凱西的無人機

河北 劉占軍

主題語境：做人與做事 篇幅：357詞 建議用時：7分鐘

1Whenever photographer Casey Ryan heads into the wilderness,he brings along his drone to capture photographs from a bird's-eye view.Having the flying device with him on a recent excursion to the Cascades Mountain Range in Oregon likely saved his and another person's life.

2Casey was driving through the Willamette National Forest when he came across a stranger whose vehicle was stuck.He had been stranded there for days,so Casey volunteered to help him get his car out.Unfortunately,Casey got his own vehicle stuck in a ditch while trying to help,leaving both people stranded with no cell phone service for miles around.

3Casey said his mind is always working to find innovative solutions to problems.He immediately assessed the situation and realized that in order to get cell service,he'd need to get higher up the mountain.He recalled a movie he'd seen recently in which a character uses a drone to elevate his phone enough to catch a signal,so he pulled out his device and got to work.

4First,he attached his cell phone securely to his drone.Then,he typed a series of messages to his wife.“Hi,sweetheart,”read the first text.“I'm sending my phone in the sky with my drone.Hope to get this message through.I just keep praying by the moment I have enough gas to get me through one more night.”

5He told her where he was located in a park,and then held his breath as he attempted to launch the now-heavy drone into the air.“As the propellers (螺 旋 槳) went,I gave it a little boost.I got it going and I shipped it up to the sky,”he said.The drone soared several hundred feet into the air.Somewhere up there over the tall trees,it picked up a signal and whoosh!All of Casey's texts were sent.They were saved!

6Rescuers arrived and saved both Casey and the other motorist.People are calling him a“real-life MacGyver”,but he's just grateful to be out of the woods.Who knows,maybe future drones will have built-in emergency features added thanks to this photographer's ingenuity.

Reading Check

Detail

1.What's the purpose of Casey bringing his drone into the wilderness?

A.To save himself.

B.To help others out.

C.To capture photographs.

D.To attach his cell phone.

Detail

2.How did Casey attempt to catch cell service?

A.By using a drone.

B.By climbing a tree.

C.By praying for help.

D.By standing on a mountain.

Gist

3.What is the main idea of paragraph 5?

A.Where Casey was located.

B.How Casey controlled his drone.

C.How Casey got in touch with his wife.

D.What Casey did to communicate with the outside.

Inference

4.Which of the following can best describe Casey?

A.Brave.B.Honest.

C.Innocent.D.Warm-hearted.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Difficult sentence in the text

Casey was driving through the Willamette National Forest when he came across a stranger whose vehicle was stuck.當凱西開車穿過威拉米特國家森林時，他遇到了一個陌生人，這個陌生人的車被卡住了。

【點石成金】本句中，when 引導的是時間狀語從句；whose 引導的是一個定語從句，修飾先行詞a stranger。

Ⅱ.Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases in the box in proper forms.

1.In the course of the experiments,they ________a series of new problems.

2.When I bought the house,my sister ________me ________with a loan.

3.________,the storm only did minimal damage to the farmer's crops.

4.The vegetarian burger was a(n) ________which was rapidly exported to Britain.

5.His career has blossomed and that has given him a certain ________status.