Singing Alarms Could Save the Blind If you cannot see, you may not be able to find your way out of a burning building and that could be fatal.A company in Leeds could____ (1) all that with directional(定向的)sound alarms capable of guiding you to the exit. Sound Alert, a company run____ (2) the University of Leeds, is installing the alarms in a residential home for____ (3) people in Somerset and a resource center for the blind in CambridgE.The alarms produce a ____ (4) range of frequencies(频率)that enable the brain to____ (5) where the sound is coming from. Deborah Whittington of Sound Alert says that the alarms use most of the frequencies that can be____ (6) by humans．'It is a burst of white noise(白噪声)that people say sounds like static on the radio,' she says．'Its life-saving potential is____ (7).'She conducted an experiment in which people were filmed by thermal-imaging(热效应成像)cameras trying to find their____ (8) out of a large smoke-filled room．It____ (9)them nearly four minutes to find the door without a sound alarm, ____ (10) only 15 seconds with onE. Whittington studies how the brain ____ (11) sounds at the university．She says that the____ (12) of a wide band of frequencies can be pinpointed(精确的确定)more easily than the source of a narrow banD.Alarms____ (13) on the same concept have already been installed on emergency vehicles. The alarms will also include rising or failing frequencies to____ (14) whether people should go up or down stairs．They were____ (15) with the aid of a large grant(拨款)from British Nuclear Fuels. 第 51 题 A.change B.cure C.demand D.set
A.A B. Sound C.The D. Deborah E.'It F.'Its G.'She H.It____ I. Whittington J.She K.Alarms____ L. The M.They N.change O.cure P.demand Q.set
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