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Federal regulators(调整者) Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergence alert (警报) system using text messages delivered to cell phones.

Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry’s trade association, CTIA, estimates(估计) more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month.

The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires improvements to the nation’s emergency alert system. The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.

"The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during, disasters and other emergencies," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.

Participation in the alert system by carriers –telecommunications companies is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry.

The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts.

There would be three different types of messages, according to the rules.

The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorist attack or natural disaster. The second would involve "approaching threats," which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings. The third would be reserved for child abduction (绑架) emergencies, or so-called Amber Alerts.

The service could be in place by 2010.

小题1:What is the purpose of the approved plan?  

A.To warn people of emergencies via messages.

B.To popularize the use of cell phones.

C.To estimate the monthly number of messages.

D.To promote the wireless industry.小题2:The improvement to the present system is in the charge of ____. 

A.CTIA

B.the Warning Alert and Response Network

C.FCC

D.federal regulators小题3:The carriers’ participation in the system is determined by _____. 

A.the US federal government

B.mobile phone users

C.the carriers themselves

D.the law of the United States小题4:Which of the following would be the best title for the text?  

A.Cell Phone Alerts Protecting Students

B.Cell Phone Alerts by Wireless Industry

C.Cell Phone Alerts of National Disasters

D.Cell Phone Alerts Coming Soon

答案

小题1:A

小题1:C

小题1:C

小题1:D

小题1:根据Federal regulators(调整者) Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergence alert (警报) system 描述,可知选A。

小题1:根据The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.描述,可知选C

小题1:根据The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts.描述,可知选C。

小题1:这篇短文主要介绍了通过的一项关于手机的计划,告诉我们手机提醒时代即将来临。故选D。

阅读理解

Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future we will use computers in everyday life. It is thought that we won’t have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. People will use the Internet to play games, see films and buy food. Also,we can use the Internet to make telephone calls.

Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communication (交际). Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways.

Let’s look at books, for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using computers. We’ll read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won’t need to turn to lots of pages and we will save lots of paper. We will use more and more computerized (计算机化的) books

Is Internet shopping such a pleasure(愉快的事) as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also unlikely (不大可能) that many people will want to read large texts on our computers, because paper books may be more friendly. Maybe computers won’t change these two habits .

小题1:In the future , people will use computers for ___.

A.playing games, shopping and making telephone calls

B.making telephone calls, having meals and seeing films

C.seeing films, buying food and going for holidays

D.playing games, making telephone calls and seeing the doctors小题2:In the passage, the word “replace” means ___.

A.更新

B.取代

C.交换

D.放弃小题3:Which reason for using computerized books is not said in the passage?

A.Computerized books won’t be very expensive.

B.Computers can keep many different books in them.

C.We won’t have lots of pages.

D.We won’t need any paper.小题4:It tells us _________ in the last paragraph

A.about the old and new ways of shopping and communicating

B.if the Internet will change our habits

C.about computerized books

D.about future uses of computers小题5:The title for this passage is ___.

A.Computers will replace shops and books

B.Computers are the future

C.Computers will do everything for man

D.How computers change our life

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