阅读理解 Smart Home Products for Living a Connected Life What makes something a smart home product? Generally, it's defined by its ability to connect to a Wi-Fi network, allowing users to interact(互动)with it from their smartphones. We've rounded up some cool, diverse offerings that you'll love to have in your home. Nest Cam IQ walmart.com $299.00 The Nest Cam IQ is a beautifully designed home security camera that can recognize faces. It can warn you if there's a stranger in your home. The device also supports two-way communication via built-in microphones and a powerful speaker. Logitech Harmony Elite amazon.com $249.99 The Logitech Harmony Elite is one of the best universal remote controls available on the market. It can control just about every piece of electronics you own(it supports over 270, 000 devices！)in every room of your house or apartment, including TVs, streaming devices, and sound systems. Apple HomePod bhphotovideo.com $349.00 The Apple HomePod has better audio quality than any other smart speaker available today. Available in white or space gray, the Siri-powered device also allows you to control a number of devices with your voice. August Smart Lock Pro amazon.com $279.99 The August Smart Lock Pro is compatible(兼容的)with most locks. A mobile app allows you to manage access to the lock, check its usage history, and get informed when someone opens the door. You can control it and check on the state of your door with voice commands.

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Smart Home Products for Living a Connected Life

What makes something a smart home product? Generally, it's defined by its ability to connect to a Wi-Fi network, allowing users to interact(互动)with it from their smartphones. We've rounded up some cool, diverse offerings that you'll love to have in your home.

Nest Cam IQ

walmart.com

$299.00

The Nest Cam IQ is a beautifully designed home security camera that can recognize faces. It can warn you if there's a stranger in your home. The device also supports two-way communication via built-in microphones and a powerful speaker.

Logitech Harmony Elite

amazon.com

$249.99

The Logitech Harmony Elite is one of the best universal remote controls available on the market. It can control just about every piece of electronics you own(it supports over 270, 000 devices！)in every room of your house or apartment, including TVs, streaming devices, and sound systems.

Apple HomePod

bhphotovideo.com

$349.00

The Apple HomePod has better audio quality than any other smart speaker available today. Available in white or space gray, the Siri-powered device also allows you to control a number of devices with your voice.

August Smart Lock Pro

amazon.com

$279.99

The August Smart Lock Pro is compatible(兼容的)with most locks. A mobile app allows you to manage access to the lock, check its usage history, and get informed when someone opens the door. You can control it and check on the state of your door with voice commands.

(1) What can the Nest Cam IQ help you do? A. Properly use your smartphone camera. B. Control electronics with your voice. C. Check the locks of your house. D. Keep your home safe.

(2) Which device can help you operate almost all your electronic equipment remotely? A. Nest Cam IQ. B. Apple HomePod. C. August Smart Lock Pro. D. Logitech Harmony Elite.

(3) Which column of a website is the text most probably taken from？ A. Technology. B. News. C. Society. D. Education.

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Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers are a vital part of our mission of providing high quality environmental educational programming for local youth, Hudson River research, and community events. We are currently seeking volunteers for the following positions:

● Education Assistant—Assist education staff with everyday school work, after-school environmental clubs and community group visits every Wednesday afternoon.

● Marsh Assistant—Help maintain Riverfront marsh on Thursdays and Saturdays. Work on occasional marsh repairs including the removal of foreign species of plants and rubbish clean-ups. (Seasonal)

● Research Assistant—Participate in water quality monitoring, the sea life study, and other projects as they are developed. Eight hours each week on workdays.

● Aquaria Assistant—Provide care for the Center's collection of aquatic wildlife including tank maintenance and animal feedings at the weekend.

Volunteer positions are available throughout the year! Previous experience is not required. Training will be provided upon the start of volunteer service. For more information about our volunteer program as well as single day volunteer events, call 9140-377-1900 or visit www. centerfortheurbanriver. org.

(1) What does the Education Assistant need to do? A. Help with school routine. B. Give lectures after school. C. Coach students in sports clubs. D. Visit poor students' communities.

(2) If you are busy on weekdays, which volunteer position is probably suitable for you? A. Education Assistant. B. Marsh Assistant. C. Research Assistant. D. Aquaria Assistant.

(3) What's required to be one of the four volunteers? A. Working experience. B. Academic training. C. Care for the environment. D. Availability around the clock.

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There's nothing quite like putting down roots and tending a garden. But what happens if you don't have a backyard? Or you're suddenly uprooted? Or you decide to go on a road trip and can't get anyone to watch your plants?

Just whip up a portable container garden. Sure, it's not the same thing as a plot of land, but it's easy to build and you can move it on demand. In this design, created by researchers at the University of Maryland Extension, a water reservoir helps keep the plants healthy and watered-even if you forget to water them while you're traveling.

Tools & Materials

●Two five-gallon food-grade buckets

●Drill with 1/2-inch hole saw and 1/36-inch bit

●Sandpaper

●Cloth strips

●PVC pipe, 3/ 4 - to 1-inch wide, 18 inches long

●Saw

●1b quarts of soil

●Seedlings or plants

Instructions

⒈Trace the mouth of the pipe on the bottom of one bucket, less than an inch from the edge. Drill and sand out that circle.

⒉Drill the additional 1/2-inch holes—one in the center and four evenly spaced around the edge. For drainage, add eight smaller holes spread around the bottom.

⒊Tie a knot(结) at one end of each cloth strip. Feed the strips through the 1/2-inch holes so the knots sits on the inside and the cloth hangs down.

⒋Put the holey bucket into the second one, mark a spot on the outer bucket where the holey base hits, and separate them. Drill a small overflow hole at the mark and restack the buckets.

⒌Cut one end of the pipe at a 45-degree angle. Push that end through the pipe-size hole in the inner bucket.

⒍Fill the inner bucket with damp soil and plants, and keep them hydrated by pouring water down the pipe. Stop adding water when the overflow hole starts to leak.

TIME 2 hours

COST $50DIFFICULTY...

(1) The passage is most likely to appear in ____. A. a domestic travel magazine B. a popular science journal C. a fitness magazine D. a fashion journal

(2) Which of the following tools or materials is labeled with "B" in the picture? A. Sandpaper. B. PVC pipe. C. Cloth strips. D. Seedlings.

(3) Which of the following functions like a reservoir? A. The outer bucket. B. The 1/2-inch holes. C. The damp soil. D. The inner bucket.

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The world's most breathtaking clifftop hotels

Angama Mara, Kenya

Perched 1, 000 feet above the Maasai Mara, Angama Mara is on the edge of the Great Rift Valley. The site served as a location for the 1985 film "Out of Africa." Guests can expect top-quality game viewing, including Africa's Big Five, every month of the year, both on game drives and on walking safaris. Amenities include a photography studio, fitness center, an art gallery, a 40-foot-long swimming pool and a studio.

Angama Mara: Suswa Mara Triangle, Kenya; +254 730 630630

Monastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Formerly a monastery dating back to the 17th century, the family-run Monastero Santa Rosa clings to the side of a cliff overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea and Gulf of Salerno. With 20 rooms, it has an infinity pool, five tiers of landscaped gardens and a Michelin-starred restaurant. The spa is the best on the Amalfi Coast and features treatments using local herbs and plants.

Monastero Santa Rosa Hote1& Spa: Via Roma, 2, 84010 Conca dei Marini SA, Italy; +39 089 832 1199

Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort, AI Jabal Al Akhdar, Nizwa, Oman

Towering 6, 000 feet above sea level on the curving rim of a canyon, Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar overlooks Oman's mountainous landscape. It's an area that Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, visited in 1986. The resort has 115 rooms, a cliff-edge infinity pool, six restaurants and lounges and a spa. Guests can hike through valleys, mountain bike or visit ancient mountainside villages and nearby historic sites.

Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort: No 110, Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Nizwa 621, Oman; +968 25 218000

(1) Where will you go if you are interested in walking safaris? A. Suswa Mara Triangle, Kenya. B. Tyrrhenian Sea and Gulf of Salerno. C. No 110, Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Nizwa 621, Oman. D. Via Roma, 2, 84010 Conca dei Marini SA, Italy.

(2) What do the three hotels have in common? A. Each of the three hotels has a large pool. B. Each of the three hotels has an art gallery. C. All of the three hotels are visited by Prince and Princess. D. All of the three hotels are famous for the spa using herbs.

(3) Where does the passage most likely come from? A. A fiction. B. A textbook. C. A history book. D. A tourist guidebook.

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