Webcams Make Alaska Bears Accessible
Webcams Make Alaska Bears Accessible
Mark Thiessen, Associated Press, Anchorage, Alaska Sci-Tech Tue, July 24 2012, 6:15 PM
A new video initiative is bringing the famed brown bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park directly to computers and smartphones.
Without having to go there, you’ll be able to watch mature bears compete for salmon at Brook Falls and other sites and cubs tumbling over each other as they play. Starting Tuesday, a live Web stream (http://is.gd/bfPAs8) will allow the public to log on and see the brown bears in their natural habitat.
“I think it’s an unparalleled opportunity for people to get that front row seat of the lives of the bears at Brooks Camp”, said Roy Wood, chief of interpretation for Katmai National Park and Preserve.
The project is a partnership with explore.org. which set up four high-defmition cameras in Kat- mai, spokesman Jason Damata told The Associated Press. Three of them are at existing viewing stands where bear fans come to watch the animals.
The cameras provide access to a national park that is diicult to reach and expensive for most tourists. It is about 275 miles southwest of Anchorage, but no roads lead to Katmai. A trip there involves multiple airplanes and a lot of advanced planning: it’s hard to get a lodge reservation at Brooks Camp before 2014. Camping is allowed, but on a reservation system that goes online Jan 5.
“It takes a lot of time, a lot of efort and a lot of money, and the webcams will make it accessible to anyone with access to a computer, a smartphone, a tablet device,”Wood said.
(1) What is the text about?
A. A video display of Katmai’s bears for computers and smartphones.
B. The life of Alaskan bears in their natural habitat.
C. How to protect the endangered Alaskan bears.
D. The bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska.
E. Webcams with the newest technology.
Pembahasan:
Teks tersebut tentang “tampilan video beruang di Taman Nasional Katmai untuk komputer dan smartphone”.
Jawaban: A
(2) It’s proudly stated in the text that....
A. a new video can be used with a computer
B. the project is partnership with explore.org and Katmai
C. we can use the new video to shoot bears without going to their habitat.
D. Katmai National Park has made a video of their bears in nature environment
E. webcams enable us to see bears’ life in nature on a computer or a smartphone.
Pembahasan:
Disimpulkan dari teks tersebut bahwa Katmai National Park telah membuat tampilan video dari beruang mereka di lingkungan alami.
Jawaban: D
(3) “… to watch mature bears compete for salmon Brook Falls.” (paragraph 2) The underlined word is the most closely associated to ....
A. figh
B. kill
C. hug
D. defeat
E. defend
Pembahasan:
“... to watch mature bears compete for salmon at Brook Falls.” (paragraph 2)
Makna yang dekat dengan compete (bersaing) dalam konteks kalimat ini adalah fight (berkelahi).
Kill (membunuh), hug (memeluk), defeat (mengalahkan), defend (mempertahankan).
Jawaban: A
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