★A
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案.
The super-rich used to be content with a cleaner, a gardener and a driver - but now no wealthy home is complete without a dog nanny and social media manager.
As the number of UK billionaires rises, so has demand for more unusual domestic staff. Dog nannies – who take pets for walks and to the vets, or stay as live-in pet carers – have seen a boom in interest.
Nina Cole, founder of Nina’s Nannies for Pets, said: ‘We have clients we keep all year around because they have to fly off for business at short notice,’ she told the Mail. ‘We also have clients who use us for holidays or who are hospitalized. We try to be affordable for everybody, not just the wealthy end of the market. We’ve certainly seen an increase in business in the last couple of years. I’m having to turn work down because we haven’t got the live-in sitters to cope.’
Nina’s Nannies, based in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, charge £29 a day for a live-in service for one dog, plus an agency fee of 25 per cent. Other companies charge between £23 and £50 a night as a basic rate, while live-in nannies can earn up to £50,000 a year for a 50-hour week.
One dog nanny told The Times her role was ‘like having a full-time, live-in governess to meet the need of your dog.’ She said: ‘I was basically the dogs’ close friend. I would take them for walks, feed them, hang out with them. When my clients were travelling – and they travelled a lot – I would move into the family home.’
Prestigious families are also hiring social media managers to supervise the content posted online by their teenage children. Social media consultant Kerry Rego said: ‘It’s the “higher ups” at companies that have regularly contacted me to help them understand keeping their children safe online. Posting locations, information about personal security, details about wealth, and even trade secrets can be innocently be spilled to millions of followers. This is an expanding area of growth for social media managers, watching the digital trails we leave behind, as online bodyguards.’
1 . What type of domestic staff is in great demand in a wealthy family in the UK?
A . Driver.
B . Gardner.
C . Cleaner.
D . Dog nanny.
2 . What is implied in the passage?
A . Rich people travel a lot.
B . There is a great demand of pet carers.
C . Rich people often take planes to do business.
D . Dog nannies earn a lot of money.
3 . What are dog nannies supposed to do?
A . Taking dogs for walks and feeding them.
B . Talking to dogs and making friends with them.
C . Knowing dogs’ needs and playing with them.
D . Teaching dogs skills and taking them out to play.
4 . What is thought risky if posted online?
A . Personal interests.
B . Trade plans.
C . Party locations.
D . Details about health.
5 . What can be the best title of the passage?
A . Social Media Manager Needed to Keep Secrets of the Rich.
B . Live-in Sitters Needed to Take Care of Pets.
C . Dog Nannies and Social Media Managers Popular in the UK.
D . Demand of Domestic Staff on the Rise.
★A 1-5 DBABC
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案.
The super-rich used to be content with a cleaner, a gardener and a driver - but now no wealthy home is complete without a dog nanny and social media manager.
As the number of UK billionaires rises, so has demand for more unusual domestic staff. Dog nannies – who take pets for walks and to the vets, or stay as live-in pet carers – have seen a boom in interest.
Nina Cole, founder of Nina’s Nannies for Pets, said: ‘We have clients we keep all year around because they have to fly off for business at short notice,’ she told the Mail. ‘We also have clients who use us for holidays or who are hospitalized. We try to be affordable for everybody, not just the wealthy end of the market. We’ve certainly seen an increase in business in the last couple of years. I’m having to turn work down because we haven’t got the live-in sitters to cope.’
Nina’s Nannies, based in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, charge £29 a day for a live-in service for one dog, plus an agency fee of 25 per cent. Other companies charge between £23 and £50 a night as a basic rate, while live-in nannies can earn up to £50,000 a year for a 50-hour week.
One dog nanny told The Times her role was ‘like having a full-time, live-in governess to meet the need of your dog.’ She said: ‘I was basically the dogs’ close friend. I would take them for walks, feed them, hang out with them. When my clients were travelling – and they travelled a lot – I would move into the family home.’
Prestigious families are also hiring social media managers to supervise the content posted online by their teenage children. Social media consultant Kerry Rego said: ‘It’s the “higher ups” at companies that have regularly contacted me to help them understand keeping their children safe online. Posting locations, information about personal security, details about wealth, and even trade secrets can be innocently be spilled to millions of followers. This is an expanding area of growth for social media managers, watching the digital trails we leave behind, as online bodyguards.’
1 . What type of domestic staff is in great demand in a wealthy family in the UK?
A . Driver.
B . Gardner.
C . Cleaner.
D . Dog nanny.
2 . What is implied in the passage?
A . Rich people travel a lot.
B . There is a great demand of pet carers.
C . Rich people often take planes to do business.
D . Dog nannies earn a lot of money.
3 . What are dog nannies supposed to do?
A . Taking dogs for walks and feeding them.
B . Talking to dogs and making friends with them.
C . Knowing dogs’ needs and playing with them.
D . Teaching dogs skills and taking them out to play.
4 . What is thought risky if posted online?
A . Personal interests.
B . Trade plans.
C . Party locations.
D . Details about health.
5 . What can be the best title of the passage?
A . Social Media Manager Needed to Keep Secrets of the Rich.
B . Live-in Sitters Needed to Take Care of Pets.
C . Dog Nannies and Social Media Managers Popular in the UK.
D . Demand of Domestic Staff on the Rise.
★A 1-5 DBABC
