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　　Crashed Cars to Text Message for Help
　　There is no good place to have a car crash—but some places are worse than others． In a foreign country， for instance， ___1___ to explain via cellphone that you are upside down1 in a ditch when you cannot speak the local language can fatally delay the arrival of the emergency services．
　　But an answer may be at hand． Researchers funded by the European Commission2 are beginning tests of a system called E－merge that ___2___ senses when a car has crashed and sends a text message3 telling emergency services4 in the local language that the accident has taken place．
　　The system was ___3___ by ERTICO， a transport research organization based in Brussels， Belgium5． Cars are fitted with a cellphone－sized device attached ___4___ the underside of the dashboard which is activated by the same sensor that triggers the airbag in a crash． The device ___5___ a cellphone circuit， a GPS6 positioning unit， and a microphone and loudspeaker．
　　It registers the severity of the crash7 by ___6___ the deceleration data from the airbag’s sensor． Using GPS information， it works out which country the car is in， and from this it determines ___7___ which language to compose an alert message detailing precise location of the accident．
　　The device then automatically makes a call to the local emergency services ___8___． If the car’s occupants are conscious， they can communicate with the operator ___9___ the speaker and microphone．
　　E－merge also transmits the vehicles make8， color and license number， and its heading9 when it crashed， which in turn indicates on which side of a multi－lane highway it ended up．
　　This ___10___ the emergency services find the vehicle as soon as they arrive on the scene． “We can waste a large ___11___ time searching for an incident，” says Jim Hammond， a（an） ___12___ in vehicle technology at the Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK． Tests will begin soon with police car fleets in the UK． Trials have already started in Germany， Sweden， Spain， the Netherlands and Italy．
　　In－car systems10 that summon the emergency services after a crash have ___13___ been fitted in some premium cars11． ERTICO says that ___14___ EU states12 are willing to fund the necessary infrastructure， E－merge could be working by 2008．
　　A study by French car maker Renault13 concluded that the system could save up to14 6000 of the 40，000 lives lost each year on Europe’s roads， and prevent a similar number of serious injuries．
　　The Renault study estimates that fitting E－merge to every car in Europe would eventually save around 150 billion per ___15___ in terms of 15 reduced costs to health services and insurance companies， and fewer lost working days．
　　1．A．try　　B．tried　　C．trying　　D．having tried
　　2．A．automatically　　B．accidentally　　C．tremendously　　D．usually
　　3．A．changed　　B．located　　C．developed　　D．copied
　　4．A．by　　B．up　　C．about　　D．to
　　5．A．forms　　B．is consisted of　　C．composes of　　D．includes
　　6．A．read　　B．reading　　C．reads　　D．being read
　　7．A．on　　B．in　　C．of　　D．at
　　8．A．carmaker　　B．policeman　　C．doctor　　D．operator
　　9．A．via　　B．near　　C．by　　D．beside
　　10．A．assists　　B．causes　　C．makes　　D．helps
　　11．A．number of　　B．deal of　　C．amount of　　D．volume of
　　12．A．writer　　B．reporter　　C．expert　　D．leader
　　13．A．already　　B．long ago　　C．long before　　D．shortly
　　14．A．although　　B．nevertheless　　C．however　　D．if
　　15．A．city　　B．year　　C．person　　D．country