36 According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
(A) The hourly charge for renting a YouBike is currently fifty NT dollars during rush hours.
(B) Taipei City is equipped with more YouBike stations than any other major city in Taiwan.
(C) The database management system makes it possible to rent a YouBike within ten minutes.
(D) The total carbon emissions from YouBike cyclists reached 33.89 million metric tons in 2013.

第一段

Do you bike today?

你今天騎腳踏車了嗎？

Do YouBike rides kindle your passion to zip past one bicycle lane after another?

騎 YouBike 是否點燃了你穿梭於一條又一條自行車道的熱情呢？

• kindle = 點燃、激發
• zip past = 快速穿過

Launched in 2009, YouBike’s rental system offers cyclists an easy way to rent and return bikes.

YouBike 於 2009 年推出，其租借系統讓騎士能方便地租借與歸還腳踏車。

Cyclists only need an EasyCard to rent a YouBike.

騎士只需要一張悠遊卡就能租借 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.

此外，透過這個系統，腳踏車可以在一個地點租借、另一個地點歸還，而且全天24小時皆可使用。

In Taipei City alone, there are as many as four hundred YouBike stations.

光是在 Taipei 就有多達四百個 YouBike 站點。

This carbon-free vehicle rental system also extends to many other major cities.

這種零碳排的交通工具租借系統也擴展到許多其他主要城市。

No wonder YouBike is acknowledged to have become part of the city landscape in Taiwan.

難怪 YouBike 已被視為台灣城市景觀的一部分。

第二段

Another important contributing factor in the growing popularity of this rental system has to do with its excellent cost-performance ratio.

這套租借系統越來越受歡迎的另一個重要原因，是它極高的 CP 值。

Each thirty minutes costs only ten NT dollars within the initial four hours.

前四小時內，每30分鐘只要10元台幣。

YouBike also serves as a best alternative to cars and buses during rush hours...

在尖峰時段，YouBike 也是汽車與公車的最佳替代方案。

...when the traffic jam can leave you cranky.

因為塞車會讓人心情煩躁。

• cranky = 煩躁的

Perhaps one of its greatest contributions lies in the reduction of carbon emissions.

它最大的貢獻之一，可能在於減少碳排放。

In 2013, statistics showed that YouBike’s rental service contributed to a trip distance of about 11 million kilometers.

2013年的統計顯示，YouBike 的騎乘總距離約達 1100 萬公里。

...the overall carbon emission reduction in Taipei City...

因此，台北市整體碳排放量大幅減少。

第三段

The success of YouBike also has a lot to do with its creative concepts.

YouBike 的成功也和它創新的理念有關。

It boasts a database management system that can analyze the utilization rate of bikes speedily...

它擁有一套資料庫管理系統，能快速分析腳踏車使用率。

...resulting in efficient allocation of bikes among rental stations...

因此能有效分配各租借站的車輛。

...ensuring that cyclists can rent a bike within ten minutes.

確保騎士能在十分鐘內租到車。

With the goals of green economy and sustainable development in mind, it is time to go even greener.

以綠色經濟與永續發展為目標，我們該更加環保。

Let’s all go YouBiking today!

讓我們今天就一起騎 YouBike 吧！

重點單字

• rental system → 租借系統
• cyclist → 自行車騎士
• acknowledged → 被認可
• cost-performance ratio → CP值 / 成本效益比
• rush hour → 尖峰時段
• carbon emissions → 碳排放
• sustainable development → 永續發展
• allocation → 分配
• utilization rate → 使用率