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Crashed Cars to Text Message for HelpThere is no good place to have a car crash -- but som

Crashed Cars to Text Message for Help

There is no good place to have a car crash -- but some places are worse than others. In a foreign country, for instance,【51】 to explain via cellphone that you are upside down in a ditch (沟渠) when you cannot speak the local language can fatally (~) delay the arrival of the emergency services.

But an answer may be at hand. Researchers funded by the European Commission are beginning tests of a system called E-merge that【52】senses when a ear has crashed and sends a text message, telling emergency services in the local language that the accident has taken place.

The system was【53】 by ERTICO, a transport research organization based in Brussels. Belgium. Cars are fitted with a eellphone-sized device attached【54】 the underside of the dashboard (仪表板) which is activated by the same sensor that triggers the airbag in a crash. The device【55】 a cellphone circuit, a GPS positioning unit and a microphone and loudspeaker.

It registers the severity of the crash by【56】 the deceleration data from the airbag's sensor. Using GPS information, it works out which country the Car is in, and from this it determines【57】 which language to compose an alert message detailing precise location of the accident.

The device then automatically makes a call to the local emergency services【58】. If the car's occupants are conscious, they can communicate with the operator【59】 the speaker and microphone.

E-merge also transmits the vehicles make, model, color and license number, and its heading' when it crashed, which in rum indicates on which side of a multi-lane highway it ended up.

This【60】 the emergency services find the vehicle as soon as they arrive on the scene. "We can waste a large【61】time searching for an incident, "says Jim Hammond, a(an)【62】in vehicle technology at the Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK. Tests will begin soon with police car fleets in the UK. Trials have already started in Germany, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy.

In-car systems that summon (召集) the emergency services after a crash have【63】been fitted in some premium cars". ERTICO says that【64】EU states "are willing to fund the necessary infrastructure (基础结构), E--merge could be working by 2008.

A study by French car maker Renault" concluded that the system could save up to 6000 of the 40,000 lives lost each year on Europe's roads, and prevent a similar number of serious injuries.

The Renault study estimates that fitting E-merge to every car in Europe would eventually save around 150 billion per【65】in terms of reduced costs to health services and insurance companies, and fewer lost working days.

(51)

A．try

B．tried

C．trying

D．having tried

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Crashed Cars to Test Message for Help There is no goold place to have a car crash-but som

Crashed Cars to Test Message for Help

There is no goold place to have a car crash-but some places are worse than others. In a foreign country, for instance, 51__ to explain via cell-phone that you are upside down in a ditch when you cannot speak the local language can fatally delay the arrival of the mergency services.

But an answer may be at hand. Researchers funded by the European Commission are beginning tests of a system called Emerge that _52__ senses when a car has crashed and sends a text message telling emergenc services in the local language that the accident has taken place.

The system was _53_ by ERTICO, a transport research organization based in Brussels, Belguim. Cars are fitted with a cell-phone-sized device attached _54_the undersie of the dashboard which is activated by the same sensor that triggers the airbag in a crash. The device _55_ a cell-phone circuit, a GPS positioning unit, and a microphone and loudspeaker.

It registers the severity of the crash by _56_ the deceleration data from the airbag’s sensor, Using GPS information, it works out which country the car is in ,and from this it determines _57 which language to compose an alert message detailing precise location of the accident.

The device then automatically makes a call to the local emergency services 58 if the car’s occupants are conscious, they can communicate with the operator 59 the speaker and microphone.

E –merge also transmits the vehicles make, model, color and license number, and its heading when it crashed, which in turn indicates on which side of a multi-lane highwan it ended up.

This60 the emergency services find the vehicle as soon as they arrive on the scene,“We can waste a large61 time searching for an incident.”says Jim Hammond, a (an) 62 in vehicle technology at the Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK. Tests will begin soon with police car fleets in the UK. Trials have already started in Germany, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy.

In-car systems that summon the emergency services after a crash have63 been fitted in some premium cars. ERTICO says that64 EU states are willing to fund the necessary infrastructure; E-merge could be working by 2008.

A study by French car maker Renault concluded that the system could save up to 6000 of the 4000 lives lost each year onf Europe’s, and prevent a similar number of serious in-juries.

The Renault study estimates that fitting E-merge to every car in Europe would eventually save around 150 billion per 65 in terms of reduced costs to health services and insurance companies, and fewer lost working days.

第51题 A try B tried C trying D having tried

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It is reported that two cars ______ into each other this morning on the highway, killing both drivers and two passengers.

A.crawled

B.crouched

C.pressed

D.crashed

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There is no good place to have a car crash -- but some places are worse than others. In a

foreign country, for instance,(1)to explain via cellphone that you are upside down in a ditch when you cannot speak the local language can fatally delay the arrival of the emergency services. But an answer may be at hand. Researchers funded by the European Commission are beginning tests of a system called E-merge that(2)senses when a car has crashed and sends a text message telling emergency services in the local language that the accident has taken place. The system was(3)by ERTICO, a transport research organization based in Brussels, Belgium. Cars are fitted with a cellphone-sized device attached(4)the underside of the dashboard which is activated by the same sensor that triggers the airbag in a crash. The device(5)a cellphone circuit, a GPS positioning unit and a microphone and loudspeaker. It registers the severity of the crash by(6)the deceleration data from the airbag's sensor. Using GPS information, it works out which ootmtry the Car is in, and from this it determines(7)which language to compose an alert message detailing precise location of the accident. The device then automatically makes a call to the local emergency services(8). If the car's occupants are conscious, they can communicate with the operator(9)the speaker and microphone. E-merge also transmits the vehicles make, model, color and license number, and its heading when it crashed, which in rum indicates on which side of a multi-lane highway it ended up.' This(10)the emergency services find the vehicle as soon as they arrive on the scene. "We can waste a large(11)time searching for an incident," says Jim Hammond, a (an)(12)in vehicle technology at the Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK. Tests will begin soon with police car fleets in the UK. Trials have already started in Germany, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy. In-car systems that summon the emergency services after a crash have(13)been fitted in some premium cars. ERTICO says that(14)EU states "are willing to fund the necessary infrastructure, E-merge could be working by 2008. A study by French car maker Renault concluded that the system could save up to 6000 of the 40, 000 lives lost each year on Europe's roads, and prevent a similar number of serious injuries. The Renault study estimates that fitting E-merge to every car in Europe would eventually save around 150 billion per(15)in terms of reduced costs to health services and insurance companies, and fewer lost working days.

cellphone n.移动电话，手机

underside n. 下侧；底面

dashboard n. (车辆的)挡泥板; (汽车的)仪表板

sensor n. 传感器；敏感元件

airbag n. (安全)气囊

severity n.严重(性)

deceleration n.减速

occupant n. 占有人,占用者

A．try

B．tried

C．trying

D．having tried

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which of the following statements is true according to the text？A．70% of the cars can be r

which of the following statements is true according to the text？

A．70% of the cars can be rented out on holiday.

B．70% of the customers are white-collar employees.

C．More firms are open for service during holiday seasons.

D．Some firms rent out all their cars during holiday seasons.

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听力原文： The time is 7 o'clock, and this is Amely Brown with the news. The German authori

ties are sending investigors to discover the cause of the plane crash late yesterday on the Island of Tenariff. the plane, a Boeing 727 taking German holiday makers to the island crashed into a hill side as it circled while preparing to land. The plane was carrying 180 passengers. It is thought there are no survivors. Rescue workers are at the scene.

The 500 U.K. motor workers who had been on strike in High Town for the past 3 weeks went back to work this morning. This follows successsful talks between management and union representatives, which resulted in a new agreement on fewer working hours. A spokesman for the managemnt said that they hoped they could now get back to producing cars and they lost a lot of money and orders over this dispute. And finally, the weather: After a cold starts, most of the country shall be warm and sunny. But towards late afternoon, rain will spread from Scotland to cover most parts by midnight.

When was the news broadcast？

A．At night.

B．At noon.

C．In the morning.

D．In the afternoon.

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听力原文：A small dog brought disaster to a small English town last week. It was trying to

听力原文： A small dog brought disaster to a small English town last week. It was trying to cross a busy street but was too frightened to leave the strip in the middle of the street.

A truck driver parked his truck on the side of the road and got out to help it. While he was going to get the dog, his track rolled down the street. It smashed into four parked cars, crashed through a fence, rolled down a bank and smashed into a row of houses. Only the driver was hurt. The dog bit him on the hand while he was carrying it.

Here is another story about dogs. A nine-year-old child, who nearly drowned while she was swimming in a home swimming pool, was saved by the family dog on Saturday. The child was alone in the large pool at the time.

The family of the dog said it would receive an extra large bone as a reward.

(33)

A．It smashed into a row of houses.

B．It was run over by a truck.

C．It was too nervous to leave the strip in the middle of the road.

D．It hit a truck.

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Text 2When his plane touched down at Montreal' s international airport, David LaRoche coll

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When his plane touched down at Montreal' s international airport, David LaRoche collected his

luggage and headed for the airport parking garage, where he left his brand-new car three weeks earlier.

But the car wasn't there. LaRoche found a police officer, who gave him the bad news: his Audi A6

most likely had been absorbed into a vast black car market somewhere in Eastern Europe of Africa.

LaRoche, who flies out of Montreal because it is the closest major airport to his northern Ver-

mont home, is not alone. Countless U. S. travelers use Montreal' s airport because of its convenient location and competitive prices, which it promotes in radio ads in New England. Not surprisingly , the ads don' t mention that more than 200 cars are stolen every year from the airport' s parking lots.

Professional thieves search the airport' s long-term parking garages for cars that are relatively

free of dust and have U. S. license plates-a lack of dust means that a car was parked recently, and

Americans often travel for weeks on end. Says a Canadian car-theft investigator: "That gives the

bad guys a lot of time to do whatever they want with the car. " .

What they do, typically, is take the stolen cars to Montreal' s harbor, where they are con-

cealed inside huge containers to be taken overseas. In little more than a week, the cars are on the

street in Russia or countries in Africa of Asia. Police assert that Canada' s most powerful car-theft

rings are controlled by Russian crime organzations.

Airport. officials downplay the problem. "You have to put things in perspective.. . when you

have so many cars parked at your airport every year," says Montreal' s director of airport protec-

tion. "It' s not a major problem. " But the Montreal airport' s car-theft problem-police recorded

220 stolen cars last year - is far worse than other international airports in North America. Last

year, for example, only 65 cars were stolen from parking lots at Los Angeles' s airport; Boston's

Logan airport had only four reported thefts. So now David LaRoche will head to Logan, his next-

closest major airport. It's a longer drive, but that's OK if it saves his new car.

51. Many American travelers use Montreal international airport because _________

[A] it offers good passenger service

[B] it provides free parking lots

[C] it is near and inexpensive

[D] it is widely advertised

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Text ... Fossil fuels burned to【C1】______cars and trucks,【C2】______homes and businesses, a

Text

... Fossil fuels burned to【C1】______cars and trucks,【C2】______homes and businesses, and power factories are【C3】______for about 98% of US carbon dioxide emissions, 24% of methane emissions, and 18% of nitrous oxide emissions. Increased agriculture, deforestation,【C4】______, industrial production, and mining also contribute a significant【C5】______of emissions. In 1997, the United States【C6】______about one-fifth of total global greenhouse gases.

The 20th century' s 10 warmest years all【C7】______in the last 15 years of the century. Of these, 1998 was the warmest year on【C8】______. The snow【C9】______in the Northern Hemisphere and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean have decreased. Globally, sea level has【C10】______4～8 inches over the past century. Worldwide precipitation over land has increased by about one percent. The【C11】______of extreme rainfall events has increased throughout much of the United States.

Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases are likely to【C12】______the rate of climate change. Scientists expect that the average global surface temperature could rise 1～4.5℉(0.6～2.5℃)in the next fifty years, and 2.2～10℉(1.4～5.8℃)in the next century,【C13】______significant regional variation. Evaporation will increase【C14】______the climate warms,【C15】______will increase average global precipitation. Soil moisture is likely to decline in many regions, and【C16】______rainstorms are likely to become more frequent. Sea level is likely to rise two feet along most of the US coasts.【C17】______of climate change for specific areas are much less reliable than【C18】______ones, and it is unclear【C19】____________regional climate will become more【C20】____________.

【C1】

A．drive

B．operate

C．run

D．motivate

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Part BDirections :Read the following text careully and then translate the underlined segme

Part B

Directions :

Read the following text careully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese .Write your translation clearly on ANSWER SHEET2.

Neither the Americans nor the Russians have the resources to continue human space flight on their own ;both sides know they need each other. 61)1t's much easier and cheaper to get used to each other and to blend differing operating styles, languages, and systems on the aged Mir(a Russian word for " peace" ) than trying to do that while jointly building a new space station. NASA , in fact ,calls its program of shuttle flights to Mir Phase l of the International Space Station(ISS).Phase 2 marks the beginning of actual construction. The procedures used to dock the shuttle to Mir,

for example ,also will be used as a lifeboat for the ISS. And Progress freighters ,like the one that crashed into Mir in June ,will haul cargo to the ISS. 62)One unintended benefit of Mir's technical troubles is that they have actually forced the two nations to work much more ore closely together than they had planned.

Except for a brief period in the 1970s with Skylab ,NASA has never operated a space station ;the Russians have been running them for years. Astronauts have long been trained intensively to per-form. specific tasks on shuttle flights lasting 18 days or less.63)Russian astronauts, however, learnmore general skills, since they spend many months in orbit and no one can forecast all the problems they might encounter. As a result of shuttle-Mir experience, NASA is revising astronaut training to include more of the general skills they will need on the ISS.

NASA decided to send astronauts to Mir based on its long record of safe operation. But this year ,crews aboard Mir have faced two of the most serious emergencies in the history of human space flight. 64)In February ,an oxygen generator caught fire ,shooting out 4-foot-long jets of flame like; fire extinguishers were bolted in place ,delaying reaction to the fire. In June ,a Progress Freight- er collided with the Spektr module ,puncturing it. Spektr had to be sealed off to prevent all the air from leaking from the spacecraft. 65) The ancient computer that controls Mir has failed many times ,causing most other systems ,including the one that keeps the station's solar panels pointed at the sun, to shut down. One failure in August occurred while a Progress was docking. Last week ,the computer crashed again ,the carbon dioxide removal system shut down ,and a mysterious brown flu-id-probably rocket fuel - appeared to leak from the station.

61_________

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