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【题目】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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了Kickstarter 这一装置，iPet Companion可以满足人们对宠物的爱意与关心，通过远程遥控陪伴它们玩耍。另外，Kickstarter还可以通过调节器控制其他物体，满足人们的需求。

【1】细节理解题。由“The reason why people keep talking about this is the emotional(情感的) connection they have from a thousand miles away. ”可知，这款装置可以远程遥控。故remotely最有可能意为遥远地，偏远地。故选A。

【2】细节理解题。由第三段可知，主要讲述人们为什么对这个装置感兴趣，因为可以通过操作，表达他们对宠物的爱。故选D。

【3】细节理解题。由“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.”可知，宠物们容易厌倦，因此要让它们在不同地方玩。故选C。

【4】推理判断题。由“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.”可知，Kickstarter可以通过调节控制其他不同的物体，有更多的用途。故B选项正确。