凯西的无人机

河北 刘占军

主题语境：做人与做事 篇幅：357词 建议用时：7分钟

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 桨) 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.当凯西开车穿过威拉米特国家森林时，他遇到了一个陌生人，这个陌生人的车被卡住了。

【点石成金】本句中，when 引导的是时间状语从句；whose 引导的是一个定语从句，修饰先行词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.