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【题目】 The online accommodation booking company Airbnb is going upmarket. It is moving into the luxury travel market. CEO Brian Chesky has announced an improvement in the company’s business m1. It wants richer people to use it. The company will o2 new types of places to stay such as vacation homes and boutique hotels. The company has over four million rooms on its site in 81,00g cities and 191 countries. It has helped make over 260 million reservations since it l3 nine years ago. Mr Chesky hopes to increase this to more than one billion people s4 in its rentals by 2028. Chesky said: "Airbnb is still an alternative. It's still not for everyone. Today we will show you our road map: Airbnb for everyone.”

Airbnb does not own any real estate, or properties. It acts as a broker between property owners who want to make e5 cash by renting out their rooms or homes, and travelers looking for a cheaper, more homely alternative to hotels. The company makes money from the booking fees it c6. Its vision is to branch out into luxury accommodation,restaurant reservations, and adventure travel experiences. A new option will allow people to book"unique spaces". This includes things like yurts -the large, circular tents that are h7 to many people in Mongolia. Airbnb's new "Beyond" option will offer travelers "full-on luxury stays".that include “some of the worlds nicest homes”.

【答案】

1Model

2offer

3launched

4staying

5easy

6charges

7home

【解析】

本篇介绍在线住宿预订公司Airbnb,它没有属于自己的不动产或资产,它充当房屋经纪人的角色,公司从预定费中获利。 公司CEO宣布改进经营模式,使之成为每个人的选择。

1句意:公司CEO布莱恩·切斯基(Brian Chesky)宣布改进公司经营模式。

空格在in the 后面,判断填名词; 根据下文The company will offer new types of places to stay such as vacation homes and boutique hotels. 公司将提供新的房源类型,推断空格是指新的经营模式;由首字母提示,model 意为模式,故填 model

2句意:公司将提供新的房源类型,比如度假屋以及精品酒店。

空格在will后面,判断填动词原形;根据上文CEO Brian Chesky has announced an improvement in the company’s business model公司CEO布莱恩·切斯基(Brian Chesky)宣布改进公司经营模式,推断空格是指提供新的房源类型,由首字母提示, offer意为提供,故填offer

3句意:自其9年前创建以来已帮助提供超过2.6亿次房屋预订。

从文字表层意思推断空格指公司开始运营;由首字母提示,launch 意为开始从事 根据时间状语nine years ago,判断空格填动词一般过去式;故填launched

4句意:切斯基先生希望截止至2028年,将其房屋租赁人数增加至10亿多。

从文字表层意思推断空格指住在租赁房屋的人,由此判断空格是现在分词当定语;

由首字母提示,stay 意为呆在……”,故填staying

5句意:它在希望通过租赁房屋来获取轻松收入的业主以及寻找价格适宜且更有家庭气息的游客之间扮演房屋经纪人的角色。

根据常识,出租房屋是比较容易的挣钱方式;由首字母提示,easy 意为容易的、轻松的,故填easy

6句意:公司从它收到的预定费中获利。

从文字表层意思推断空格指从它收到的预定费 本篇的时态是一般现在时,空格是从句的谓语,主语it是单数形式,判断空格填一般现在时、单三形式;由首字母提示,charge 意为收费,故填charges

7句意:这包括像蒙古包这样的东西——一种大的圆形帐篷,在蒙古很多人把它当作家。

根据空格上文“This includes things like yurts” 这包括像蒙古包这样的东西,根据常识,蒙古人把蒙古包当作家,由此推断空格的词义是指;根据be动词的形式是are,判断名词是复数形式;由首字母提示,home 意为,故填homes

根据首字母提示完成短文,解答前要先跳空阅读全文,猜测大意;再根据上下文联系猜测空格所缺的信息;最后根据首字母提示确定单词。本篇的题12根据上文联系推断词义;题346根据句子的文字表层意思推断词义;题57根据常识推断词义;

完篇后阅读全文,检查所填的单词的拼写、时态和词义是否符合文章的意思。

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