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(6)Everyone loves a good house party, but the cleaning up in the next morning isn't as enjoyable. (5)Now however, a New Zealand based startup company aims to bring messy homes and even splitting headaches back to normal. The properly named startup Morning After Maids, was launched about 1 month ago in Auckland by room-maids Rebecca Folly and Catherine Ashers. Aside from cleaning up, the two will also cook breakfast and even get coffee and painkillers for recovering merrymakers. Although they are both gainfully employed, they did cleaning jobs into their nights and weekends which is when their service is in most demand anyway.

Besides being flatted with request from across the country, Folly and Ashers have also received request from the US and Canada to provide the services there, (7)they are reportedly meeting with lawyers to see how best to take the business forward.

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预览三道题各选项,由选项中的 cleaning service、 do cleaning和 clean up the mess等词可以初步 推测,新闻内容与清洁服务有关;再结合 new company、 employed和 expand their business可以进一步 推测,新闻内容涉及一家提供清扫服务的新公司。

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5. What is the news report mainly about?

(详解) C)。新闻开头提到,人们喜欢在家里聚会,但第二天早上的卫生清扫就没有那么令人偷快 了,现在一家专门负责聚会后清洁卫生的公司应运而生。接下来新闻围绕这家保洁公司展开,介绍 了该公司的服务内容及其发展状况。因此答案为C)。


6. What is the common problem of the house party?

(详解) B)。新闻开头提到,虽然人们喜欢家庭聚会,但聚会后的卫生清扫却是一大难题。由此可 知,在家里聚会的普遍问题是家里会被弄得乱七八糟,答案为B)。


7. What are Rebecca Folly and Catherin Ashish planning to do?

(详解) D)。新闻最后提到,福利和艾舍斯特两人的生意很受欢迎,接到了国内外的许多订单,她们 正在与律师接洽,商讨如何最好地推动业务向前发展。因此答案为D)。