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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】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了*的社交媒体应用程序一直在努力争取家庭以外的用户。TikTok正在改变这种局面，该应用程序在世界各地有很大的影响力。

8．细节理解题。根据文章第一段 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.在短短两年的时间里，这款应用吸引了超过5亿用户，其中约40%来自*以外的国家，他们分享自己唱歌、做饭、跳舞或只是傻乎乎的短视频。可知，提克托克吸引了很多外国用户。故选A。

9．推理判断题。根据文章第四段 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.字节跳动自称是一家人工智能公司，它使用机器学习和算法来了解人们喜欢什么，并给他们更多他们想要看到的东西。可知，是社交视频应用的成功使其有别于其他海外互联网技术公司。故选B。

10．词义猜测题。根据下文的Toutiao now has more than 240 million monthly active users that spend on average 74 minutes per day on the platform.（今日头条现在有超过2.4亿的月活跃用户，他们平均每天在平台上花费74分钟）可知，该应用有很多的用户，由此可推测出本句 （People got hooked on the app' s customized news feeds quickly.）句意为：人们很快就迷上了该应用程序的定制新闻提要。结合选项，由此可推测出got hooked on意为“被吸引”。故选D。

11．主旨大意题。文章介绍了深受大家喜爱的社交媒体应用软件，在这款软件上大家可以分享自己的日常生活，该应用遍布世界各地，尤其是根据文章第二段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是由总部位于*的互联网技术公司ByteDance创建的，在*有影响力的社交媒体平台，如腾讯的微信，新浪微博（W B）和阿里巴巴的优酷（Youku）上获得了*优势。可知这篇课文的主旨是 Byte Dance 正风靡社交媒体界。故选D。

【点睛】

词义猜测题是高考阅读理解中常考题型之一，可以大致分为①定义猜词，可以根据定义信息和举例猜测词义。②逻辑猜词可以根据同义词、反义词、因果关系词等猜测词义。③语法猜词，可以根据构词法，再结合上下文进行猜词。④语境猜词，猜测词义离不开上下文的语境，通过上下文提供的情景和线索进行合理的分析。⑤指代猜词即找出人称代词、指示代词、关系代词或关系副词等所指代的内容。本文中的第3小题是词义猜测题，该小题属于语境猜词，根据下文语境可知，该应用有很多的用户，由此可推测出本句 （People got hooked on the app' s customized news feeds quickly.）句意为：人们很快就迷上了该应用程序的定制新闻提要。结合选项，由此可推测出got hooked on意为“被吸引”。

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