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Uncle Kai Telling Stories is an app aiming for children.

“My son is addicted to listening to Uncle Kai Telling Stories every night,” said Sammi Fan, mother of a 10-year-old and registered user of the app for three years. “Uncle Kai has a large pool of good stories, and he is capable of telling them in an attractive way.”

Uncle Kai is the nickname of 39-year-old Wang Kai, who used to be a TV anchor for China Central Television Station. His idea to become a storyteller because of his two little daughters constantly asking him to tell them stories. Encouraged by their response to his stories, Wang recorded them to share with the children of his colleagues. There, too, the response was positive.

Why not try to cover a larger audience? Wang was inspired to expand by media workmates with an acute sense of market demand.

In 2013, he resigned from the TV station and began an account on WeChat called Uncle Kai Telling Stories. Next year, Wang founded a company and upgraded the public account into an app. Since then, Uncle Kai Telling Stories has gone viral online.

The audio content eventually expanded to cover children’s stories, traditional Chinese poems and online training programs on parenting. Today, there are more than 2,000 stories on the app, shared by 10 million users, who spend an average one hour per day listening to the programs through the app.

________ In 2015, Wang launched his first paid services when he read The Journey to the West, a classic Chinese novel, in a changed version with simpler and more vivid words catering to children. The program, priced at 199 yuan (US$29) for 138 episodes, earned him more than 20 million yuan. Moreover, it prompted Wang to produce more series with themes drawn from topics such as Chinese history, folklore, science and philosophy.

1.How old was her son when Sammi Fan started to use Uncle Kai Telling Stories?

A 7.

B 8.

C 10.

D 13.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句My son is addicted to listening to Uncle Kai Telling Stories every night,” said Sammi Fan, mother of a 10-year-old and registered user of the app for three years.可知 Sammi Fan已经用了“凯叔讲故事”3年了，现在儿子10岁，因此她开始用的时候，儿子7岁，故选A。

2.Who did Wang Kai start to tell stories to?

A His daughters.

B His colleagues.

C His audience.

D His classmates.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句His idea to become a storyteller because of his two little daughters constantly asking him to tell them stories.可知王凯最初的听众是他的两个女儿，故选A。

3.What does the underlined word “positive” mean?

A upset

B great

C disappointing

D discouraging

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据前面的Encouraged和后面的Why not try to cover a larger audience?及 inspired to expand可知大家对王凯的故事的反响很好，故选B。

4.Which of the following can be put in the blank in the last paragraph?

A Wang Kai planned to share all stories for free.

B The app is not aiming at making money.

C In the beginning, all stories on the app were free.

D In the beginning, people were not willing to pay.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据后面In 2015, Wang launched his first paid services when he read The Journey to the West, a classic Chinese novel, in a changed version with simpler and more vivid words catering to children.可知《西游记》是“凯叔讲故事”的第一个收费节目，可推断前面故事的内容都是免费的，故选C。

5.What is the best title of this passage?

A Anyone can make money by telling stories.

B How Uncle Kai Telling Stories was started.

C Paying to get the audio content.

D An introduction of Uncle Kai Telling Stories.

解析：选D。主旨大意题。根据本文内容主要是介绍了凯叔讲故事这一APP的起源，包含内容，收费情况等可知本文主要是对“凯叔讲故事”的介绍，故选D。