课时作业18 Looking Into The Future-（课时作业）【红对勾讲与练】2024版新高考英语大一轮复习全新方案（人教版）

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3+ 课时作业 18　 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2022·江苏省南京模拟) The people who called into the help hotlines and domestic violence shelters said they felt as if they were going crazy. One woman said the code numbers of the digital lock at her front door changed every day and she could not figure out why. Still another said she kept hearing the doorbell ring, but no one was there. Their stories are part of a new pattern of behavior in domestic abuse cases tied to the rise of smart home technology. Internet-connected locks, speakers, lights and cameras marketed as the newest conveniences are now also being used as a means for monitoring, revenge and control. In more than 30 interviews with The New York Times, domestic abuse victims, their lawyers, shelter workers and emergency responders described how the technology was becoming an alarming new tool. Abusers—using apps on their smartphones, which are connected to the Internet- enabled devices—would remotely control everyday objects in the home, sometimes to watch and listen, other times to scare or show power. Even after a partner had left the home, the devices often stayed and continued to be used to threaten and confuse. For victims, the experiences were often aggravated by a lack of knowledge about how smart technology works, how much power the other person had over the devices, how to legally deal with the behavior and how to make it stop. “People have started to ask what to do about this,” said Erica Olsen, director of the Safety