8.
Read the passage
and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给)
Many chave
a ( special phone number for people to call when there are robbers, fires, aor other emergencies(紧急事情).
Dialling a single number to r emergencies started in Britain in 1937. The
first emergency call was made in London on June 30, 1937. The service later
spread to other pof
Britain, but it was not until the late 1960s that the service could be used
from every telephone.
The emergency phone number is different fcountry to country. It is usually a
three-digit(三位) number that people can remember and dial e.For example, the number in Britain is
999, the number in the US is 911, the European number is 112, the Australian
number is 000, and the Chinese numbers are 110 for the police and 119 for other
emergencies.