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新高考英语14— 2
小卷练透14
一、阅读理解(共7小题;每小题2.5分,满分17.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项.
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(2023广市第七中学高三月考)“InspectorSandstothecontrolroom,please.”Ifyoueverhear
thatataBritishtrainstation,dontpanic.Butyoumightappreciateknowingthatthisisacodeword
meanttoinformstaffthatthereisanemergencysomewhereinthebuilding.TheideaistoavoidcauG
singalarmamongcommuters(通勤者),butstilgetthemessageouttothosetrainedtodealwiththe
problem.
ThesubjectofsecretcodewordslikethiswasraisedthisweekonReddit,andthediscussionhas
attractedthousandsofexamples.Butwhatcodewordsandsignsarerealyoutthereinthewild?
Agoodplacetostartishospitalemergencycodes.TheseareoftencolourGcoded,andonehealth
centreinCanadahaspublisheditslistonline.“Codered”announcesafire,“codewhite”indicatesaviG
olentpersonwhile“codeblack”meansabombthreatisactive.Itsbeenreportedthathospitalstaff
sometimesrefertothemorgueas“RoseCottage”,inordertoavoidupsettingrelativesofapatientwho
hasrecentlydied.
“Icanseeverygoodreasonsforhavingthesecodes,”saysPaulBaker,alinguistattheUniversity
ofLancaster.“ItmaybethatpeopleareunsurewhentheyregivingthecodesotheresnopointupsetG
tingmembersofthepublic.”
Notalcodesarealphanumeric(字母数字的).Somearevisual,intendedtobehiddeninplain
sight.AsBBCFuturediscoveredearlierthisyear,manybanknotesfeatureaspecificpatternofdots
placedtheretopreventpeoplefromphotocopyingmoney.Manycopiersandscannersareprogrammed
tospotit.
Andfinaly,thesprayGpaintedsquiggles(波形曲线)youseeonpavementsintownsandcitiesal
overtheworldarecodesunderstoodbyconstructionworkersandengineers.Forexample,intheUK,
differentcoloursarerelatedtodifferenttypesofcableorpipe.Bluemeantawatersystemwhileyelow
indicatedgaslinesandgreenlabeledCCTVordatawiring.
Alofthesecodeshaveapurpose—toavoidcausingpanic,totransmitsubtlesignalsinsocial
groups,ortoprovidetechnicalinformationquicklyandeasily.“Peopledontlikesecrets,dothey?”
saysBaker.“Thereisadrivetohaveasmuchinformationaspossible—wedoliveintheinformation
age,”headds.
1.Asecretcodewordisprobablyusedwhen .
A.apat