Computers Help Fire Fighters In Kansas City, Missouri, a computer helps fire fig

Computers Help Fire Fighters

In Kansas City, Missouri, a computer helpsfire fighters. The computer contains information about every one of the 35000street addresses in the city. When fire fighters answer a call, the computerwill give them important about the burning building, its position and almostall the ways of helping fire fighters with the problems facing them. Forexample, it can give medical information about invalids living in a burningbuilding. With this information, the fire fighters can take special care tofind these sick persons and carry them away quickly and safely.

The Kansas City computer system also keepsa medical record of each of the city’s 9000 fire fighters. The kind ofinformation is especially useful when a hospital can treat the injured. Withthis information, doctors at the hospital can treat the injured fire fightersmore quickly and easily.

1. Missouri is most likely the name of___________.

A. a well—knownriver                  B. the head of the fire fighters

C. a state in theUSA                    D. a new kind of computer

2. The computer can give ______________.

A. useful and useless information about thecity

B. useful information about everyone livingin the city

C. useful information about every streetaddress in the city

D. information about every town around thecity

3. In this passage the word “invalid” meansa person __________.

A. who is badlyinjured              B. who is helped by firemen

C. who wants to be afiremen          D. who has becomeweak through illness or injury

4. If injured, the firemen will___________.

A. be treated at once with the computer’shelp    B. hardly get any treatment

C. ask doctors and nurses forhelp             D.be taken to hospital by the computer

试题答案

【答案】

 C

 C

 D

 A

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