職稱英語(yǔ)理工類考試考前每日一練

　　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 onee the thief switches the engine____，he will not be able to start it again.

　　For now，such devices____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____be available to ordinary cars in the UK____two months.

　　The idea goes like this.A control box fitted to the ear incorporates____miniature cellphone，a microprocessor and.memory,and a GPS satellite positioning receiver.____the car is stolen，a coded cellphone signal

　　will tell the unit to block the vehicle，s engine management system and prevent the engine____restarted.

　　There are even Dlans for immobilizers____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 makin9____harder for car thieves.The pattern of vehicles crime has ehanged，says Martyn Randall of Thatcham.a security research organization based in Berkshire that is funded in part____the motor insurance industry.

　　He says it would only take him a few minutes to____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.

　　Modem cars are a far tougher proposation，as their engine management，computer will not____them to start unless thev receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition key. In the UK，technologies like this____achieve a 3 1 per cent drop in vehiclerelated crime since l997.

　　But deteIrained 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 ownerkeys double the provions years figure.

　　Remotecontrolled immobilizatioll system would a major new obstacle in the criminals way by making such thehs pointless.A group that includes Thatcham，the police，insurance companies and security technology firms have dove!oped standards for a systern that could go on the market sooner than the____expects.

　　1.A.off

　　B.on

　　C.at

　　D.of

　　2.A.in

　　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

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　　C.a

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　　6.A.With

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　　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

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　　12。A.let

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　　D.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

　　職稱英語(yǔ)理工類考試考前每日一練

　　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 onee the thief switches the engine____，he will not be able to start it again.

　　For now，such devices____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____be available to ordinary cars in the UK____two months.

　　The idea goes like this.A control box fitted to the ear incorporates____miniature cellphone，a microprocessor and.memory,and a GPS satellite positioning receiver.____the car is stolen，a coded cellphone signal

　　will tell the unit to block the vehicle，s engine management system and prevent the engine____restarted.

　　There are even Dlans for immobilizers____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 makin9____harder for car thieves.The pattern of vehicles crime has ehanged，says Martyn Randall of Thatcham.a security research organization based in Berkshire that is funded in part____the motor insurance industry.

　　He says it would only take him a few minutes to____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.

　　Modem cars are a far tougher proposation，as their engine management，computer will not____them to start unless thev receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition key. In the UK，technologies like this____achieve a 3 1 per cent drop in vehiclerelated crime since l997.

　　But deteIrained 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 ownerkeys double the provions years figure.

　　Remotecontrolled immobilizatioll system would a major new obstacle in the criminals way by making such thehs pointless.A group that includes Thatcham，the police，insurance companies and security technology firms have dove!oped standards for a systern that could go on the market sooner than the____expects.

　　1.A.off

　　B.on

　　C.at

　　D.of

　　2.A.in

　　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.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