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 to reduce deadly road accidents by 20％－40％ that are caused 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, worn 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 between the sound and the driver’s response．
Tiredness is directly related to a driver’s response time．Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls 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, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest．If the driver’s response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warms that the driver must stop as soon as possible．
The device has been delivered to the department’s laboratories for testing．If these tests, scheduled for six months’ time, are successful, the markers will bring the product to market within about a year．
(1)
According to the text, Driver Alert ________．
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A．
aims to reduce tiredness-related accidents
B．
has gone through testing at laboratories
C．
aims to prevent drivers from sleeping
D．
has been on sale for 12 months
(2)
How should a driver respond to the sounds from Driver Alert?
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A．
By sounding a warning．
B．
By touching the wristband．
C．
By checking the driving time．
D．
By pressing the steering wheel．
(3)
We can learn from the text that the driver needs to stop for a break when his response time is ________．
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A．
About 400 milliseconds
B．
below 500 milliseconds
C．
over 500 milliseconds
D．
about 4 minutes
(4)
When the driver gets sleepy while driving, Driver Alert ________．
For Senior 3 students, choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time in their entire school lives．This is also true for an American girl 1 Melanie．
Melanie’s dad, James Porter, who is the chief of police for a Chicago suburb, wants Melanie to 2 nearby Northwestern University, where she’s 3 been accepted．But Melanie, 17, really wants to go to Georgetown University in Washington, D．C, where she’s been wait-listed．
When she gets an unexpected 4 from Georgetown University, she decides to 5 a road trip with a few 6 female friends．Melanie believes it is her first step 7 adulthood．But 8 the fact that this trip is “girls only”, James isn’t 9 with the prospect(期望)of his little princess 10 the world without him．He wants to protect her, so he joins the girls and hopes he can convince Melanie to go to Northwestern． 11 Melanie’s father only has the best of 12 , his presence 13 an endless series of comic encounters(遭遇)．
After following their faulty device 14 into the backwoods(偏远地区), James and Melanie 15 Melanie’s little brother and his pet pig have been hiding in the spare compartment(隔间)．What should be a simple tyre change 16 the expensive car rolling down a mountain, forcing them to hike to a nearby hotel…．All these disasters add spice(额外的趣味)to their trip while along the way a father and a daughter 17 get the chance to really 18 each other．
All parents, 19 they have college students or not, can relate to the bittersweet realization that their kids are growing up． 20 what Melanie and James have done, we all can find the delicate(脆弱的)balance between staying connected and letting go．
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