House SittingIn many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting. It means that if

【题目】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.

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.

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】G

【5】C

【解析】试题分析：本文介绍了看屋换宿，人们可以通过此方式节省旅游成本，并到全世界旅行。

【1】B 考查上下文理解。根据下一句的提示，应该是很多人都这样做。故B合适。

【2】A 考查上下文理解。A项说明作者经常这样做，下文描述的是作者对此做法的感受，故A合适。

【3】D 考查上下文理解。选项中的many opportunities与下一句介绍的websites相对应，故选D。

【4】G 考查上下文理解。因为目的是旅游，所以一辆好车是必备的，这样你可以很方便的去其他地方。故选G。

【5】C 考查上下文理解。由下文的you can travel to many different countries可知，此处讲去其他国家旅行也可以用这种方式，故C项符合。