问题详情:
Ahmad is the founder of Copia, which she describers as "match com meets Uber for food recovery." Conipanies use the Copia app to report when they have leftover food,what kind, and how much . When recipients (受助者)such as shelters, soup kitchens , and agencies first register with Cupia, they indicate how many people they need to feed,on what days , and what kind of food they'll take. Cupia makes a profit from the fees that companies pay to remove leftever food; the companies receive a tax write-off for their food donations.
How did Ahmad create Copia? Aa a senior at UC Berkeley, the found nearly 50 million Americans are at risk of going hungry every day, white more than 133 billion pounds ofeatable foud are deserted each year.
Ahma d started a student group that recovered food from the campus and distriButed it Lo local nonprofits.
As rewarding as this was,the inefficiencies (低效)bothered her. One day , she got a call from the dining hall manager, who had 500 sandwiches left over from m event. She rented a car,loaded it with the food, and called nonprofits, She found takers for only 25 sandwiches and ended up giving out the rest eU a nearby park.
“I remember thinking how cool it would be if people who had food could say, ‘Hey, we have stuff, ’ and people who needed it could speak up, and then we could connect the two. ”
After she graduated , Ahmad launched Copia carlier this year, it operates in 40 cities in Northem California and has served over 700,000 people. Its biggest success—and challenge— 10 date was this past Super Bowl: Copia recovered muro than 14 tons of food, which fed more than 23,000 people.
Despite her busy schedule, Ahmad tries to do me food pickup a week."When you get to theshelter,"she says ," If you wouldn't have eaten." And that's when I'm like, ‘ This is why I do what I do.’
24. Who will benefit from Copia app?
A. Hungry people living in Copia,
B. Registered companies donating food,
C. Charity organizations serving the poor.
recovery companice removing food.
25. What made Ahmad create the app?
much food is wasted.
B. Too many people go hungry.
C. Her group's work is rewarding.
group's work doesn 't go well.
26. What is Ahmad really proud of?
A. She founds Copia and makes a profit.
B. She connects the companies, and recipients.
helps hiingry people go Bhnjugh hurd time,
D. She enjoys the biggest suecess—the Super Bowl.
27. What's a Copia's operating model?
A. Consumer to consumer
B. Produciiun to consumer
C. Business to consumer
D. Business to business
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