2012年英语职称考试理工类C级阅读四

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　Car Thieves Could Be Stopped Remotely 　　Speeding off in a stolen car.the thief thinks he has got a great catch.But he is in a nasty surprise.The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer(使车辆不能调动的装置), and a radio signal from a control center miles away will en—sure that onee the thief switches the engine____(1), he will not be able to start it again.
　　For now, such devices____(2) only available for fleets of trucks and specialist vehicles used on construction sites.But remote immobilization technology could soon start to trickle down to ordinary cars.and____(3) be avail—able to ordinary cars in the UK____(4) two months.
　　The idea goes like this.A control box fitted to the ear incorporates____(5) miniature cellphone, a micropro—cessor and.memory,and a GPS satellite positioning receiver. ____(6) the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the unit to block the vehicle's engine management system and prevent the engine____(7) restarted.
　　There are even Dlans for immobilizers____(8) shut down vehicles on the move, though there are fears over the safety implications of such a system.
8 Y# q  B: [3 `1 ^6 w1 e) u+ g　　In the UK, an array of technical fixes is already making____(9) harder for car thieves. "The pattern of vehi—cles crime has ehanged," says Martyn Randall of Thatcham.a security research organization based in Berkshire that is funded in part____(10) the motor insurance industry.
　　He says it would only take him a few minutes to____(11) a novice how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools.But only if the cal一is more than lo years old.
+ n) s4 o( {, {9 n; K　　Modem cars are a far tougher proposation, as their engine management, computer will not____(12) them to start unless thev receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition key.In the UK, technologies like this____(13)a—chieve a 31 per cent drop in vehicle—related crime since l997.
' ?* c/ F, s9 g7 Z　　But deteIrained criminals ore still managing to find other ways to steal cars. Often by getting hold of the owner's keys in a burglary.In 2000,12 per cent of vehicles stolen in the UK were taken using the owner"keys double the pro—vions year's figure.
: P& I- Y5 v% Z7 h　　Remote—controlled immobilization system would (14) a major new obstacle in the criminal's way by making such thehs pointless.A group that includes Thatcham, the police, insurance companies and security technology firms have doveloped standards for a systern that could go on the market sooner than the____(15)expects.
　　1.A.off B.on C.at D.of
　　2.A.in B.was C.wereD.are
　　3.A.can B.have to C.need to D.should
　　4. A.after B.for C.in D.at
　　5.A.the B./ C.a D.an
　　6.A.With B.if C.But D.And
　　7.A.helping B.being C.get D.be
　　8.A.whose B.who C.thatD.when
3 h; `: Y. k6 W. e1 Z# r　　9.A.life B.Cars C.warning D.problem
　　10.A.about B.to C.by D.on
　　11.A.use B.inform C.ask D.teach
7 \1 U  |5 `8 |1 P, j　　12.A.let B.allow C.makeD.give
　　13.A.haye helped B.helped C.had helped D.was helped
　　14.A.speak B.have C.link D.put
　　15.A.1awver B.doctor C.customer D.specialist
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