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1、Unit13People李仕才【阅读理解】 Imaginegettingasoftdrinkfromarobotmachineusingonlyyoursmartphone.OrscanningaQRcode(二维码)tobuygoodsfromanewspaperad. Bymakinguseofthesenewtechnologies,ChinamobileshoppingisabitaheadoftheUnitedStates.Chinaisstilltheworld'slargestsmartphonemarket,eventhoughgr
2、owthisslow.Itaccountsforabout30percentoftheglobalsmartphonemarket,andChinesesmartphoneusersareexpectedtojumpfrom526.8millionto640millionin2018,accordingtoeMarketer.Anditsshoppersareusingtheirinstrumentstorushtopurchaseawiderangeofgoodsandservices.NearlyhalfofallChina'se-commerces
3、ales,totaling$505.7billion,aremadewithmobiledevices,versusroughlyone-quarterintheUS,accordingtoeMarketer.By2019,China'smobilesaleswillaccountfor71percentofthosesales. “Wedon'tseemobilebuyingstayingunchangeableforthenextfiveyears,”saidMonicaPearl,eMarketer'sdirectorofforecasting
4、.“It'llincreasebecauseconsumerbehaviorhaschanged.”Featurerich(功能多样的),cheapsmartphonesarealsohelpingfueltheboom,sheadded. “Chinais,afterall,amobilefirstmarket,”explainsBrianBuchwald,CEOofconsumerintelligencefirmBomoda.Soithasbeenabletogobeyondothermarkets,whichmainlyusedPCs
5、forpurchases. Meanwhile,theChinesegovernmenthasallowedafree-flowingretailandpaymentsmarketplace.“Therearenorestraints(约束),”saidMichaelZakkour,vicepresidentofChina/AsiaPacificpracticeatTompkinsInternational. Andthat'sgoodnewsforWeChat,amessagingappthat'sonlyfiveyearsoldandisof
6、feredbytheInternetgiantTencent.Theappnowhas650millionusers.Andagoodmassofthemareusingtheappformobileshopping.Theresultisthat WeChatpayments,alongwithAlibaba'sAlipay,leadthemarket.BecauseretailerscaneasilysetupshopsinsideWeChat,userscanplanfamilyvacations,orderataxiorevenbuyclothe
7、swithoutgoinganywhereelse. ChinaisuptothreeyearsaheadoftheUSinmobileshopping,saidBuchwald.“Andit'smovingfasterthananyotherareaoftheeconomy.It'sthefuture.”1.WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph2?A.ChinahasmoregoodsthantheUnitedStates.B.America'snewtechnologiesareasgoodasChina.C.China'ssm
8、artphonemarketislargerthanthatoftheUnite