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After staying at home one afternoon for a delivery of discounted sink that never came, Valentin Romanov, a Stockholm IT manager ,installed a special lock on his flat’s entrance. When no one is in, deliverymen unlock the door and slip packages inside. Four months on, Mr Romanov has 91 his spending online and says he cannot imagine life without in-home deliveries. These are sweet words for delivery firms and online retailers(零售商), Amazon included, that are setting up 92 with lock manufacturers to overcome a big hurdle for e-commerce.
Traditional l deliveries fail so 93 that a parcel is driven to a home an average of 1.5 times in the Nordic region, says Kenneth Verlage, head of business development at PostNord, a logistics(物流) giant operating in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It is an expensive 94 made worse, he says, by the fact that recipients have still often had to wait for a failed delivery. Some couriers leave packages on doorsteps, but this 95 theft. Of 1,000 Americans surveyed this year by Shorr, a packaging firm, nearly a third had been victims of “porch piracy”, as this is known. Two-fifths 96 certain online purchases for fear of it.
A number of firms now sell wirelessly connected locks which a courier’s delivery staff can open using a passcode or smartphone app after the 97 has issued a temporary authorization, before leaving home or remotely. Deliveries are filmed with an indoor security camera paired with the lock. The short videos are sent to parcel addressees and typically 98 , comically in Mr Romanov’s view, with a jiggle of the door handle from outside to show that the departing delivery person has locked up.
Amazon began offering in-home deliveries in 37 American cities in November. Shoppers who have had a special 99 and camera installed (costing $199) can select in-home delivery at checkout. Like most firms offering the service, Amazon is tightlipped about user 100 . The boss of August Home, a San Francisco maker of in-home delivery locks, says that already hundreds of thousands of delivery drivers, dog-walkers, cleaners and Airbnb guests use its app 101 to enter others’ homes.
Offerings are 102 . In 2018 August Home will go to Australia and Britain, and PostNord will launch in-home delivery in four Nordic countries. Walmart and Sears have tried it; Sears even tested unattended appliance repairs. Five logistics firms and two Swedish supermarket chains are trying or using locks from Glue, a firm based in Stockholm, for in-home deliveries.
103 suspect these efforts will not amount to much. Plenty of 104 will be fearful about theft. Rhino Security Labs, a Seattle computer-security firm, claims it hacked into and shut off the video in one Amazon lock-and-camera system. In-home deliveries are incompatible with burglar alarms. And what if an improperly fenced-off dog or cat slips outside? Or an heirloom on display gets knocked over? These are 105 questions. But e-commerce firms have unlocked harder ones.
91．A．doubled B．deleted C．checked D．decreased
92．A．partnerships B．branches C．funds D．conferences
93．A．occasionally B．unexpectedly C．miserably D．frequently
94．A．development B．purchase C．tradition D．inefficiency
95．A．records B．invites C．reduces D．commits
96．A．avoid B．make C．control D．assess
97．A．driver B．manager C．deliver D．resident
98．A．start B．end C．disappear D．emerge
99．A．door B．computer C．lock D．application
100．A．experiences B．preferences C．numbers D．backgrounds
101．A．illegally B．keylessly C．unknowingly D．fearfully
102．A．threatening B．multiplying C．competing D．shrinking
103．A．Designers B．Advocates C．Opponents D．Adopters
104．A．consumers B．firms C．hackers D．producers
105．A．unimportant B．general C．improper D．tricky
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【答案】91~95.AADDB 96~100.ADBCC 101~105.BBCAD
After staying at home one afternoon for a delivery of discounted sink that never came, Valentin Romanov, a Stockholm IT manager ,installed a special lock on his flat’s entrance. When no one is in, deliverymen unlock the door and slip packages inside. Four months on, Mr Romanov has 91 his spending online and says he cannot imagine life without in-home deliveries. These are sweet words for delivery firms and online retailers(零售商), Amazon included, that are setting up 92 with lock manufacturers to overcome a big hurdle for e-commerce.
Traditional l deliveries fail so 93 that a parcel is driven to a home an average of 1.5 times in the Nordic region, says Kenneth Verlage, head of business development at PostNord, a logistics(物流) giant operating in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It is an expensive 94 made worse, he says, by the fact that recipients have still often had to wait for a failed delivery. Some couriers leave packages on doorsteps, but this 95 theft. Of 1,000 Americans surveyed this year by Shorr, a packaging firm, nearly a third had been victims of “porch piracy”, as this is known. Two-fifths 96 certain online purchases for fear of it.
A number of firms now sell wirelessly connected locks which a courier’s delivery staff can open using a passcode or smartphone app after the 97 has issued a temporary authorization, before leaving home or remotely. Deliveries are filmed with an indoor security camera paired with the lock. The short videos are sent to parcel addressees and typically 98 , comically in Mr Romanov’s view, with a jiggle of the door handle from outside to show that the departing delivery person has locked up.
Amazon began offering in-home deliveries in 37 American cities in November. Shoppers who have had a special 99 and camera installed (costing $199) can select in-home delivery at checkout. Like most firms offering the service, Amazon is tightlipped about user 100 . The boss of August Home, a San Francisco maker of in-home delivery locks, says that already hundreds of thousands of delivery drivers, dog-walkers, cleaners and Airbnb guests use its app 101 to enter others’ homes.
Offerings are 102 . In 2018 August Home will go to Australia and Britain, and PostNord will launch in-home delivery in four Nordic countries. Walmart and Sears have tried it; Sears even tested unattended appliance repairs. Five logistics firms and two Swedish supermarket chains are trying or using locks from Glue, a firm based in Stockholm, for in-home deliveries.
103 suspect these efforts will not amount to much. Plenty of 104 will be fearful about theft. Rhino Security Labs, a Seattle computer-security firm, claims it hacked into and shut off the video in one Amazon lock-and-camera system. In-home deliveries are incompatible with burglar alarms. And what if an improperly fenced-off dog or cat slips outside? Or an heirloom on display gets knocked over? These are 105 questions. But e-commerce firms have unlocked harder ones.
91．A．doubled B．deleted C．checked D．decreased
92．A．partnerships B．branches C．funds D．conferences
93．A．occasionally B．unexpectedly C．miserably D．frequently
94．A．development B．purchase C．tradition D．inefficiency
95．A．records B．invites C．reduces D．commits
96．A．avoid B．make C．control D．assess
97．A．driver B．manager C．deliver D．resident
98．A．start B．end C．disappear D．emerge
99．A．door B．computer C．lock D．application
100．A．experiences B．preferences C．numbers D．backgrounds
101．A．illegally B．keylessly C．unknowingly D．fearfully
102．A．threatening B．multiplying C．competing D．shrinking
103．A．Designers B．Advocates C．Opponents D．Adopters
104．A．consumers B．firms C．hackers D．producers
105．A．unimportant B．general C．improper D．tricky
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【答案】91~95.AADDB 96~100.ADBCC 101~105.BBCAD
