of the text?

A．Tik Tok has beaten other social media apps.

B．China's social media apps are successful globally.

C．Social video apps win popularity around the world.

D．Byte Dance is taking the social media world by storm.

【回答】

8．A

9．B

10．D

11．D

【解析】

【分析】

這是一篇說明文。文章介紹了*的社交媒體應用程式一直在努力爭取家庭以外的使用者。TikTok正在改變這種局面，該應用程式在世界各地有很大的影響力。

8．細節理解題。根據文章第一段 In the space of just two years, the app has attracted more than half a billion users - around 40% of them outside China --who share short videos of themselves singing, cooking, dancing or just being silly.在短短兩年的時間裡，這款應用吸引了超過5億使用者，其中約40%來自*以外的國家，他們分享自己唱歌、做飯、跳舞或只是傻乎乎的短視訊。可知，提克托克吸引了很多外國使用者。故選A。

9．推理判斷題。根據文章第四段 Byte Dance calls itself an artificial intelligence company. It uses machine learning and algorithms to figure out what people like and give them more of what they want to see.位元組跳動自稱是一家人工智慧公司，它使用機器學習和演算法來了解人們喜歡什麼，並給他們更多他們想要看到的東西。可知，是社交視訊應用的成功使其有別於其他海外網際網路技術公司。故選B。

10．詞義猜測題。根據下文的Toutiao now has more than 240 million monthly active users that spend on average 74 minutes per day on the platform.（今日頭條現在有超過2.4億的月活躍使用者，他們平均每天在平臺上花費74分鐘）可知，該應用有很多的使用者，由此可推測出本句 （People got hooked on the app' s customized news feeds quickly.）句意為：人們很快就迷上了該應用程式的定製新聞提要。結合選項，由此可推測出got hooked on意為“被吸引”。故選D。

11．主旨大意題。文章介紹了深受大家喜愛的社交媒體應用軟體，在這款軟體上大家可以分享自己的日常生活，該應用遍佈世界各地，尤其是根據文章第二段Created by the Beijing-based Internet technology company Byte Dance, TikTok has gained an international edge over China's influential social media platforms, such as Tencent's WeChat, Sina Weibo （WB） and Youku of Alibaba （BABA） Dance是由總部位於*的網際網路技術公司ByteDance建立的，在*有影響力的社交媒體平臺，如騰訊的微信，新浪微博（W B）和阿里巴巴的優酷（Youku）上獲得了*優勢。可知這篇課文的主旨是 Byte Dance 正風靡社交媒體界。故選D。

【點睛】

詞義猜測題是大學聯考閱讀理解中常考題型之一，可以大致分為①定義猜詞，可以根據定義資訊和舉例猜測詞義。②邏輯猜詞可以根據同義詞、反義詞、因果關係詞等猜測詞義。③語法猜詞，可以根據構詞法，再結合上下文進行猜詞。④語境猜詞，猜測詞義離不開上下文的語境，通過上下文提供的情景和線索進行合理的分析。⑤指代猜詞即找出人稱代詞、指示代詞、關係代詞或關係副詞等所指代的內容。本文中的第3小題是詞義猜測題，該小題屬於語境猜詞，根據下文語境可知，該應用有很多的使用者，由此可推測出本句 （People got hooked on the app' s customized news feeds quickly.）句意為：人們很快就迷上了該應用程式的定製新聞提要。結合選項，由此可推測出got hooked on意為“被吸引”。

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