A dog-lover has invented a high-tech way of feeding his pet by Twitter（推特，流行社交网络）. Computer expert Nat Morris, 30, has designed a system to give his pet a “tweet treat” by sending him a Twitter message.
His dog Toby gets some delicious dog biscuits from a computer-controlled food machine whenever Nat sends a message to “@feedtoby”.
Nat often works away from home and isn’t always able to feed Toby by hand. But his new invention allows Nat to feed his dog from anywhere in the world.
Nat said, “Toby absolutely loves it. At first he didn’t know what was going on. Now he sits underneath the machine, wagging his tail and waiting for the treats to drop.”
Nat fills the food machine with small pieces of dog biscuits, but not too many in case four-year-old Toby gets too many messages. And Nat has even equipped his house with an online camera so he can see Toby enjoying the food at his home.
But one problem is that friends and family have been so amazed with the “Tweet treat” machine that. they have starting to send tweets to Toby too. So Nat has had to restrict feeding time to make sure Toby doesn’t turn into Tubby。
“People have been sending him food at all hours of the day, so I had to limit it to between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.. I’m thinking of doing an updated one which measures his weight before he is fed, just to make sure he’s not putting on too much puppy fat,” explained Nat.
How Nat’s Twitter Feeder Works:
When a message is sent to @feedtoby it is received by a mini-computer that is linked to the food machine.
When the mini-computer receives the message, a bell rings and Toby comes running over and sits in front of the feeding machine. Next the machine’s motor pulls open a trap door which releases a serving of food.
The doggy biscuits then drops into Toby's food bowl. Finally a digital camera takes a photo of him and sends it back to Nat on Twitter - so he knows Toby has been fed.
25. Nat has invented a high-tech way to feed his dog because he __________.
A. wants his friends to feed Tody
B. has very strong computing skills
C. is often too busy to feed his dog
D. doesn’t like to feed Tody by hand
26. Why has Nat decided to limit the feeding machine’s opening time?
A. He doesn’t want Toby to get too fat.
B. He fears the machine will run out of food.
C. He wants hid friends to stop feeding Toby.
D. He doesn’t want Toby to be woken up at night.
27. It can be learned from the passage that Toby _______.
A. sits beneath his feeder all day long
B. is now used to being fed by machine
C. doesn’t know what happens to the feeder
D. no longer receives tweets from Nat’s friends
28. Which of the following shows the correct order of how the Twitter Feeder works?
a. The bell goes off.
b. A message is sent to @feedtoby.
c. The mini-computer gets the message.
d. The digital camera takes a photo of Toby and sends it to Nat.
e. The motor starts to work and opens the door to release dog food.
A. a, b, c, e, d B. b, c, e, a, d C. b, c, a, e, d D. c, b, a, d, e
29. In which section of the newspaper would you most probably find this passage?
A. Technology B. Health C. Environment D. Style