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Seek: Have you ever come across a flower or tree and wish you knew what it was? Well, this app can identify a variety of plants for you! Just take a photo with your phone, and the app will search Wikipedia for you.Seek can also identify animals.You can create a profile (文件夹) and upload (上传) all your discoveries, and the app will add them to its photo database for other users to explore.
MyNature Animal Tracks: Sometimes you only spot animal tracks.This app helps you match a set of tracks with a species through seven track categories and five sound categories.
Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder: Can't find where to take a hike? This app will help! Use it to find the nearest parks with the activities you want to do, whether that's hiking, bird watching or whatever.This huge database features not only every national park, state park and federal public land in the country, but it also includes 50,000 local parks.With this app, there's no excuse for staying inside!
iNaturalist: This app is not simply an animal identification app.It's actually a social network for naturalists.You can record your observations of plants and animals and add them to the database.You can ask the community (大众) to help you identify something, keep track of everything you've come across during hikes, build your “life list” of what you've identified, and most importantly, become a citizen scientist.By recording what you've seen with this app, you're helping scientists keep track of what's happening with the natural world.
语篇解读：本文是应用文。文章主要介绍了四款应用软件，它们可以帮助人们更好地了解大自然。
1．What can you do with the help of the app Seek?
A．Find people who share the same interest.
B．Make your photos more attractive.
C．Identify plants conveniently.
D．Become a citizen scientist.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第一段的“Well, this app can identify a variety of plants for you”可知，你可以上传照片到应用软件Seek上，以便于认识某种你不认识的植物。
2．Which app can help you find a good place for hiking?
A．Seek.
B．iNaturalist.
C．Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder.
D．MyNature Animal Tracks.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第三段的内容可知，Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder这一款软件能提供各种公园的信息，你可以找到你喜欢的公园进行徒步旅行、观鸟等活动。
3．What can only be done with the app iNaturalist?
A．Uploading your photos.
B．Recognizing animal tracks.
C．Getting information on plants.
D．Communicating with other users.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据文章第四段的“It's actually a social network for naturalists”可知，应用软件iNaturalist的特别之处在于，它是一个热爱大自然的人的社交平台，你可以与其他用户交流。
4．Who are the apps mainly designed for?
A．Nature lovers. B．School students.
C．Wildlife biologists. D．Inexperienced hikers.
解析：选A 推理判断题。文章给出的四款应用软件主要针对热爱大自然的人而设计，Seek，iNaturalist和MyNature Animal Tracks可以让人们对大自然中的动植物进行更为细致的了解，Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder可以帮助人们获得户外活动的信息。
