答案与题解：

1.    文章标题分析：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 down in a ditch when you cannot speak the local language can fatally delay the arrival of the emergency services．
    2. A)automatically　　B) accidentally　　C) tremendously 　　D) usually
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　　But an answer may be at hand．Researchers funded by the European Commission are beginning tests of a system called E-merge that__2__ senses when a car has crashed and sends a text message’telling emergency services in the local language that the accident has taken place．（该句直接与文章标题有关）
2． A 分析：根据搭配结构—“…感应”判断A（自动（感应））合适。
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Tremendously adv.在数量、范围或程度上非常大地：
因此分析文章标题：Crashed Cars to Text Message for Help = Crashed Cars (are) to (send) Text Message for Help

2.     直接解题：
1. A)try            B) tried        C) trying       D) having tried
　　In a foreign country，for instance，__1__ to explain via cellphone that you are upside down in a ditch （沟）when you cannot speak the local language can fatally delay the arrival of the emergency services．
1．C。分析：被选项是同一单词的不同形态，因此判断该题考察语法结构。空格处所在的结构在句子中作主语，因此C是答案。不选择D是因为句子中主语部分的动作词和谓语部分的动作词之间没有强调“动作的先后关系”。比较：
e.g.  Having finished his homework, he went to bed.
e.g. Taking a hat in hand, he ran out of the room.
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3. A)changed        B) located      C) developed    D) copied
　The system was __3__ by ERTICO，a transport research organization based in Brussels, Belgium．
3 ． C。 分析：根据搭配结构“这个系统被ERTICO（一个交通研究组织）..”判断C（研制开发）是答案。
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4. A)by             B) up           C) about        D) to
　　Cars are fitted with a cellphone-sized device attached__4__the underside of the dashboard which is activated（激活） by the same sensor that triggers the airbag in a crash．
4．D。分析：根据固定搭配结构：attach.. to../be attached to..，直接判断D是答案。
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5. A)forms　　B) is consisted of　　C) composed of　　D) includes
　　The device __5__  a cellphone circuit，a GPS positioning unit (定位系统)and a microphone and loudspeaker．
5． D。分析：句子中需要谓语结构，因此D合适。
Include = be composed of = consist of = be made up of
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6. A)read           B) reading      C) reads        D) being read
　　It registers the severity of the crash by__6__the deceleration data from the airbag’s sensor．
6． B。分析：空格处所在的结构作介词by的宾语，因此判断B合适（动名词结构作宾语）。

7. A)on             B) in           C) of           D) at
　　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．
7．B分析： 被选项都是介词，因此注意搭配结构，因为该介词与后面的which language搭配使用，因此判断B（用（哪种语言））是答案。
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8. A) car maker     B) policeman    C) doctor       D) operator
　　The device then automatically makes a call to the local emergency services __8__．
8． D。分析：该题考察上下文中的用词：下文中出现了the operator（电话接线员）因此判断D是答案。