2 . Like many young people, Jessica wants to travel the globe. Unlike most of them, this 25-year-old is doing it _________. 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 _________, but the couple has an unusual way to make their travel _________.
They’re part of a new form of the _________ economy: house sitters. Throughout their no-cost stays in _________ homes, they feed pets and water plants in the homeowner’s _________.
The travel is not all about sightseeing. The two travelers carefully _________ their trips, scheduling their days around the pets that are sometimes difficult to _________. But house sitting also offers a sense of _________ they can’t find in a hotel. “It’s like __________ at a friend’s house,” Jessica says.
The couple has a high __________ rate in getting accepted as house sitters as they always go beyond the homeowner’s __________. For Jessica, that means __________ plenty of pictures of happy pets, keeping the house clean and leaving a nice small gift before __________ the next house. “You want to make the homeowner feel that they made the right __________,” she says.
1. A.long-distance | B.full-time | C.single-handed | D.online-based |
2. A.game | B.service | C.process | D.vacation |
3. A.safe | B.busy | C.helpful | D.affordable |
4. A.local | B.sharing | C.private | D.agricultural |
5. A.strangers’ | B.parents’ | C.partners’ | D.neighbors’ |
6. A.presence | B.defense | C.absence | D.honor |
7. A.plan | B.explain | C.compare | D.complete |
8. A.buy | B.transport | C.please | D.choose |
9. A.comfort | B.confusion | C.control | D.condition |
10. A.cooking | B.studying | C.waiting | D.staying |
11. A.survival | B.success | C.growth | D.gratitude |
12. A.salaries | B.abilities | C.understanding | D.expectations |
13. A.sending | B.donating | C.receiving | D.borrowing |
14. A.moving from | B.settling down | C.heading to | D.running into |
15. A.guess | B.decision | C.response | D.impression |