6.Rent(出租)a room
Spare room?Not only will a lodger(房客)earn you an income,but also,thanks to the government-backed"rent a room"program,you won't have to pay any tax on the first£4500you make per year.Try advertising your room on Romspare or Roommateeasy.
Make money during special events
Don't want a full-time lodger?Then rent on a short-term basis.If you live in the capital,renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money.Grashpadder can advertise your space.
Live on set
Renting your home out as a"film set"could earn you hundreds of pounds a day,depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed.A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free-but you will be charged if your home gets picked.
Use your roof
You need the right kind of roof,but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment (around£14,000),and let you use the energy produced for nothing.In return,they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid.However,you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier,which could prevent you from changing the roof.
24.Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?C
A.On Letpark.
B.On Roomspare.
C.On Grashpadder.
D.On Roommateeasy.
25.If you want to use energy for free,you have toD.
A.sign an agreement with the government
B.pay around£14,000for the equipment
C.sell the roof to some energy companies
D.keep the roof unchanged for within 25years
26.For whom is the text most probably written?C
A.Lodgers.
B.Advertisers.
C.House owners.
D.Online companies.
分析 本文屬于給管理員的,作者通過這篇文章主要教給我們有空閑的人應該如何利用自己的空閑時間,并告訴我們關于賺錢的一些技巧的事.
解答 24.C 細節(jié)理解題,跟據(jù)文章第一段"You won't have to pay any tax on the first£4500 you make per year"可知出租房子所得金額4500英鎊以下是不用交稅的,所以5000英鎊應交稅金額為5000-4500=500英鎊.所以本題選C.
25.D 細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)最后一段you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier (供應商),which could prevent you from changing the roof.可知,如果你想免費用能源,你必須25年內(nèi)不能變屋頂."所以本題選D.
26.C 細節(jié)理解題,通過閱讀本文主要是關于教給有空閑的人如何利用自己的空閑時間賺錢的一些技巧,所以本文最適合房子的主人閱讀.所以本題選C.
點評 考查學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.