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第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B，C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
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
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Henry Tyler made the catch of the year on the weekend. When he saw a young child hanging from a sixth-floor apartment balcony （阳台）, Henry ran one hundred metres, jumped over a 1.2-metre fence, and held out his arms to catch the 56 （fall） child.
Eric Brown, only three years old, knocked Henry down when he fell. The boy is in the hospital and doctors say he'll be OK.
57 Brown family live in an apartment building outside Toronto. On the day of the accident, Mrs. Brown was at work and Eric was at home with his father. They both fell 58 （sleep） while watching TV.
Eric woke up a little later when he heard children playing outside. He pushed a chair onto the balcony, and climbed up 59 （see） them. When he looked down, he 60 （accidental ） slipped and fell over the edge. He hung on for a few minutes 61 screamed for his father, but his father didn't hear him.
Henry 62 （fix） his car when he heard the screams. He looked up and saw Eric hanging from the balcony. He quickly 63 （throw） his tools aside, and started running, arms out.
“He saved my 64 （son） life,” said Mrs. Brown. “I don't know 65 to thank him.”
“I just didn't want the boy to be hurt,” said Henry.