35 What is the purpose of this passage?
(A) To explain why YouBikes are getting more and more popular in Taiwan.
(B) To show that automobiles result in more carbon emission than YouBikes.
(C) To argue why it is easier to rent YouBikes with an EasyCard than with cash.
(D) To predict that YouBike’s rental system will be adopted by all cities in Taiwan.

Do you bike today? Do YouBike rides kindle your passion to zip past one bicycle lane after another? Launched in 2009, YouBike’s rental system offers cyclists an easy way to rent and return bikes. Cyclists only need an EasyCard torent a YouBike. What’s more, by using this system, bikes can be rented at one location and dropped off at another on a 24/7 basis. In Taipei City alone, there are as many as four hundred YouBike stations. This carbon-free vehicle rentalsystem also extends to many other major cities. No wonder YouBike is acknowledged to have become part of the citylandscape in Taiwan.

     Another important contributing factor in the growing popularity of this rental system has to do with its excellentcost-performance ratio. Each thirty minutes costs only ten NT dollars within the initial four hours. YouBike also servesas a best alternative to cars and buses during rush hours, when the traffic jam can leave you cranky. Perhaps one of itsgreatest contributions lies in the reduction of carbon emissions. In 2013, statistics showed that YouBike’s rental servicecontributed to a trip distance of about 11 million kilometers. On this basis, the overall carbon emission reduction inTaipei City was equivalent to 6.89 million metric tons of carbon emissions from motorcycles and 27 million metric tonsfrom automobiles.

      The success of YouBike also has a lot to do with its creative concepts. It boasts a database management system thatcan analyze the utilization rate of bikes speedily, resulting in efficient allocation of bikes among rental stations andensuring that cyclists can rent a bike within ten minutes. With the goals of green economy and sustainable developmentin mind, it is time to go even greener. Let’s all go YouBiking today!

今天你騎車了嗎？ YouBike 騎乘活動是否激起了你飛馳在一條又一條自行車道上的熱情？ YouBike 租賃系統於 2009 年上線，為騎乘者提供便利的自行車租賃和歸還方式。騎乘者只需一張悠遊卡即可租用 YouBike。此外，該系統全天候 24/7 提供自行車租賃服務。光是在台北市，就有多達四百個 YouBike 站點。這種零碳排放的車輛租賃系統也擴展到許多其他主要城市。難怪 YouBike 被公認為台灣城市景觀的一部分。
YouBike 租賃系統日益普及的另一個重要因素是其卓越的性價比。在最初的四小時內，每三十分鐘只需十元新台幣。在交通擁堵令人煩躁的上下班高峰時段，YouBike 也是替代汽車和公車的最佳選擇。或許，減少碳排放就是它最大的貢獻之一。 2013年統計顯示，YouBike租賃服務貢獻的出行里程約1,100萬公里。以此計算，台北市整體碳減量相當於機車689萬噸碳排放量，汽車2700萬噸碳排放量。
YouBike的成功也與其創新理念息息相關。它擁有資料庫管理系統，能夠快速分析自行車使用率，從而有效率地在各個租賃點之間調配自行車，確保騎乘者在十分鐘內就能租到自行車。秉持綠色經濟與永續發展的目標，現在是時候更環保了。今天就加入YouBike吧！

答案：A

35 What is the purpose of this passage?
(A) To explain why YouBikes are getting more and more popular in Taiwan.
(B) To show that automobiles result in more carbon emission than YouBikes.
(C) To argue why it is easier to rent YouBikes with an EasyCard than with cash.
(D) To predict that YouBike’s rental system will be adopted by all cities in Taiwan.

35 這篇文章的目的是什麼？
（A）解釋為什麼悠遊自行車在台灣越來越受歡迎。
（B）說明汽車比悠遊自行車產生的碳排放量更大。
（C）論證為什麼用悠遊卡比用現金更容易租到悠遊自行車。
（D）預測悠遊自行車的租賃系統將在台灣所有城市推廣。