2024届上海市高考英语语法填空专题练习二

上海英语高考·语法填空专题练习二 注：此套练习系自制，难度中等偏上，建议头部学生练习。 Passage A If Uber was the terrible toddler of the sharing economy, Airbnb, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2018, behaved as the quieter older sibling. Uber created chaos (混乱) and generally lost its battle with regulators in Europe, (1)________ Airbnb offers travelers a sense of home when they are away from home. Not all Europeans feel the same, however. Tourists packing for this year’s holiday season might have to prepare (2) ________ for an awkward welcome. Anti-tourist protests (抗议) in some European cities have become a routine. Two hundred locals occupied a beach in Barcelona to tell visitors to go away. They said that tourists changed their districts and upset their lives. As rental homes take over new areas, residents (3) ________(force) out. Tight housing markets in Amsterdam are being squeezed even (4) ________(far) as landlords withdraw properties from sale or long-term rental in favor of holiday-makers. Not all these complaints are about Airbnb, but the platform increases anxieties (5) ________mass tourism (大众旅游) is destroying the cities of Europe. From Amsterdam to Madrid, city officials are limiting the number of days (6) ________ an apartment may be rented. Paris, the European jewel in Airbnb’s crown, is fining it for letting out unregistered properties. In July 2018, the European Commission ordered Airbnb (7) ________(make) some of its charges more transparent (透明的). The honeymoon seems to be over. To some degree, these are the growing pains that accompany any innovation that the old rules do not suit. It is unfair to blame the age of mass tourism (8)________the platform. There is some evidence that Airbnb encourages new trips or at least lengthens existing ones. Residents of eastern European cities say that Airbnb visitors improve standards and promote a spirit of friendliness. “Great hotels (9)________(always be) mirrors to the particular societies they serve,” wrote Joan Didion, a California