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.
假定你是李华，你的英国好友Tom 在中国做交换生，在与同学相处时遇到一些问题，写信向你求助。请你回复并提出自己的建议。
内容包括：
1. 文化差异；
2. 相互尊重；
3. 互相帮助。
注意：1. 词数100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10 处，多者(从第11 处起)不计分。
Dear Sir or Madam,
I booked a room in your hotel for my friend Tom yesterday. But I am real sorry to tell you that I had to change my booking now. My friend Tom had planned to visit our city this summer vacation, but I booked Room 101 for him. However, I was telling that an unexpected thing happened, that he had to deal with by himself. As the result, he couldn’t come as plan. He had to change into the booking date for the room. I would appreciate if you could push the booking date back the week. I hope this will not cause you any troubles. I am looking forward to your early reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
English learners can improve their abilities to remember and use new words by testing themselves. So next time you are studying English, try to test 1. (your). A simple way to test vocabulary is to create flashcards (抽认卡) with clues on one side and answers on the back. Flashcards in the past were small cards or pieces of paper with a word or a question on one side and the meaning or answer to 2. question on the other side. Students used them to quiz each other or quiz themselves to prepare 3. examinations. Now, many online services allow students 4. (create) digital flashcards. One such service is Quizlet, 5. learners can do a variety of activities based on one set of new words or 6. (inform). You can match words and meanings, write a word after 7. (look) at a picture, or listen to a word and write it. You can also play 8. (game) with the new words and meanings.
Another way is to ask yourself questions. Lynn recommends that learners ask questions such as, “What did I learn today? What were those words I thought were 9. (interest)? What 10. (be) the verb tense I learned? How does it work?”
My grandma and I shared an amazing relationship as uncommon as the double rainbow. When I was ten, we started our first_________during World War II. We sowed seeds together—in the_________and in me.
We planted beans, corn, watermelon and flowers. I must_________that I rode twenty miles each Saturday more for the conversation with grandma and the homemade cookies than for the_________. But however full I was after I ate, I was always left_________for more of the wisdom and optimism she_________with me.
I’ll never forget the day when we tasted our first harvest as a result of_________a plum(李子)tree with an apricot(杏子) tree. The ripe fruit was pink, not purple like a plum, nor orange like an apricot,_________a mixture of both. “Granny, will they be any good?” I asked.“_________!” she said, “Didn’t we do all that was needed?”
Sure enough, they were__________. “That’s because they are special,__________any other fruit you’ve ever eaten. They are plumcots!” she said__________as we ate most of what we had__________, “You always get out what you__________. Sow apple seeds and you get apple trees; sow weeds and you will__________weeds; sow the seeds of great ideas and you will get great__________,” she said softly, looking directly into my eyes.
From my grandma, I learned the seeds of__________are neither unusual genes, nor are they__________on the high IQ, the skin-deep beauty, the race, or the family background. The seeds of greatness are attitudes and beliefs that begin in children by observing and learning the lifestyle of role models and heroes.
“Shape your__________and actions after people who are enthusiastic, excellent, honest,__________and creative in their service to others.” Armed with my grandma’s words, I set out bravely, sowing and then harvesting my own great life stories.
1.A.forest B.garden C.park D.library
2.A.soil B.water C.air D.floor
3.A.observe B.recognize C.notice D.admit
4.A.flowers B.vegetables C.plants D.fruits
5.A.hungry B.satisfied C.enjoyable D.dull
6.A.exchanged B.shared C.connected D.argued
7.A.supplying B.matching C.comparing D.crossing
8.A.but B.or C.and D.so
9.A.Go ahead B.Of course C.No way D.Come on
10.A.delicious B.ordinary C.strange D.terrible
11.A.unlike B.including C.past D.without
12.A.surprisingly B.patiently C.worriedly D.joyfully
13.A.bought B.caught C.cooked D.picked
14.A.care about B.put in C.believe in D.refer to
15.A.purchase B.output C.dug D.harvest
16.A.grades B.persons C.advantages D.dreams
17.A.courage B.confidence C.friendship D.greatness
18.A.dependent B.satisfied C.attractive D.organized
19.A.appearances B.feelings C.thoughts D.clothes
20.A.unselfish B.wealthy C.careless D.ordinary
If you live in a small house you know how difficult it can be to find room to fit everything and still have enough living space.1..
Get rid of what you don’t use or need. If you have a small house you likely won’t have room for everything. Clean out all closets, garages and drawers.2.. The less you have the easier it will be to organize.
3.. Use baskets, shoe boxes and milk boxes to store items such as crafts, pictures and seasonal items. Clean out desks regularly to get rid of unneeded paperwork. Choose a shelf or closet for particular items. Put things back where they should be to keep things organized.
Throw away magazines and newspapers as soon as you read them.4.. Keep a box for bills, invitations and mails you need to keep. This helps keep a small house easier to organize. Create more space by changing the garage into a living space.5.. A garage can be turned into office space, a play room or exercise area.
A. Have a place for everything
B. Select furniture that takes up less space
C. It may be easier to organize a house if you add more space
D. Consider donating items you never use or have a big garage sale
E. Throw away junk mail and advertisements as soon as they come in
F. Make a careful plan in advance so that you can put everything in order
G. There are ways to organize a small house and make the most of the space you have
