2011年最新六级阅读理解模拟练习（74）
<p> 74</p><p> <span word="After">After</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="text">text</span> <span word="messages">messages</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="streaming">streaming</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="to">to</span> 4636<span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="trapped">trapped</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="fires">fires</span>, <span word="polluted">polluted</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="sources">sources</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="requests">requests</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="food">food</span>, <span word="water">water</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span>. <span word="Hundreds">Hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="volunteers">volunteers</span> <span word="translated">translated</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Creole">Creole</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="English">English</span>, <span word="tagged">tagged</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="location">location</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="aid">aid</span> <span word="agencies">agencies</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="volunteers">volunteers</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="anywhere">anywhere</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="Haiti">Haiti</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> 4636 <span word="texting">texting</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="web">web</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="relief">relief</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="emerged">emerged</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="revolution">revolution</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="texting">texting</span>, <span word="social">social</span> <span word="networking">networking</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="crowdsourcing">crowdsourcing</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="tangible">tangible</span> . <span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Haitian">Haitian</span> <span word="clinic">clinic</span> <span word="texted">texted</span> 4636 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="low">low</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="generator">generator</span>. <span word="Within">Within</span> 20 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Red">Red</span> <span word="Cross">Cross</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="resupply">resupply</span>.</p><p> 4636 <span word="is">is</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="organization">organization</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Ushahidi">Ushahidi</span>.<span word="com">com</span>, <span word="originally">originally</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2008 <span word="election">election</span>. <span word="Within">Within</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="on">on</span> 12 <span word="January">January</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="flattened">flattened</span> <span word="Haitis">Haitis</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="Port">Port</span>-<span word="au">au</span>-<span word="Prince">Prince</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="numerous">numerous</span> <span word="surrounding">surrounding</span> <span word="towns">towns</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Haitian">Haitian</span> <span word="operation">operation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="recruited">recruited</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="volunteers">volunteers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="translate">translate</span> <span word="messages">messages</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="Haitians">Haitians</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="free">free</span>, <span word="courtesy">courtesy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Digicell">Digicell</span>, <span word="Haitis">Haitis</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="network">network</span> <span word="operator">operator</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="had">had</span> 70 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="network">network</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="within">within</span> 24 <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="quake">quake</span>.</p><p> <span word="Nicolas">Nicolas</span> <span word="di">di</span> <span word="Tada">Tada</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> 4636 <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="part">part</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="responders">responders</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="aware">aware</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="stroke">stroke</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="luck">luck</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="difference">difference</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="texts">texts</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="had">had</span> 200 <span word="beds">beds</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span>, <span word="nurses">nurses</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="standby">standby</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="patients">patients</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="relief">relief</span> <span word="agencies">agencies</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="there">there</span>. <span word="Forwarding">Forwarding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="organization">organization</span> <span word="about">about</span> 4636. <span word="Now">Now</span>, <span word="radio">radio</span> <span word="stations">stations</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="word">word</span>.</p>
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