12q-英语期考试-教师-2014.10.docVIP

高三英语期中试卷 201.10 （满分分，时间 0分钟） 姓名： 得分： 第Ⅰ卷（共73分） Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A’) Directions:Read the following two passages. Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word to make the passage coherent. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct. (A) A device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months.??????? The system, called driver Alert, aims 25 (reduce) deadly road accidents by 20%-40% that 26 (cause) by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue.??????? Driver Alert is based on a computerized wristband. The device, 27 (wear) by drivers or pilots gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel (方向盘). A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time 28 the sound and the drivers response.??????? Tiredness is directly related to a drivers response time. Usually, a watchful driver 29 take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.??????? In such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, 30 (show) that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the drivers response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent 31 a nonstop alarm warms that the driver must stop as soon as possible.???????? The device 32 (deliver) to the departments laboratories for testing. If these tests, scheduled for six months’ time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year. 25. _______ 26. _______ 27. _______ 28. _______ 29. _______ 30. _______ 31. _______32. _______ (B) So long as teachers fail to distinguish betw