WhenIfirstheardaboutcouchsurfing(沙发漫游)Iwasskeptical.Putuptravelersfreeof41andhelpthemontheirway?Givemeabreak.Howevermy42wentintooverdriveasIreadarticlesofcouchsurferssoI43

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When I first heard about couchsurfing (沙发漫游) I was skeptical. Put up travelers free of ____41____ and help them on their way? Give me a break. However my ____42____ went into overdrive as I read articles of couchsurfers so I ____43____ a trip to Finland a country I'd always wanted to ____44____.

If ever any anxiety existed it ____45____ when my first host Ari met me at the train station in Helsinki. He gave me a(n) ____46____ welcome and hiked with me to his ____47____ where he handed me a key to his home and ____48____ me tea. If this was what couchsurfing was all about－ ____49____ and welcome－then I had a wonderful ____50____.

I began to ____51____ the idea. What drove people to open their homes to ____52____? I suppose there was a bit of curiosity but also a ____53____ to reach out and lend a hand to like－minded folks who might ____54____ their own lives. I became more ____55____ when my next host drove 30 kilometers to pick me up at the train station and took me to her home. The family ____56____ me like a long－lost relative.

Seven cities in 14 days. Seven ____57____. Seven new friends. One of the hosts asked "Aren't you afraid?" I wasn't sure of a(n) ____58____ response then but I am now: Of what? If couchsurfing ____59____ me anything it's this: Most people are good and generous. And there is a basic human desire to ____60____.

Where will couch surfing take me next? I can't wait to find out.

41．A．doubt B．charge C．responsibility D．trouble

42．A．ambition B．observation C．curiosity D．energy

43．A．canceled B．abandoned C．postponed D．planned

44．A．explore B．unite C．run D．leave

45．A．increased B．changed C．disappeared D．surfaced

46．A．cool B．official C．warm D．cautious

47．A．apartment B．hotel C．office D．garage

48．A．bought B．served C．lent D．sold

49．A．concern B．dependence C．hope D．trust

50．A．demand B．start C．reward D．invitation

51．A．carry out B．try out C．reflect on D．hit on