Question

【题目】七选五。

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出最能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余的。

In many countries, people do what is called house sitting. When owners of the house are going away, they want someone to look after their home while they are away.

After people retire (退休), they might travel all over the country.【1】So, house sitters are needed.

House sitters might have to care for pets or clean swimming pools if there are any.【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 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 get the job.

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 have lots of free time so that you can go when the home owner need you. __【4】_________ You need to be good with pets, able to care for them.

____【5】________ Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there. One of the important things to get are references (推荐信) from the home owners, which say that you are reliable and have looked after their home well.

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】

本文介绍了house sitting的含义，house sitting的优点、如何找到house sitting的机会，以及为了house sitting你需要准备些什么。

【1】B 上一句提到“人们退休后，他们可能会去全国各地旅行”，而下一句说“因此，需要看房人”，故B项“成千上万的人总是做这件事”承接上下文。

【2】A 下一句说“我觉得这是一个很棒的方式，看看这个国家，因为你在一个新的城市，去认识新的人，去一个新的地区观光。”故A项“我已经做了很多次的看家了”启下，选A。

【3】D 根据下一句介绍有很多网站登这类广告，故选D项“一般来说，你有很多机会找到代为看房子的工作”符合文意。

【4】 G 这一段都是讲对想要作看房人的要求，故选G项。不能选E项，E项的内容与这一段第二句内容重复。

【5】C 下一句提到你可以去很多不同的国家，因此选C项“也有可能在其他国家代看房子”符合文意。