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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(51)all that with directional (定向的) sound alarms capable of guiding y0uto the exit.
Sound Alert, a company run(52)the University of Leeds, Is installing the alarms in a residential home for(53)people In Sommerset and a resource centre for the blind in Cumbria. The alarms produce a(54)range of frequencies that enable the brain to(55)where the sound is coming from.
Deborah Withington of Sound Alert says that the alarms' use most of the frequencies that can be(56)by humans. "It is a burst of white noise that people say sounds like static (静电噪音) on the radio," she says. "Its life-saving potential is(57)."
She conducted an experiment in which people were filmed by thermal-imaging (热效应成像) cameras trying to find their(58)out of a large smoke-filled room. It(59)them nearly four minutes to find the door without a sound alarm,(60)only 15 seconds with one.
Withington studies how the brain(61)sounds at the university. She says that the(62)of a wide band of frequencies can be pinpointed (精确地确定) more easily than the source of a narrow band. Alarms(63)on the same concept have already been installed on emergency vehicles.
The alarms will also include rising or falling frequencies to(64)whether people should go up or down stairs. They were(65)with the aid of a large grant from British Nuclear Fuels.
A.change
B.cure
C.demand
D.set
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(51) all that with directional (定向的) sound alarms capable of guiding you to the exit.
Sound Alert, a company run(52) the University of Leeds, is installing the alarms in a residential home for(53) people in Sommerset and a resource centre for the blind in Cumbria. The alarms produce a(54) range of frequencies that enable the brain to(55) where the sound is coming from.
Deborah Withington of Sound Alert says that the alarms use most of the frequencies that can be(56) by humans. "It is a burst of white noise that people say sounds like static (静电噪音) on the radio," she says. "its life-saving potential is(57)."
She conducted an experiment in which people were filmed by thermal-imaging (热效应成像) cameras trying to find their(58) out of a large smoke-filled room. It(59) them nearly four minutes to find the door without a sound alarm,(60) only 15 seconds with one.
Withington studies how the brain(61) sounds at the university. She says that the(62) of a wide band of frequencies can be pinpointed (精确地确定) more easily than the source of a narrow band. Alarms(63) on the same concept have already been installed on emergency vehicles.
The alarms will also include rising or falling frequencies to(64) whether people should go up or down stairs. They were(65) with the aid of a large grant from British Nuclear Fuels.
A.change
B.cure
C.demand
D.set
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 change all that(51)directional sound alarms capable of guiding you to the exit.
Sound Alert, a company(52)the University of Leeds, is installing the alarms in a residential home for(53)people in Sommerset and a resource centre for the blind in Cumbria.(54) produce a wide range of frequencies that enable the brain to determine where the(55)is coming from.
Deborah Withington of Sound Alert says that the alarms use most of the frequencies that can be(56) by humans. "It is a burst of white noise(57)people say sounds like static on the radio," she says. "Its life-saving potential is great."
She conducted an experiment in which people were filmed by thermal-imaging cameras trying to find their way out of a large(58)room. It(59)them nearly four minutes to find the door(60)a sound alarm, but only 15 seconds with one.
Withington studies how the brain(61)sounds at the university. She says that the(62) of a wide band of frequencies can be pinpointed more easily than the source of a narrow band. Alarms(63)the same concept have already been installed on emergency vehicles.
The alarms will also include rising or falling frequencies to indicate whether people should go up(64)down stairs. They were(65)with the aid of a large grant from British Nuclear Fuels.
A.without
B.with
C.having
D.selling
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
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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 Sommerset and a resource centre for the blind in Cumbria. The alarms produce a _________ (4) range of frequencies that enable the brain to_________ (5) where the sound is coming from.
Deborah Withington 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 that people say sounds like static (静电噪音) 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.
Withington studies how the brain _________(11) sounds at the university. She says that the _________ (12) of a wide band of frequencies can be pinpointed (精确地确定) 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 falling frequencies to_________ (14) whether people should go up or down stairs. They were_________ (15) with the aid of a large grant from British Nuclear Fuels.
第 51 题
A.change
B.cure
C.demand
D.set
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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 change all that_________ (51 ) directional sound alarms capable of guiding you to the exit.
Sound Alert, a company " _________ (52) the University of Leeds, is installing the alarms in a residential home for_________ (53 ) people in Sommerset and a resource centre, for the blind in Cumbria. _________ (52 ) produce a wide range of frequencies that enable the brain to determine where the_________ (55 ) is coming from.
Deborah Withington of Sound Alert says that the alarms use most of the frequencies that can be _________ (56) by humans. "It is a burst Of white noise _________ (57) people say sounds hkestatic on the radio," she says. "Its life-saving potential is great. "
She conducted an experiment in which people were filmed by thermal-imaging cameras trying to find their way out of a large_________ (58) room. It _________ (59) them nearly four minutes to find the door_________ (60) a sound alarm, but only 15 seconds with one.
Withington studies how the brain _________ (61) sounds at the university. She says that the_________ (62) of a wide band of frequencies can be pinpointed mote easily than the source of a
narrow band. Alarms_________ (63)the same concept have already been installed on emergency vehicles.
The alarms will also include rising or failing frequencies to indicate whether people should goup_________ (64) down stairs. They were _________ (65 ) with the aid of a large grant from British
Nuclear Fuels.
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A.without
B.with
C.having
D.selling
People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.
The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.
From this passage, we know that ______.
A.man never made sounds
B.man made animal sounds
C.man used to be like animals to make sounds
D.man learned from the animals to make sounds
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A.We thought of trying to describe each emotion but it would have been almost impossible to make clear rules for this.
B.These particular muscles are difficult to control, and few people can do it.
C.Research has also been done to find out which areas of the brain read the emotionalexpressions.
D.They decided that it was a mental state that could be preceded by "I feel"or "he looks"or"she sounds".
E.He said that the expression of these feelings are universal and recognizable by anyone, from any culture.
F.Any other method of showing all the 412 emotions, such as words, would have been far less effective.
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A.We thought of trying to describe each emotion but it would have been almost impossible to make clear rules for this.
B.These particular muscles are difficult to control, and few people can do it.
C.Research has also been done to find out which areas of the brain read the emotionalexpressions.
D.They decided that it was a mental state that could be preceded by "I feel"or "he looks"or"she sounds".
E.He said that the expression of these feelings are universal and recognizable by anyone, from any culture.
F.Any other method of showing all the 412 emotions, such as words, would have been far less effective.
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