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(应用软件)is available now—that eyewitnesses can use to report incidents and get public-safety warnings. And Elerts is offering a management console(控制台)for security firms and universities to receive the reports and distribute warnings and instructions, like a map with the best evacuation route(疏散路线).
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 (绑架) 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
1.B
2.A
3.C
4.D
【解析】
试题分析:文章主要介绍了一个应用软件。这个应用软件能够让紧急情况的目击者第一时间把信息传递给工作人员,使紧急救援能够迅速展开,从而把损失降低。
1.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(应用软件)is available now”可知,文章主要介绍的是一个报告紧急情况的应用软件。故选B。
2.Remembering situations when communications failed puts a pit in my stomach”的意思是,通讯设备未能及时报告紧急情况,这让“我”很揪心,故选A。
3.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”和文章大意可知,负责紧急情况的工作人员最需要第一时间获得有关信息,故选C。
4.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,”可知,这个经历让Russo有了开发一个这样的软件的想法,故选D。
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