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 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.” 

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1.What is implied in the first two paragraphs?

A Every rich family has a dog nanny.

B There is a great demand of pet carers.

C Rich people often fly off for business.

D Nina’s Nannies serves only wealthy people.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据文章第一段的“Dog nannies—who take pets for walks and to the vets, or stay as live-in pet carers—have seen a boom in interest.”以及第二段的“I’m having to turn work down because we haven’t got the live-in sitters to cope”可知，狗保姆已经有需求上的激增，并且中 介公司管理人员有时因为没有足够的寄宿保姆 而推掉一些业务，由此判断，宠物保姆的需求量 非常大。故选 B。

2.What are dog nannies supposed to do?

A Take dogs for walks and feed them.

B Talk to dogs and make friends with them.

C Know dogs’ needs and play with them.

D Teach dogs skills and take them out to play.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题 。根据文章第四段的 “I was basically the dogs’ close friend. I would take them for walks, feed them, hang out with them”可知，宠 物保姆的工作包括遛狗、给它们喂食。故选 A。

3.What is thought risky if posted online?

A Personal interests.

B Trade plans.

C Party locations.

D Details about health.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题 。根据文章第五段的 “Posting locations, information about personal security, details about wealth, and even trade secrets can be innocently spilled to millions of followers”可知，富 人家的孩子们上网时透露出关于家庭的交易计 划(商业秘密)是非常危险的。故选 B。

4.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.

解析：选C。C 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了英国 富人阶层家政服务的新需求——宠物保姆和社 交管理员，故选 C。

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.

解析：选C。C 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了英国富人阶层家政服务的新需求—宠物保姆和社交管理员，故选C。