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Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.
People across the world use Airbnb to offer their homes to travelers usually for a nightly fee. The home-sharing service provides some people with a way 1. (make)extra money while they work other jobs.
The company announced recently that one of its 2. (popular) professions among American Airbnb hosts is teaching, The information came from an Airbnb study to find out 3. industries its American hosts work in.
The study found that almost 10 percent of U.S. Airbnb hosts in 2017 identified 4. as teachers or in the field of education. The home-sharing service estimated it has about 45,000 active teacher hosts in America. In addition, the study says there are 5. estimated 75,000 other hosts living in households with a teacher.
The study did not provide data from hosts about 6. they choose to become part of Airbnb. But the company noted that many teachers in America face difficult economic situations. Airbnb says additional earnings from hosting 7. help.
Some states had even higher rates of teacher hosts than Airbnb’s estimated national average. Airbnb spokesman Christopher Nulty told The Atlantic magazine that the home-sharing industry is not a total solution for the current problems 8.(face) many teachers. But he said he thinks Airbnb can be an “important tool” to help teachers make extra money and give them “the respect and dignity” they have earned.
The report on the number of teacher hosts comes as Airbnb 9. (continue) to face opposition by activists and officials in some areas. U.S. Critics of the company say the service is driving up rental market prices in several cities. Elected officials in some areas 10.(propose) or approved rules to limit the influence of the service. Hotel companies have also protested that the business presents unfair competition.
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