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2.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.(71)B
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.(72)A 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.
(73)D 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.(74)GYou 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 for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owner 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.
(75)CThen you can travel to many different countries and stay there.One of the important things to get are 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 prospective 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.

分析 本文主要介绍了House Sitting(临时替别人照看"房子")这种职业的特点;作者自己做这种工作的感受;找到这种工作的途径以及做这种工作需要具备的条件等,最后文中还介绍了到澳大利亚之外的一些国家去尝试这种工作的方法.

解答 答案:
71.B  细节推理题    由于第三段"In Australia,many people travel.After people retire,…over the country"讲述了有许多人在退休后会外出旅行;结合各选项可知,答案B表达的意思与本段的内容相关,即:成千上万的人一直在做这件事(旅行);故选B
72.A   细节推理题    根据第二段"In many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting."提到了世界上许多国家的人都在做着所谓的临时替别人照看"房子"的工作,以及根据下一句"I feel it is a great way of seeing the country"作者认为这是去这个国家看看的一个很好的途径;因此可以推断出作者想去做这种工作或者是已经体验过这种工作了;故选A
73.D   内容归纳题     由于第五段主要介绍了找到这种工作(即:House Sitting,临时替别人照看"房子")的途径;故选D
74.G   内容归纳题     通读第六段可知,"There are some requirements to be a house sitter."为本段的中心句,主要介绍了作为a house sitter(一名临时替别人照看"房子"的工作人员)需要具备的一些要求;故选G
75.C   内容归纳题    根据上文主要对找到House Sitting(临时替别人照看"房子")这样一份工作的途径以及做这种工作应具备的条件进行了介绍,以及根据最后一段"Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there."提到:然后你可以到许多不同的国家旅行,并待在那里;可知此处应是站在找该种工作的人的角度上讲的,即:你也可以到别的国家去尝试这种工作;故选C

点评 做本题的关键在于对整篇文章的深入理解,弄清句与句之间以及句子与所在段落的关系;由于本文结构清晰,内容明确,所以在做本题时,可以根据每一部分的中心意思或根据上下句的内容,推测出空缺部分的意思;另外,还可以通过仔细阅读备选项,排除与本文无关的选项或找到与相应段落意义相关的选项.

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