Question

Mary: I really don't know what to do this summer. I can't afford to just sit around, and there don't seem to be any jobs 1. . （avail）

Lucy: Why don't you try house-sitting? Last summer my friend Margaret house-sat for the Dodds when they went away 2. vacation. Mr. Dodd 3. (hire) Margaret to stay in their house because he didn't want 4. left empty.

Mary: You mean the Dodds paid Margaret just to live in their house?

Lucy: It wasn't that 5. (ease). She had to mow the lawn and water the house plants. And 6. Eric house-sat for Dr. Cohen, he had to take care of her pats.

Mary: House-sitting sounds like a good job. I guess it's little like baby-sitting, except you're taking care of the house instead of 7. (child).

Lucy: The Student Employment Office still has a few jobs 8. (post).

Mary: Do you have to fill out 9. application?

Lucy: Margaret and Eric had to interview with the homeowners and provide three references each.

Mary: That seems like a lot of trouble for a summer job.

Lucy: Well, the homeowners want some guarantee that they 10. trust the house-sitter.

 

Answer 1

1.available

2.on

3.hired

4.it

5.easy

6.when

7.children

8.posted

9.an

10.can

【解析】

试题分析：暑假学生能做什么工作？Lucy告诉Mary可以给外出度假的人家看房子，帮着除草浇花、照顾宠物什么的。不过需要提供三分担保一确保看房人的品质。

1.1】句意：Mary说这个暑假想做点事，但是似乎又没有什么可做的工作。形容词available做后置定语修饰jobs。

2.2】句意：Lucy建议找一个看房子的工作。她说她的朋友Margaret在去年暑假Dodd一家出门度假时为他们照看房子了。度假用固定搭配on vacation。

3.3】句意：Dodd先生雇佣Margaret呆在他们的房子里。因此用hired是hire（雇佣）的过去式做谓语。

4.4】句意：Dodd先生不想让房子空着。因此用it代指his house。

5.5】句意：并非那么容易。that相当于so，所以后面用形容词easy做系动词wasn't的表语。

6.6】句意：Eric为 Dr. Cohen家看房子时，他还要照顾她的那些宠物。由语境可知此处用when。

7.7】句意：看房子就像看孩子，只不过你照看的是房子而不是孩子。instead of后面没有冠词，因此用复数形式children。

8.8】句意：学生就业办公室还有几个已经公布的工作。从语境中可知post和jobs 是被动关系，所以用posted。

9.9】句意：你还需要填申请表吗？application是可数名词，而且是元音开头，因此用an。

10.10】句意：房子的主人需要一些他们可以信任这个看房人的担保。由语境可知此处用情态动词can。

考点:单词拼写。