11.If you had a strange sound in your ear,what would you do?One man in Wales who thought he had a fly in his ear called 999,the emergency services number in Britain.And so did a woman who was worried about her green potatoes.Could she make chips with them?Were they poisonous?She didn't hesitate about calling the local ambulance service to ask.According to a recent report,more than 31,000non-urgent calls were made to the Welsh Ambulance Service in the last year.
Inappropriate calls are a headache for health professionals everywhere.In the US,prank calls to 911happen on a daily basis.Many callers use apps which hide their identity.But those who try to be funny shouldn't be surprised if the police have the last laugh.One man from Colorado was arrested for making more than 1,200prank calls,according to a report on the US television station KOAA-TV.
People who take these calls are trained to stay calm and keep a straight face,no matter how strange the call sounds."There's no way for us to know whether the call is real,accidental or a prank call,"said a public safety worker interviewed by the American TV channel.
The Head of Clinical Services at the Welsh Ambulance Service,Richard Lee,has a warning for prank callers.He says,"When people misuse the service it means our precious time is being taken away from someone who really does need our help."Indeed,these hotlines are supposed to help the seriously ill or those with a life-threatening injury.You never know,one day,the person who needs assistance could be you or someone in your family.
24.How does the author introduce the topic of the text?A
A.By giving examples. B.By telling a story.
C.By listing figures.D.By making a comparison.
25.Why are prank calls usually made?D
A.To be helpful. B.To deal with problems.
C.To get praise.D.To play tricks.
26.What does the phrase"have the last laugh"in Paragraph 2refer to?A
A.Win at last. B.Never find them.
C.Laugh at them.D.Know nothing.
27.What does the author intend to suggest in the text?C
A.Prank calls are usually easy to identify.
B.Operators feel annoyed by strange callers.
C.Prank calls may cause serious results.
D.Prank callers should be punished by law.
分析 本文是一篇社會生活類短文,作者通過舉例說明了惡作劇電話之多,其嚴重后果不僅會使自己受到懲罰,還會耽誤真正需要幫助的人獲得幫助,甚至有時會危害到自己和家人的生命安全.
解答 ADAC
24.答案:A 推理判斷題.根據(jù)One man in Wales who thought he had a fly in his ear called 999,the emergency services number in Britain可知作者在第一段中就通過舉例子引出本文的主題.所以選A.
25.答案:D 推理題.根據(jù)第二段中"In the US,prank calls to 911happen on a daily basis.Many callers use apps which hide their identity.可知在美國人們撥打緊急電話911是常事,一些人使用APP來隱藏他們的身份,所以他們撥打緊急電話的目的是惡作劇,所以D項符合.
26.答案:A 詞義猜測題.通過本段后面一句話"One man from Colorado was arrested for making more than 1,200 prank calls"可知最終警察獲得了勝利,所以A項正確.
27.答案:C 推理判斷題.通過最后一段,可知濫用服務電話,這些寶貴的時間有可能遠離那些真正需要幫助的人.所以C項符合.
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