Today, when a fire breaks out, you can be sure a citizen with a cell-phone camera has posted it to Facebook or Twitter, or sent it to the media. But up to now, that citizen has not been able to easily send images and details of what is happening to the people who need it most: police, firefighters and building-security people who must respond, and whose ability to help is often measured in minutes, if not seconds.

That's about to change. A one-year old company called Elerts has developed a system that's designed to mobile and social technologies to speed the flow of information between citizens and emergency workers in time of danger. The system involves free mobile applications—iPhone and iPad app（應(yīng)用軟件）is available now—that eyewitnesses can use to report incidents and get public-safety warnings. And Elerts is offering a management console（控制臺）for security firms and universities to receive the reports and distribute warnings and instructions, like a map with the best evacuation route（疏散路線）.

The service is the brainchild of Chris Russo, deputy fire chief in the coastal town of Hull, Mass. As mobile communications sped up, he grew increasingly frustrated by his inability to communicate effectively with colleagues and the public, particularly with people who are at the scene and might be able to provide help.

"Remembering situations when communications failed puts a pit in my stomach," Mr. Russo says. Last summer, he was in a search at a beach for a missing boy, who went into a bathhouse but didn't come out. First responders feared an abduction （綁架） on the beach or shark attack. The child's mother, who didn't speak English well, was so sad that she couldn't remember what color shorts he had on. Mr. Russo had no photo of the child, and no ability to turn to beachgoers.

Two long hours later, the boy was spotted by a low-flying helicopter lost and alone on the beach crying—a lucky break. "If 5 percent of beachgoers had an app to receive a message and send in sightings of a lost boy, the happy ending might have come much sooner," Mr. Russo said.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. A moving story of Chris Russo． B. An app for reporting emergency．

C. A cell-phone instant service． D. An app for firm management．

2.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?

A. Makes me feel frustrated． B. Causes a stomachache．

C. Arouses my interest． D. Leaves a hole in my stomach．

3.We can infer from the passage that emergency workers ____．

A. have to carry out rescue work in minutes

B. must send images and details immediately

C. need images and detailed information badly

D. have to turn to Facebook and Twitter for details

4.The author takes Chris Russo's experience as an example to ____．

A. advertise his creativity in communication

B. show readers the working principle of the new system

C. make the passage more interesting to read

D. inform readers how Russo got the idea of the service

Women are playing a much more important part in society today. Now women are working ________teachers, scientists and even leaders. We have to admit the fact that almost all jobs _______used to be done by men are done perfectly well today by women. Women are no longer ______ down upon in society. With these_______（改變）in their social role, women’s position in the family has been _______（改善）as well. It is hard to find the wife is busy while the husband is sitting in an armchair, w _______TV. In spite of all these changes, a great n _______ of men still guard their rights. They t _______ of women as incapable creatures. Sometimes few women are allowed to a______important meetings. This is the problem we should try to _______ （解決）now.

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The sign _____ “In case of _______ fire, break the glass and press _______ red button.”

A．reads,不填；the B．writes,不填；the

C．reads, the; the D．writes, a; a

China's icebreaker Xuelong ______ by heavy floes since Friday after rescuing passengers on a Russian vessel stranded in Antarctica.

A. has been trapped B. had been trapped

C. has trapped D. was trapped

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp said____ it sold 18.7 million smartphones in 2013, up 160 percent year-on-year, and _____ it officially expanded to Singapore ____Jan 1, in a bid to enter the global market.

A. that, that, in B. 不填, 不填, on

C. that, 不填, in D. 不填, that ,on

Today，we’ll discuss a number of cases ________ parents have much difficulty in communicating with their children.

A. which B. as C. why D. where

So suddenly ________that the animals in the zoo looked very frightened during the total solar eclipse (日全食)．

A. did the sky turn dark B. the sky did turn dark

C. turned the sky dark D. was the sky turned dark

Our school has an absolute _______ over others, for we have the most hardworking teachers and students.

A. profit B. benefit C. advantage D. effect

It is the ability you have _____ matters, not where you graduate from or what you look like.

A. which B. that C. what D. it