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【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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In many countries of the world, people do what is called housesitting.It means that if owners of the house are going away, they wantsomeone to come into their home and look after the house and maybe pets whilethey are away.
In Australia, many people travel.After peopleretire, they might buy a van and travel all over the country. .
So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, theymight want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy.House sittersmight have to care for pets.Also, quite afew people have swimming pools in their back yard and they need cleaning. . I feel it isa great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, getto meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area.
. There arewebsites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and byreplying to the advertisement, you can make arrangements to go and look aftertheir home.
There are some requirements to be a house sitter.You must be atrusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything.You must beable to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time. . You need to begood 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 ofweeks while the house owners have a short holiday.Sometimes itis for much longer.We have hadone house sit for six months, while the home owner travelled to Europe.
Then you can travel to many differentcountries and stay there.One of theimportant things to get is references from the home owners where you havestayed. A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthyand have looked after their home well.You can showthese letters to possible house sitting jobs and they know you will do a goodjob.
A.I have donehouse sitting many times.
B.Thousands ofpeople do this all the time.
C.It is alsopossible to do house sitting in other countries.
D.Generally youhave many opportunities to get a house sitting job.
E.You must takea little care over what your description says about you.
F.This is aninternational house sitting service for all city and country areas.
G.Youmust have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country.
【答案】D;G;F;C;B
【解析】本文主要介绍了当人们外出旅行时,经常会雇用一些人来照看自己的房子,本文也给出了看房人所必备的一些条件。(1)B本段主要介绍大量的人每年都外出旅行这个现象。空格前的manypeople travel与B项中的“thousands of”对应,故选B。(2)A下句是作者接受给别人看房的一些好处,故作者应是在介绍自己的经验。且空格前句“housesitter”与A项中的“house sitting”对应,故选A。(3)D根据空后的“advertisements,replying,lookafter their home”可知有很多网站发布人们招聘看房人的照片,且和D中的house-sitting job相照应,故可知选D。(4)G首先空格后的阐述,你可以去旅行,但还要照顾好主人的家,所以应有一辆好汽车,G项所表达的意思为到这个国家不同的地方去旅游,与本段主旨一致,故选G。 (5)C后句提到你可以到国外去,故可知本段应该是关于到国外寻找看房人这项工作的机会。且空格后的“differentcountries”与C项中的“other countries”对应,而C项所表达的意思也与空格后的内容相关联,故选C。
【题目】请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意:请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。
Goals are the guides all through our life. We all have goals that we are moving towards and making a great effort to achieve. This is a good thing. Or can it be bad? How many of us never reach our goals and yet we have tried so hard and really thought about nothing else? I believe the mistake most of us make is that we do not focus on our present situation.
Let me explain. Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone that we use simply as a means of reaching our final destination. We don’t take time to truly appreciate where we are today and all the great things we already have in our lives. We should focus our attention on the journey and not on the destination, or we will miss the beautiful scenery along the way.
Let’s use our job as an example. Now most of us want a promotion. We have plans to become the manager or general manager in our companies. Unfortunately, most of us will never reach the goal, but will watch others achieve our goal instead.
What we should be doing is focusing on the job we are currently in now. Forget where we want to get to and just focus on the present. You see, what we can control is our performance in our current job. We can decide to be the best we possibly can in our current job. Now this may mean further education to have the skills we currently do not have. It may mean working harder to produce better results than our colleagues. It could simply be a change of attitude, such as stopping complaining and becoming a more devoted and supportive employee. By doing our current job to the best of our abilities, we in fact give ourselves the best chance of promotion.
So the best thing for all of us to do to achieve our goals is to just focus on what we have and where we are now. Do the best and be the best we possibly can in our current situations, and we will give ourselves the very best chance of reaching our goals in the future. We have heard the old sayings and they are true: “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”, “Patience is a virtue”, and so on.
Have patience, have appreciation of what we already have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can. Do these things and we will all reach our goals, but more importantly, we will enjoy our life every day.
Title | Focus on the present |
【1】 | To reach our goals, we should focus on what we have and where we are now. |
Common 【2】 | ◆We do not focus on our present situations. ◆Most of us see our present situations as a stepping stone to our destination. ◆We do not spend the time truly 【3】 where we are today and what we already have in our lives. |
Example—our job | ◆Forget the thought of getting 【4】. What we should do is 【5】our best to do our current job. ◆To be the best in our current job, we should get further education, work harder than 【6】, stop complaining and 【7】 ourselves to our job. |
【8】 | If we are 【9】, grateful for what we have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can, we can not only【10】in the future, but also enjoy our life every day. |