题目内容
【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。House Sitting
In many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting. It means that if owners of the house are going away, they want someone to come into their home and look after the house and maybe pets while they are away.
In Australia, many people travel. After people retire, they might buy a van and travel all over the country. 【1】
So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they might want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy. House sitters might have to care for pets. Also, quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yard and they need cleaning. 【2】 I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area.
【3】 There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisement, you can make arrangements to go and look after their home.
There are some requirements to be a house sitter. You must be a trusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything. You must be able to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time. 【4】 You need to be good with pets, able to care for cats and dogs, or other pets they may have.
Some house sitting jobs are just span>for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owners have a short holiday. Sometimes it is for much longer. We have had one house sit for six months, while the home owner travelled to Europe.
【5】 Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there. One of the important things to get is references from the home owners where you have stayed. A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthy and have looked after their home well. You can show these letters to possible house sitting jobs and they know you will do a good job.
A. I have done house sitting many times.
B. Thousands of people do this all the time.
C. It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries.
D. Generally you have many opportunities to get a house sitting job.
E. You must take a little care over what your description says about you.
F. This is an international house sitting service for all city and country areas.
G. You must have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country.
【答案】
【1】B
【2】A
【3】D
【4】G
【5】C
【解析】
试题分析:本文主要讲述了,很多家庭出门后都希望有一个值得信赖的人来照看家里,因而就需要当主人出门后暂时住在家里打理的人的工作,并且讲述了这种工作是怎么样的。
【1】B考查句意理解和上下文串联。空格后面So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they might want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy.可知有很多人都需要家庭保姆去找看家,而B项意思是“有很多人都会去旅行”,正好是空格后面那句话产生的原因,故选B。
【2】A考查句意理解和上下文串联。根据后文I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area,可知他对这份工作有很多感触,而A项意思是“我做临时照看人这份工作很多次了”,正好是对后面那句话的一个总结,故选A。
【3】D考查句意理解和上下文串联。根据后文there are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel,可知这段讲述的是如何去找到这份工作,而D项意思是“通常你有很多机会得到这份临时照看人的工作”,是对本段的总结,故选D。
【4】G考查句意理解和上下文串联。根据文中There are some requirements to be a house sitter,可知本段是讲述临时照看人的一些要求,而G项意思是“你必须有一个好的车,所以你可以前往不同的地方。”真好是对临时照看人的一个要求,故选G。
【5】C考查句意理解和上下文串联。根据后文Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there,可知临时照看人可以去不同的国家工作,而C项意思是“在别的国家做临时照看人也是很可能的”,正好是对本段的总结,故选C。