2 . Compean was no stranger to Los Angeles National Forest. He’d hiked the park several times. But after hiking along a _________ path last April, the 45-year-old man was lost.
As dusk _________, with several hours of aimless walking, his concern _________ fear. With only a bottle of water and less than ten percent battery _________ on his cell phone, Compean was unprepared for anything more than the two-hour journey he’d planned.
Compean climbed to a higher _________, some 7, 000 feet above sea level, where he found at least one bar of _________. “Help. My phone is going to die. I’m lost, ” he texted a friend, with a photo _________, showing where he was. All Compean could do then was wait. The temperature was dropping _________. Dressed so little, he soon felt cold to the bone.
Sixty miles away in Ventura County, Ben Kuo was reading a tweet _________ the Los Angeles County Police Department, showing an image of a man’s legs. Kuo has an unusual hobby. “I have always loved __________ where photos were taken,” he says. He frequently tries to __________ where movie scenes or television shows were filmed. When he saw the image of Compean’s legs surrounded by an endless landscape of __________, he immediately pulled up a satellite map on his laptop. The police department said Compean’s car was parked near Buckhorn Campground and Compean had been lost for a whole day, so he narrowed his search to the __________ area.
“There’s an amazing amount of information you can get from satellites, ”says Kuo. The first thing he __________ in Compean’s photo was the special grass. After comparing it to the satellite map, Kuo realized something, “He’s got to be on the south side __________ there’s not really any green valley on the north side.” That finding __________ his search, leading him to an area that was similar to a part in the image. The final step was comparing the __________ photo with 3D images of the area from Google Earth. The locations __________!
Thanks to Kuo’s __________ information, Compean was finally rescued and he was grateful to Kuo, “I __________ you my life”.
1. A.new | B.familiar | C.old | D.primitive |
2. A.burst | B.came | C.fell | D.sank |
3. A.turned out | B.turned to | C.turned up | D.turned down |
4. A.maintaining | B.remaining | C.presenting | D.restoring |
5. 6. A.power | B.signal | C.battery | D.sign |
7. A.exhibited | B.conveyed | C.exposed | D.attached |
8. A.slowly | B.steadily | C.frequently | D.quickly |
9. 10. A.looking for | B.deciding on | C.pointing out | D.counting on |
11. A.predict | B.release | C.comprehend | D.identify |
12. A.trees | B.flowers | C.grass | D.woods |
13. A.precise | B.accurate | C.surrounding | D.subsequent |
14. A.noticed | B.thought | C.mentioned | D.watched |
15. A.while | B.so | C.instead | D.because |
16. A.continued | B.accelerated | C.deepened | D.proved |
17. A.original | B.clear | C.perfect | D.complete |
18. A.entered | B.matched | C.finished | D.differed |
19. A.specific | B.rough | C.special | D.sustainable |
20. A.thank | B.envy | C.owe | D.contribute |