The popularity of Chinese-owned video sharing service Tik Tok continues to grow among youn

The popularity of Chinese-owned video sharing service Tik Tok continues to grow among young people in the United States. As the Tik Tok app offers a wide choice of sounds, brief parts of songs and special effect tools to help create a video, it is especially popular with teens and young adults.

Tik Tok is considered a competitor to the video-sharing app Snapchat, as well as Facebook’s Instagram service. Snapchat and Instagram also mainly interest young users with a wide mix of photos and videos centered largely on fashion, pop culture and humor. Last year, Tik Tok was the second-most downloaded app from Apple and Google stores. WhatsApp was downloaded the most. Research company Sensor Tower says people have downloaded the Tik Tok app 1.65 billion times.

Tik Tok has been used by many major companies to reach young people who use little or no traditional media. Companies appearing on Tik Tok can make money through advertising. Often, the companies create user “challenges” as part of their advertisement campaigns. In challenges, users are invited to publish their own videos in which they perform similar dance moves.

U. S. lawmakers have raised concerns about Tik Tok. They thought it is collecting and sharing users’ data. Tik Tok has said it doesn’t share information with others. Some groups and parents also have expressed concerns about videos. They thought the videos appearing on Tik Tok might be harmful to young users. A nonprofit privacy group notes on its website that many videos appearing on Tik Tok include offensive language. So the group suggests that the service is best for those over age sixteen.

Tik Tok’s head of creator partnerships, Kudzi Chikumbu, said the company is working hard to make sure the app is a “safe and positive environment”.

1 ． What is the most downloaded app on the Apple and Google stores? (no more than 5 words)

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2 ． Why did some companies create user “challenges” on Tik Tok? (no more than 10 words)

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3 ． As to Tik Tok, what did U. S. lawmakers worry about? (no more than 15 words)

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4 ． What does the underlined word “offensive” in the fourth paragraph mean? (1 word)

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5 ． What’s your attitude towards the popularity of the video sharing service like TikTok? Please explain. (no more than 20 words)

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1 ． WhatsApp.

2 ． To attract more young people to enter the platform.

3 ． That it gives away its users’ privacy.

4 ． harmful.

5 ． Open. For example: I think the service Tik Tok provides is bad. Because most videos are meaningless, and have negative information.

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这是一篇说明文。 TikTok 在美国年轻人中越来越受欢迎。就像美国的 Snapchat 和 Instagram 一样， Tik Tok 关注年轻人，允许他们在上面分享短视频。许多大公司已经使用 Tik Tok 来吸引年轻客户。尽管发展迅速，但 Tik Tok 还是遇到了公众的担忧，一些组织建议父母对孩子使用 Tik Tok 时可能出现的一些不健康视频进行监督。

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考查细节理解。根据第二段的 “Last year, Tik Tok was the second-most downloaded app from Apple and Google stores. WhatsApp was downloaded the most. （去年， Tik Tok 是苹果和谷歌商店下载量第二大的应用程序。 WhatsApp 下载量最大） ” 可知， WhatsApp 在苹果和谷歌商店下载量最大。故填 WhatsApp.

2 ．

考查推理判断。根据第三段的 “Tik Tok has been used by many major companies to reach young people who use little or no traditional media. （ Tik Tok 已经被许多大公司用来接触那些很少或不使用传统媒体的年轻人） ” 推知， Tik Tok 设置挑战的目的是为了帮助大公司吸引更多年轻人进入平台。故填 To attract more young people to enter the platform.

3 ．

考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段的 “U. S. lawmakers have raised concerns about Tik Tok. They thought it is collecting and sharing users’ data. Tik Tok has said it doesn’t share information with others. （美国立法者对 Tik Tok 表示担忧。他们认为这是在收集和共享用户数据） ” 可知，对于 Tik Tok 美国立法者担心它泄露用户的隐私。故填 That it gives away its users’ privacy.

4 ．

考查词句猜测。根据倒数第二段的 “Some groups and parents also have expressed concerns about videos. They thought the videos appearing on Tik Tok might be harmful to young users. （一些团体和家长也对视频表达了担忧。他们认为 TikTok 上出现的视频可能对年轻用户有害） ” 可知，一些组织和家长认为 Tik Tok 上的视频对孩子有害。由此推知，划线部分所在句子意为 “ 一个非营利隐私组织在其网站上指出， Tik Tok 上出现的许多视频都包含有害的语言 ” ，即划线词意为 “harmful” 。故填 harmful.

5 ．

开放性题目。结合文章大意，只要答案符合逻辑即可，注意字数不超过 20 个。例如： I think the service Tik Tok provides is bad. Because most videos are meaningless, and have negative information.