Question

【題目】B. Choose the best words and complete the passage(選擇最恰當?shù)膯卧~完成短文)

Uber and Airbnb are two of the new "person-to-person" businesses. They use the Internet to match people who want a service with someone who can give that service. You don’t use a professional taxi service, Uber __________ with a person with a car in your area now- instead of a

professional taxi service. Airbnb lets you stay in someone’s home.

But it’s not all good. The owners of Uber and Airbnb are now billionaires; the people who provide the service don’t earn much. It’s not __________ sharing. The market value of Uber is now $69.5 billion.

Uber does not follow local laws strictly. It says it is a “platform” to match drivers with passengers, but the rules are not clear so it does not have to be reponsible. It can change prices when there is more or less __________. In 2015 there were more than 50 cases again Uber in the USA and many countries have said it broke rules. Spain, Thailand and France have stopped Uber- they say it is “dangerous”.

Airbnb is part of the growing sharing economy and a business model run by network technologies. It was started in 2008 and located in San Francisco, California. Every day some people list their homes, while others discover and __________ houses around the world through Airbnb. At the same time, Airbnb helps to build up __________ and friendship between strangers.

Airbnb makes __________ guest houses go out of business, not big, rich hotels. It says that many of its hosts are “artistic” and not rich. But we know from research that a lot of the Airbnb hosts are now rich people who owns more than one house.

【1】A.givesB.connectsC.pleasesD.agrees

【2】A.reallyB.hardlyC.usuallyD.quickly

【3】A.moneyB.timeC.needD.space

【4】A.buildB.cleanC.designD.book

【5】A.interestB.trustC.distanceD.respect

【6】A.strongB.safeC.smallD.special

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【5】B

【6】D

【解析】

文章大意介紹了優(yōu)步 和 愛彼迎兩個新型分享公司，前者分享車輛，后者分享房屋。

【1】句意：Uber現(xiàn)在和你的車上的人聯(lián)系在一起——而不是一個專業(yè)的出租車服務。

考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)They use the Internet to match people who want a service with someone who can give that service.和選詞，可知是connect with和……聯(lián)系；gives給，connects聯(lián)系，pleases使高興，agrees同意；故選B。

【2】句意：它不是真的共享。

考查副詞辨析。The owners of Uber and Airbnb are now billionaires; the people who provide the service don’t earn much.結合選項，可知不是真正地分享；really真地，hardly幾乎不，usually通常，quickly快地；故選A。

【3】句意：有或多或少的空間來改變價格。

考查名詞辨析。It says it is a “platform” to match drivers with passengers, but the rules are not clear so it does not have to be reponsible.和 In 2015 there were more than 50 cases again Uber in the USA and many countries have said it broke rules可知是有或多或少的空間；money錢，time時間，need需要，space空間；故選D。

【4】句意：而另一些人通過愛彼迎找到和預定世界各地的房子。

考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)句意和選詞，可知是預定房子；build建筑，clean弄干凈，design設計， book預定；故選D。

【5】句意：愛彼迎在兩個陌生人之間建立起信任和友誼。

考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)while others discover and _____4_____ houses around the world through Airbnb和 and friendship between strangers可知是信任；interest興趣，trust信任，distance距離， respect尊重；故選B。

【6】句意：愛彼迎使一些特殊的賓館停業(yè)，不大富有的賓館。

考查形容詞辨析。It says that many of its hosts are “artistic” and not rich. But we know from research that a lot of the Airbnb hosts are now rich people who owns more than one house結合選詞，可知是特殊的；strong強壯的，safe安全的，small小的，special特殊的；故選D。