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Google has been showing 1. upoffontoits wearable technology with a demonstration of Google Glass at the SXSW show in Texas. Visitors to the show in Austin saw the device, 2. thatwherewhichwhose Google refers to as just "Glass", running a number of apps.
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in case of emergency

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An angry dad dialled 999 to report his teenage son 1. refusing to go to bed. The schoolboy, 14, was playing 2.  his games console at midnight and ignored his parents' pleas to switch it off and 3. some sleep. The late-night row got 4. heated that the boy's father picked up the phone and dialled 999.
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Police in North Wales say it was 5. of the hundreds of 'inappropriate' 999 calls they had in 2012. Others included rubbish bins being left in the wrong place, reports of a faulty phone line and a lost dog.

Superintendent Paul Breed said: 'Many people dial 999 6. their call isn't an emergency simply because they don't know how 7. to contact the police. 999 should still be used if there is a crime in progress; violence is 8. used or threatened or there has been a road accident where people are injured or the road is blocked. Every false or inappropriate 999 call 9. up precious time and prevents someone who really needs our immediate help from getting 10. to us.'

Meanwhile, Cleveland Police reported a woman dialled 999 to complain to police her takeaway order was wrong. She told the bemused emergency operator the restaurant had refused to provide the right meal and she needed help from police.

The call was one of a number highlighted by police who are threatening a crack down on callers who waste police time and 11.  lives at risk. Others included a man who contacted emergency services asking how to send a fax, a job seeker who wanted police to type 12.  a CV, and a man who rang at 4.30am to check the score in a recent Middlesbrough FC game.

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looking ahead

(use of english: pt 1 multiple-choice)
Google has been showing 1. upoffontoits wearable technology with a demonstration of Google Glass at the SXSW show in Texas. Visitors to the show in Austin saw the device, 2. thatwherewhichwhose Google refers to as just "Glass", running a number of apps. 
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Google's own Gmail was 3. forbyonwith display, along with a New York Times app, note-taking software Evernote, image annotation tool Skitch and the Path social network app. The firm believes the internet and computers should one day be accessible anywhere at any 4. timeplacedayreason. Glass displays information in a smartphone-like format, is 5. hands onhands freehands offhands up, can interact with the internet and uses Google's Android operating system.

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currentlyreallyexactly have lenses fitted to them, but according to The New York Times, Google is considering a partnership 7. toofwithfor Warby Parker and Ray-Ban for prescription glasses and sunglasses. With regard to Gmail, Glass wearers can use voice commands to prompt Google's email service to deliver the sender's image and subject line to the glasses' screen. Users can then tell the app what to write back.

Tech site Engadget said the New York Times app would 8. letpermitenableallow users ask for news, after which they would receive a headline, a byline, an accompanying image and the number of hours since the article in question was posted. Users can then tap the eyewear and have it 9. sharesavepostread the story out loud.

CNET 's Donna Tam said users could also add emoticons to friends' posts and make comments. Designing 10. filessoftwarehardwareprograms that people can wear has proved a challenge, but Google co-founder Sergey Brin claims wearable technology is less "emasculating" than a smartphone.

Glass is expected to go 11. forbytoon sale to the general public later this year, but according to Miss Tam, the device has already caused a scene. She pointed 12. toatthatout that a bar in Seattle became the first place to ban Google Glass last week, fearing the wearable device would "creep out" its customers.

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