11.HouseSitting
In 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 本文主要介紹了House Sitting(臨時替別人照看"房子")這種職業(yè)的特點(diǎn);作者自己做這種工作的感受;找到這種工作的途徑以及做這種工作需要具備的條件等,最后文中還介紹了到澳大利亞之外的一些國家去嘗試這種工作的方法.
解答 71.B 細(xì)節(jié)推理題 由于第三段"In Australia,many people travel.After people retire,…over the country"講述了有許多人在退休后會外出旅行;結(jié)合各選項(xiàng)可知,答案B表達(dá)的意思與本段的內(nèi)容相關(guān),即:成千上萬的人一直在做這件事(旅行);故選B.
72.A 細(xì)節(jié)推理題 根據(jù)第二段"In many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting."提到了世界上許多國家的人都在做著所謂的臨時替別人照看"房子"的工作,以及根據(jù)下一句"I feel it is a great way of seeing the country"作者認(rèn)為這是去這個國家看看的一個很好的途徑;因此可以推斷出作者想去做這種工作或者是已經(jīng)體驗(yàn)過這種工作了;故選A.
73.D 內(nèi)容歸納題 由于第五段主要介紹了找到這種工作(即:House Sitting,臨時替別人照看"房子")的途徑;故選D.
74.G 內(nèi)容歸納題 通讀第六段可知,"There are some requirements to be a house sitter."為本段的中心句,主要介紹了作為a house sitter(一名臨時替別人照看"房子"的工作人員)需要具備的一些要求;故選G.
75.C 內(nèi)容歸納題 根據(jù)上文主要對找到House Sitting(臨時替別人照看"房子")這樣一份工作的途徑以及做這種工作應(yīng)具備的條件進(jìn)行了介紹,以及根據(jù)最后一段"Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there."提到:然后你可以到許多不同的國家旅行,并待在那里;可知此處應(yīng)是站在找該種工作的人的角度上講的,即:你也可以到別的國家去嘗試這種工作;故選C.
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