Question

【題目】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.

It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries. 【5】 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. Thousands of people do this all the time.

B. I have done house sitting for many times.

C. Generally you have many chances to get a house sitting job.

D. Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there.

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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】G

【5】D

【解析】本文主要介紹了當(dāng)人們外出旅行時，經(jīng)常會雇傭一些人來照看自己的房子和寵物。本文也給出了看房人所必備的一些條件。

【1】本段主要介紹了大量的人每年都外出旅行這個現(xiàn)象�？崭袂暗�many people travel與B項中的“thousands of”對應(yīng)，故選A。

【2】下句是作者接收給別人看房的一些好處，故作者應(yīng)該是在介紹自己的經(jīng)驗，并且空格前句“house sitter”與B項中的“house sitting”對應(yīng)，故選B。

【3】根據(jù)空后的“advertisements，replying，look after their home”可知有很多網(wǎng)站發(fā)布人們招聘看房人的照片，并且和C中的house-sitting job“”可知選C。

【4】首先空格后的闡述，你可以去旅行，但還要照顧好主人的家，所以應(yīng)有一輛好汽車，G項所表達(dá)的意思為到這個國家不同的地方去旅游，與本段主旨一致，故選G。

【5】后句提到你可以到國外去。可以得知本段是關(guān)于到國外尋找看房人這項工作的機(jī)會，并且空格后的“different countries”與D項中的“other countries”對應(yīng)，而D項所表達(dá)的意思也與空格后的內(nèi)容相關(guān)聯(lián)，故選D。

“七選五”題要求學(xué)生根據(jù)文章的結(jié)構(gòu)、邏輯、上下文的內(nèi)容選出相應(yīng)的五句話填入空白處將文章補(bǔ)充完整。主要目的在于“考查考生對文章的整體內(nèi)容和結(jié)構(gòu)以及上下文邏輯意義的理解和掌握。”

試題的位置不同，解題策略也不同：

1．若問題在段首：通常是段落主題句。認(rèn)真閱讀該段落，根據(jù)段落一致性原則，查找相關(guān)詞或者同義詞，從而推測出主題句，找到答案。 例如___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.根據(jù)相關(guān)詞“advertisements，replying，look after their home”可以判斷出有很多網(wǎng)站發(fā)布人們招聘看房人的照片，故選C。

2．若問題在段尾通常是結(jié)論、概括性語句。要注意表示總結(jié)的信號詞，如therefore, as a result, hence,thus, to sum up, to conclude, in short, in a word等詞語，選項中也可發(fā)現(xiàn)前文的同義詞句。例如：In Australia, many people travel. After people retire, they might buy a van and travel all over the country. ___1___空格前的many people travel與B項中的“thousands of”對應(yīng)，可以判斷選A。

3若問題是位于自然段中 承上啟下是空格的主要任務(wù)，分析句子之間的邏輯關(guān)系及內(nèi)容的連貫性，注意句子間的銜接手段。將選項代入原文，如果前后內(nèi)容連貫，符合邏輯，就能得出正確答案。 例如：It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries. ___5___ One of the important things to get is references from the home owners where you have stayed.本段前一句說“在國外從事看家工作也有可能”，可以得知本段是關(guān)于到國外尋找看房人這項工作的機(jī)會，并且空格后的“different countries”與D項中的“other countries”對應(yīng)，而D項所表達(dá)的意思也與空格后的內(nèi)容相關(guān)聯(lián)，承上啟下。