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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, and a radio signal from a control center miles away will ensure that once 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 available to ordinary cars in the UK _4_ two months.
The idea goes like this.A control box fitted to the car incorporates _5_ miniature cellphone，a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS satellite positioning receiver. _6_ the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the unit to block the vehicles engine management system and prevent the engine _7_ restarted.
There are even plans for immobilizers _8_ shut down vehicles on the move，though there are fears over the safety implications of such a system.
In the UK.an array of technical fixes is already making _9_ harder for car thieves.The pattern of vehicles crime has changed，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-is more than 10 years old.
Modern cars are a far tougher proposition，as their engine management computer will not _12_ them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition key.In the UK，technologies like this _13_ achieve a 31 per cent drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.
But determined criminals ore still managing to find other ways to steal cars.Often by getting hold of the owners keys in a burglary.In 2000,12 per cent of vehicles stolen in the UK were taken using the owners keys double the previous years figure.
Remote-controlled immobilization system would _14_ a major new obstacle in the criminals way by making such thefts pointless.A group that includes Thatcham，the police，insurance companies and security technology firms have developed standards for a system that could go on the market sooner than the _15_ expects.
词汇：
immobilizer/n.使车辆不能调动的装置
trickle/v.慢慢移动
cellphone/n.移动电话，手机
immobilization/n.使车辆不能调动
ignition/n.点火
burglary/n.夜窃行为;盗窃
1. A) off B)on C)at D)of
2. A) is B)was C)were D)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)that D)when
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
12. A) let B)allow C)make D)give
13. A) have helped B)helped C)had helped D)was helped
14. A) speak B)have C)link D)put
15. A) lawyer B)doctor C)customer D)specialist
参考答案：
1. A。分析：能与switch搭配的只有A和B， 而空格后面说不能再启动它，因此判断A合适。
2.D. 分析：空格前面是复数名词，而且句子中出现了表示现在的时间状语因此判断D是答案。
3.D. 分析：空格处所在的结构与前面的谓语 并列，soon 的出现暗示could是一种委婉的用法。
6. B。分析：因为空格后出现的句子结构，所以排除A; 空格后句子的大意是..汽车被偷， 经过编码处理的移动电话信号将告诉..，因此判断B合适。
7.B. 分析：根据前面看到的结构经过编码处理的移动电话信号将告诉..推测空格处很可能表达防止汽车被启动，因此判断B正确。prevent sb./sth. doing../防止某人/某物..
8.C.分析：空格前是名词，因此判断空格后是定语从句，因为空格前的词语是非人，而且在从句中作主语，所以答案是C。
9. A. 分析: 根据空格所在的结构的含义已经使.. 对盗窃的汽车的人来说更难判断A是答案
10. C。分析：空格前面出现了被动语态的结构，而且空格后出现的一个组织，因此判断空格处应该出现介词by。
11. D。 分析：空格后面说..新手怎样盗窃汽车有，因此判断D合适。
12. B。分析：空格后面出现的带to的不定式结构，因此排除A，C和D;所以答案是B。
13. A。 分析：被选项表示考点是时态，因此注意句子中的时间状语，该时间状语表明应该用现在完成时态，因此答案是A。
14.D.分析：空格后面的结构含义是在罪犯的盗窃过程中..一个新的大障碍，因此判断D合适。
15. C。分析：空格所在的从句结构说系统上市会比..的期望快，比较被选项判断C最合适。
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, and a radio signal from a control center miles away will ensure that once 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 available to ordinary cars in the UK _4_ two months.
The idea goes like this.A control box fitted to the car incorporates _5_ miniature cellphone，a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS satellite positioning receiver. _6_ the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the unit to block the vehicles engine management system and prevent the engine _7_ restarted.
There are even plans for immobilizers _8_ shut down vehicles on the move，though there are fears over the safety implications of such a system.
In the UK.an array of technical fixes is already making _9_ harder for car thieves.The pattern of vehicles crime has changed，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-is more than 10 years old.
Modern cars are a far tougher proposition，as their engine management computer will not _12_ them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition key.In the UK，technologies like this _13_ achieve a 31 per cent drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.
But determined criminals ore still managing to find other ways to steal cars.Often by getting hold of the owners keys in a burglary.In 2000,12 per cent of vehicles stolen in the UK were taken using the owners keys double the previous years figure.
Remote-controlled immobilization system would _14_ a major new obstacle in the criminals way by making such thefts pointless.A group that includes Thatcham，the police，insurance companies and security technology firms have developed standards for a system that could go on the market sooner than the _15_ expects.
词汇：
immobilizer/n.使车辆不能调动的装置
trickle/v.慢慢移动
cellphone/n.移动电话，手机
immobilization/n.使车辆不能调动
ignition/n.点火
burglary/n.夜窃行为;盗窃
1. A) off B)on C)at D)of
2. A) is B)was C)were D)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)that D)when
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
12. A) let B)allow C)make D)give
13. A) have helped B)helped C)had helped D)was helped
14. A) speak B)have C)link D)put
15. A) lawyer B)doctor C)customer D)specialist
参考答案：
1. A。分析：能与switch搭配的只有A和B， 而空格后面说不能再启动它，因此判断A合适。
2.D. 分析：空格前面是复数名词，而且句子中出现了表示现在的时间状语因此判断D是答案。
3.D. 分析：空格处所在的结构与前面的谓语 并列，soon 的出现暗示could是一种委婉的用法。
6. B。分析：因为空格后出现的句子结构，所以排除A; 空格后句子的大意是..汽车被偷， 经过编码处理的移动电话信号将告诉..，因此判断B合适。
7.B. 分析：根据前面看到的结构经过编码处理的移动电话信号将告诉..推测空格处很可能表达防止汽车被启动，因此判断B正确。prevent sb./sth. doing../防止某人/某物..
8.C.分析：空格前是名词，因此判断空格后是定语从句，因为空格前的词语是非人，而且在从句中作主语，所以答案是C。
9. A. 分析: 根据空格所在的结构的含义已经使.. 对盗窃的汽车的人来说更难判断A是答案
10. C。分析：空格前面出现了被动语态的结构，而且空格后出现的一个组织，因此判断空格处应该出现介词by。
11. D。 分析：空格后面说..新手怎样盗窃汽车有，因此判断D合适。
12. B。分析：空格后面出现的带to的不定式结构，因此排除A，C和D;所以答案是B。
13. A。 分析：被选项表示考点是时态，因此注意句子中的时间状语，该时间状语表明应该用现在完成时态，因此答案是A。
14.D.分析：空格后面的结构含义是在罪犯的盗窃过程中..一个新的大障碍，因此判断D合适。
15. C。分析：空格所在的从句结构说系统上市会比..的期望快，比较被选项判断C最合适。
