题目内容
11.HouseSittingIn many countries of the world people do what is called housesitting.It means that if owners of the house are going away,they want someone to come into their house 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(31)BSo if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason,they might want someone in their house to care for it and keep the gardens tidy.Housesitters might have to care for pets.Also,quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yard and they need cleaning.(32)AI 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.
(33)DThere are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel,and by replying to the advertisements,you can make arrangements to go and look after their houses.
There are some requirements to be a housesitter.Yon must be a trusted person,so that the house 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.(34)GYou need to be good with pets,able to care for cats and dogs,or other pets they may have.
Some housesitting 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 a housesitting job for six months,while the house owner travelled to Europe.
(35)CThen you can travel to many different countries and stay there.One of the important things to get are references from the house owners for whom you have done housesitting.A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthy and have looked after their house well.You can show these letters to prospective house owners and they know you will do a good job.
A.I have done housesitting many times.
B.Thousands of people do this all the time.
C.It is also possible to do housesitting in other countries.
D.Generally you have many opportunities to get a housesitting job.
E.You must take a little care over what your description says about you.
F.This is an international housesitting 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 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 七选五阅读是完成性阅读,和完形填空很类似,不同的是一个选词,一个选句子.解题时,要注意上下文语境,充分考虑信息词(选项中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的词),选出最符合语境的句子.