Question

Mary: I really don't know what to do this summer. I can't afford to just sit around, and there don't seem to be any jobs 1. . （avail）

Lucy: Why don't you try house-sitting? Last summer my friend Margaret house-sat for the Dodds when they went away 2. vacation. Mr. Dodd 3. (hire) Margaret to stay in their house because he didn't want 4. left empty.

Mary: You mean the Dodds paid Margaret just to live in their house?

Lucy: It wasn't that 5. (ease). She had to mow the lawn and water the house plants. And 6. Eric house-sat for Dr. Cohen, he had to take care of her pats.

Mary: House-sitting sounds like a good job. I guess it's little like baby-sitting, except you're taking care of the house instead of 7. (child).

Lucy: The Student Employment Office still has a few jobs 8. (post).

Mary: Do you have to fill out 9. application?

Lucy: Margaret and Eric had to interview with the homeowners and provide three references each.

Mary: That seems like a lot of trouble for a summer job.

Lucy: Well, the homeowners want some guarantee that they 10. trust the house-sitter.

 

Answer 1

1.available

2.on

3.hired

4.it

5.easy

6.when

7.children

8.posted

9.an

10.can

【解析】

試題分析：暑假學(xué)生能做什么工作？Lucy告訴Mary可以給外出度假的人家看房子，幫著除草澆花、照顧寵物什么的。不過需要提供三分擔(dān)保一確�？捶咳说钠焚|(zhì)。

1.1】句意：Mary說這個暑假想做點事，但是似乎又沒有什么可做的工作。形容詞available做后置定語修飾jobs。

2.2】句意：Lucy建議找一個看房子的工作。她說她的朋友Margaret在去年暑假Dodd一家出門度假時為他們照看房子了。度假用固定搭配on vacation。

3.3】句意：Dodd先生雇傭Margaret呆在他們的房子里。因此用hired是hire（雇傭）的過去式做謂語。

4.4】句意：Dodd先生不想讓房子空著。因此用it代指his house。

5.5】句意：并非那么容易。that相當(dāng)于so，所以后面用形容詞easy做系動詞wasn't的表語。

6.6】句意：Eric為 Dr. Cohen家看房子時，他還要照顧她的那些寵物。由語境可知此處用when。

7.7】句意：看房子就像看孩子，只不過你照看的是房子而不是孩子。instead of后面沒有冠詞，因此用復(fù)數(shù)形式children。

8.8】句意：學(xué)生就業(yè)辦公室還有幾個已經(jīng)公布的工作。從語境中可知post和jobs 是被動關(guān)系，所以用posted。

9.9】句意：你還需要填申請表嗎？application是可數(shù)名詞，而且是元音開頭，因此用an。

10.10】句意：房子的主人需要一些他們可以信任這個看房人的擔(dān)保。由語境可知此處用情態(tài)動詞can。

考點:單詞拼寫。