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Like many young people, Jessica wants to travel the globe. Unlike most of them, this 25-year-old is doing it (41) . She and her husband have spent the last two years traveling the world, stopping everywhere from Paris to Singapore. It might sound like one long, expensive (42) , but the couple has an unusual way to make their travel (43) .
They're part of a new form of the (44) economy: an online group of house sitters. Throughout their no-cost stays in (45) homes, they feed pets and water plants in the homeowner's (46) .
It's not all sightseeing. The two travelers carefully (47) their trips, scheduling their days around the pets that are sometimes difficult to (48) . But house sitting also offers a level of (49) they can't find in a hotel. “It's like (50) at a friend's house,” Jessica says.
The couple has a high (51) rate in getting accepted as house sitters and they always go beyond the homeowner's (52) . For Jessica, that means (53) plenty of pictures of happy pets, keeping the house (54) and leaving a nice small gift before heading to the next house. “You want to make the homeowner feel that they made the right (55) ,” she says.
41. A. indoors B. online C. single-handed D. full-time
42. A. game B. service C. vacation D. procedure
43. A. safe B. busy C. helpful D. affordable
44. A. local B. private C. sharing D. agricultural
45. A. strangers’ B. parents’ C. co-workers’ D. neighbors’
46. A. favor B. defense C. honor D. absence
47. A. plan B. explain C. compare D. complete
48. A. buy B. transport C. choose D. please
49. A. support B. comfort C. control D. attention
50. A. cooking B. staying C. waiting D. studying
51. A. success B. survival C. growth D. unemployment
52. A. budget B. abilities C. expectations D. understanding
53. A. admiring B. donating C. sending D. borrowing
54. A. clean B. open C. simple D. empty
55. A. guess B. decision C. response D. impression
必背单词
1. travel v. 旅行；走过（某距离）
2. unlike prep. 不像
3. procedure n. 程序；步骤
4. affordable adj. 负担得起的
5. local adj. 当地的
6. agricultural adj. 农业的
7. favor n. 支持
8. absence n. 缺席，不在
9. transport v. 运输
10. level n. 程度；水平
11. survival n. 生存
12. rate n. 比率；速度
13. budget n. 预算
14. admire v. 羡慕
15. donate v. 捐献
16. head ★ v. 朝（某方向）行进
例： It's about time we were heading home. 我们该往家走了。
17. response n. 回答；反应
18. impression n. 印象
词组搭配
1. plenty of 许多
例： [2019全国1] It takes sunscreen about fifteen minutes to start working, and that's plenty of time for your skin to absorb a day's worth of Vitamin D. 防晒霜大约需要15分钟才能开始起作用，这段时间足够你的皮肤吸收一天所需的维生素D。
2. head to 前往
例： The walk in the morning before I headed to the hospital was a quiet, peaceful time to gather my thoughts. 在我早晨前往医院之前的散步是一段安静、平和的时光，让我整理思绪。
3. make a decision 做出决定
例： After more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to make a decision . 在黑暗和寒冷中坚持了一个多小时后，西蒙不得不做出一个决定。
4. make a response 做出回应
例： The government made a response to these changes in time. 政府及时对这些变化做出了回应。
5. make an impression 留下印象；产生影响；起作用
例： He made an impression from the start, for within a few minutes he had solved the tough problem. 他从一开始就给人留下了深刻的印象，因为几分钟内他就解决了这个棘手的问题。
扫清困惑
The two travelers carefully (47)
plan
their trips, scheduling their days around the pets that are sometimes difficult to (48)
please
.
困惑： 易错题（48题）
分析： 本题的易错选项是B项，属于“忽略上下文提示”的错误类型。A项buy的词义为“购买”，B项transport的词义为“运输”，C项choose的词义为“选择”，D项please的词义为“取悦”。根据前文The two travelers carefully (47) plan their trips, scheduling their days around the pets判断，旅行前应该把自己的宠物安排妥当，因此有的同学判断，旅游时运输宠物有难度，极易选择B项。
做错的同学忽略了前面的第二段语境Throughout their no-cost stays in (45) strangers’ homes, they feed pets and water plants in the homeowner's (46) absence ，即房屋看管人要照顾房主家里的宠物和植物。那么around the pets中的pets就是指房主的宠物，宠物不会被运走，而是留在家中，所以B项错误。
全文翻译
和许多年轻人一样，杰西卡想环游世界。与大多数人不同，这位25岁的年轻人是 (41)“ 全职 ”做这件事 的。在过去的两年里，她和丈夫环游世界，从巴黎到新加坡，到处都有停留。这听起来像是一个漫长且昂贵的 (42) 假期 ，但这对夫妇以一种不同寻常的方式来让他们的旅行 (43) 负担得起 。
他们是一种新形式的 (44) 共享 经济的一部分：一个由房屋看管人组成的在线小组。在他们免费入住 (45) 陌生人 家期间，他们在房主 (46) 不在 的情况下喂宠物、给植物浇水。
这并不全是观光。这两位旅行者仔细 (47) 计划 他们的旅行，围绕有时很难 (48) 取悦 的宠物安排他们的日程。但看管房子也提供了他们在酒店里找不到的 (49) 舒适 度 。“这就像 (50) 住在 朋友家里。”杰西卡说。
这对夫妇被接纳当房屋看管人的 (51) 成功 率很高，而且他们总是超出房主的 (52) 预期 。对杰西卡来说，这意味着要 (53) 发送 大量快乐宠物的照片，保持房子 (54) 干净 ，留下一件漂亮的小礼物，之后前往下一所房子。“你要让房主觉得他们做出了正确的 (55) 决定 。”她说。