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1、 2022年职称英语理工类AB级复习资料笔记 (35)Crashed Cars to Text Message for HelpThere is no good place to have a car crashbut some places are worse than othersIn 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
2、 the arrival of the emergency servicesBut an answer may be at handResearchers 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 p
3、laceThe system was _3_ by ERTICO，a transport research organization based in Brussels, BelgiumCars 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 crashThe device _5_ a cellphone circuit，a GPS posit
4、ioning unit and a microphone and loudspeakerIt registers the severity of the crash by_6_the deceleration data from the airbags sensor Using GPS information，it works out which country the Car is in, and from this it determines _7_ which language to compose an alert message detailing precise location
5、of the accidentThe device then automatically makes a call to the local emergency services _8_If the cars occupants are conscious，they can communicate with the operator _9_ the speaker and microphoneE-merge also transmits the vehicles make，model, color and license number, and its heading when it cras
6、hed，which in turn indicates 0n which side of a multi-1ane highway it ended upThis _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 P
7、olice Officers in the UKTests will begin soon with police car fleets in the UKTrials have already started in Germany, Sweden，Spain，the Netherlands and ItalyIn-car systemsthat summon the emergency services after a crash have _1 3_ been fitted in some premium cars“ERTICO says that _14_ EU states“are w
8、illing to fund the necessary infrastructure，E-merge could be working by 2022A study by French car maker Renault”concluded that the system could save up to 6000 of the 40，000 lives lost each year on Europes roads，and prevent a similar number of serious injuriesThe Renault study estimates that fitting
9、 Emerge to every car in Europe would eventually save around 1 50 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dashboardn(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严峻(性)deceleration n减速
10、occupant n占有人，占用者1. A)try B) tried C) trying D) having tried2. A)automatically B) accidentally C) tremendously D) usually3. A)changed B) located C) developed D) copied4. A)by B) up C) about D) to5. A)forms B) is consisted ofC) composed of D) includes6. A)read B) reading C) reads D) being read7. A)on
11、 B) in C) of D) at8. A) car maker B) policeman C) doctor D) operator9. A) via B) near C) by D) besides10.A) assists B) causes C) makes D) helps11. A) number of B) deal of C) amount of D) volume of12. A) writer B) reporter C) expert D) leader13. A)already B) long ago C) long before D) shortly14. A)although B) nevertheless C) however D) if15. A)city B) year C) person D) country
