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Lee Spargo initially set up an outdoor trail camera at his home near Mount Holly in hopes of catching a wild fox that had been hunting his chickens. But he was aware of another danger Tuesday night when the camera caught footage of his house being swallowed in flames.
A fire inside Lee’s home triggered (触发) the camera and sent an alarm to his phone around 2:22 a.m. Lee woke up thinking he had caught the fox, but soon realized that his house was on fire instead.
“If I didn’t set up the equipment, we’d all be dead. It saved our lives,” he said. “I got up, Thinking ‘Oh, the fox is out there and I’m going to get him’. And then I saw a big reflection in the kitchen and I was considering, ‘What’s that?’”
Lee said he quickly jumped into action and got his wife Rhonda and his two kids Jonathan and Meagan out of the burning building. The family was also able to rescue two of their four dogs from the fire. Unfortunately, Lee’s 4-year-old Lulu and 2-year-old Sampson did not survive.
“We were yelling for them to get out, but the poor things were just so scared. They were just trying to hide,” Lee said.
Lee and his family also said they lost a number of personal belongings in the fire, including a treasured clock that had survived another fire at a relative’s home years ago. “We’ve been here for a long time. We raised our kids here,” he said. “We lost all in a couple hours. But at least I still have my family.”
1.Why did Lee set up an outdoor game trail camera?
A.To catch a fox. B.To prevent the fire.
C.To monitor his family. D.To help him feed the chicken.
2.What does the underlined word “It” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A.The alarm. B.The phone.
C.The camera. D.The wild animal.
3.Who is Lulu according to the text?
A.Lee’s wife. B.One of Lee’s lost dogs.
C.One of Lee’s friends. D.Lee’s daughter.
4.What can we learn about Lee from the last paragraph?
A.He lost faith in life.
B.He had survived in another fire.
C.He regretted living there for such a long time.
D.He was still positive towards life.
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A Kickstarter launched Friday will allow interested parties to set up a camera and pet toys in their home for anyone to play with their pets remotely. It’s called the ipet Companion, an Internet-connected camera and device that streams video online and allows basic commands from people watching. They can move the camera, look at their pet and press a button to swing a toy around.
Obviously, demand is strong. The Kickstarter proved so popular that Scott Harris, iPet Companion’s founder, said that thousands of people started asking for it.
The reason why people keep talking about this is the emotional(情感的) connection they have from a thousand miles away. If you want, you can enter a queue to move the camera and play with the pets. Each room has toys that are hooked(钩住) into Internet-connected devices, and you can move them by pressing a button.
But there’s sort of a problem: Pets get bored easily. Young pets will stay more interested than adult pets, but finally even a baby pet will get bored, too. To stop that from happening, you’d better limit the pets’ access(接近) to the boys and change the place where they’re located in the room.
Harris understands this and said you can plug anything into that adapter(适配器) ---toys that you can get on your own. And that’s where the iPet Companion really gets interesting. Harris explained that the device is actually sort of a Trojan horse to bring the “Internet of things” to more homes. You don’t really have to use it for pets. The adapter could be used for any device with an electrical plug---a sprinkler, say, that you’d be able to activate to water your grass.
“Our whole goal, our whole purpose is to let anyone control any physical object that they want to while they travel anywhere in the woorld,” Harris said.
1.What does the underlined word “remotely” in Paragragh 1 probably mean?
A. far away.
B. For free.
C. With pity.
D. Out of control.
2.Many people are interested in iPet Companion because______________.
A. it can be used to kill time
B. it is easy to control online
C. it can meet all of their demands
D. they can show their love for faraway pets by using it
3.Why do the pets stop playing the toys soon?
A. Pets are not clever enough to play the toys.
B. They don’t receive rewards from the games.
C. Toys are played with too often at the same place.
D. Adult pets prevent young ones from playing the games.
4.What can we infer from what Scott Harris said?
A. iPet Companion is only a kind of toy.
B. Kickstarter can be used in many other ways.
C. iPet Companion can actually be turned into a toy horse.
D. iPet Companion can look after pets while their owners are away.
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The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without ____ his notes.
A．bringing up B．looking for C．referring to D．trying on
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The president spoke at the meeting for nearly an hour without _______ his notes.
A.bringing up B. referring to
C. looking for D. trying on
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The president spoke at the meeting for nearly an hour without _______ his notes.
A．bringing up B．referring to C．looking for D．trying on
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A security camera recorded a young boy riding his bicycle up to the home of Hollie Mallet in Louisiana.The boy____in the driveway（私人汽车道）next to her house.Then he____the driveway into the garage,where he gave her dog a quick hug.
In late May,Mallet posted a video from the____on her Facebook page with this message:"Attention neighbors! Does anyone know who this____little boy is?"Mallet____that she had seen the boy a number of times running into her garage to play ball with her dog Dutchess or to____Dutchess.Mallet said,"I'd like to tell him he's____to stay and play;she loves the attention!"
Within two hours of her____,the neighbors helped____her mysterious visitor.The boy turned out to be 9-year- old Josh Breaux.He lives nearby and____dogs.
Mallet____Josh Breaux's mother Ginger by phone to____a play date between the boy and Dutchess the dog. When Josh's mother learned that her son had been going into someone's house____to play with a dog,she was not ____happy.But she was glad her son had found a____.
The Breaux had a dog for most of Josh's life,but family dog had recently died.The Breaux family did not get a new dog____they were too busy to take care of a young dog. Ginger Breaux wrote about her son's____on Facebook just the other day.She wrote:"When we are____and decide it's time to get a new dog,we will definitely keep everyone____!I am still beyond amazed at the positive____the video and story has gotten from all over the world."
1.A. fell B. continued C. stopped D. started
2.A. avoided B. noticed C. covered D. followed
3.A. notebook B. phone C. website D. camera
4.A. noisy B. confident C. sweet D. proud
5.A. suggested B. explained C. argued D. shouted.
6.A. help B. hold C. comfort D. scare
7.A. welcome B. unable C. willing D. anxious
8.A. joke B. post C. report D. warning
9.A. invite B. remember C. identify D. catch .
10.A. loves B. keeps C. walks D. protects
11.A. reached B. knew C. blamed D. praised
12.A. take in B. setup C. breakout D. write down
13.A. slowly B. carelessly C. eagerly D. secretly
14.A. strangely B. immediately C. extremely D. exactly
15.A. friend B. gift C. chance D. result
16.A. because B. so C. if D. though
17.A. problem B. schedule C. experience D. mistake
18.A. calm B. ready C. correct D. normal
19.A. surprised B. honored C. informed D. pleased
20.A. suggestions B. steps C. thinking D. response
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Mr. Lee is ______ to show up at the meeting.
A．possible B．likely C．probable D．Perhaps
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In his new book, the writer _______ his memories of village life.
A．set about B．set down
C．set up D．set out
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His winning the competition has ___ his confidence of himself.
A．set up
B．put up
C．made up
D．built up
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----Has Mr lee arrived?
---No, but it is already 9 o’clock. He should ____at any time.
A .bring up B. turn up C. look up D. pick up
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