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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 1. A. try
B. tried C. trying
D. having tried 2. A. automatically
B. accidentally
C. tremendously
D. usually 3. A. changed
B. located C. developed D.
copied 4. A. by B.
up C. about
D. to 5. A. forms
B. is consisted of
C. composed of
D. includes 6. A. read
B. reading C. reads D.
being read 7. A. on
B. in C. of
D. at 8. A. car maker
B. policeman C. doctor D.
operator 9. A. via B.
near C. by
D. besides 10. A. assists B.
causes C. makes D. helps
11. A. number of B. deal of
C. amount of D. volume of 12. A. writer
B. reporter C. expert
D. leader 13. A. already
B. long ago C. long before
D. shortly 14. A. although B.
nevertheless C. however D. if 15.