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【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項,選項中有兩項為多余選項。

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.

Some house sitting jobs are just for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owners 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.

【5】 Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there. 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. 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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】G

【5】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹了當(dāng)人們外出旅行時，經(jīng)常會雇用一些人來照看自己的房子，本文也給出了看房人所必備的一些條件。

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

【2】A 下句是作者接受給別人看房的一些好處，故作者應(yīng)是在介紹自己的經(jīng)驗。故選A。

【3】D 根據(jù)下文講述有很多網(wǎng)站發(fā)布人們招聘看房人的照片，故可知選D。

【4】G 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項所表達的意思為“你必須有輛好車，這樣你可以到這個國家不同的地方去旅游”，與本段主旨一致，故選G。

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

【名師點撥】

通過找關(guān)鍵詞、對應(yīng)詞來尋找正確答案。這一解題方法在本題中尤其明顯。比如第37小題，A下句是作者接受給別人看房的一些好處，故作者應(yīng)是在介紹自己的經(jīng)驗。且空格前句“house sitter”與A項中的“house sitting”對應(yīng)，故選A。比如第40小題，C后句提到你可以到國外去，故可知本段應(yīng)該是關(guān)于到國外尋找看房人這項工作的機會。且空格后的“different countries”與C項中的“other countries”對應(yīng)，而C項所表達的意思也與空格后的內(nèi)容相關(guān)聯(lián)，故選C。