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When Jay Thornhill graduated from the University of Southern California in 2007, he had a plan. He'd spend one year in three different continents teaching English before returning to California to start his career. More than 10 years later, he’s still living in China.

In 2016, he started a company in Shanghai with two other Americans living in his building. The company, Baopals, is an e-commerce platform that allows foreigners in China to buy products in English from Chinese e-commerce sites Taobao and Tmall.

The site works by pulling data from the two Alibaba-backed platforms and translating the information into English. Baopals also offers a customer service center to help the transactions and logistics go smoothly. It adds a service fee starting at 5 percent for each product.

Thornhill and his co-founders, Charlie Erickson and Tyler McNew, felt shopping online was a problem for foreigners in China. Before they started the site, they'd often ask Chinese friends to buy products for them and then pay them.

They now have an office space with 40 employees, 15 of whom are foreigners and 25 are Chinese citizens. The company said it has sold more than two million products through its site and has sold more than $14 million since starting.

Alibaba is supportive of his company, Thornhill said, even inviting the start-up to its headquarters in Hangzhou for a tour.

1.Jay Thornmill planed to returned to California in _____.

A 2007

B 2008

C 2016

D 2017

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第一、二句When Jay Thornhill graduated from the University of Southern California in 2007, he had a plan. He'd spend one year in three different continents teaching English before returning to California to start his career. 可知Thornhill于2007年毕业，打算一年后回加州创业，因此他原计划2008年回加州，故选B。

2.You can buy items from _____ on Baopals.

A JD

B Tmall

C Suning

D JUMEI

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第二句The company, Baopals, is an e-commerce platform that allows foreigners in China to buy products in English from Chinese e-commerce sites Taobao and Tmall.可知Baopals是一个基于淘宝和天猫的英文购物网站，从这里可以买到天猫和淘宝上的商品，故选B。

3.You should pay about _____ on Baopals for an item priced at 100 yuan on Taobao.

A 92 yuan

B 95 yuan

C 100 yuan

D 105 yuan

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句It adds a service fee starting at 5 percent for each product.可知这家公司收取最少5%的服务费，因此一件淘宝上定价100元的商品，在Baopals上需要花费105元以上的价格，故选D。

4.Why did the three men start this website?

A Because they wanted to build an online shopping platform bigger than Tmall.

B Because they wanted to bring more foreign items into China.

C Because they thought it’s a problem for foreigners to shop online in China.

D Because they wanted to help foreigners buy things cheaper.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第四段Thornhill and his co-founders, Charlie Erickson and Tyler McNew, felt shopping online was a problem for foreigners in China. Before they started the site, they'd often ask Chinese friends to buy products for them and then pay them.可知三人觉得在中国的外国人要网购会遇到问题，因此经常让周围的中国人帮其网购，这是他们创办这个网购平台的原因，故选C。

5.What is the attitude of Alibaba to the three men’s business?

A Supportive.

B Negative.

C Positive.

D Neutral.

解析：选A。观点态度题。根据最后一段Alibaba is supportive of his company, Thornhill said, even inviting the start-up to its headquarters in Hangzhou for a tour.可知阿里巴巴集团对三人的公司是持支持态度的，故选A。