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2014年职称英语(理工类)教材完形填空文章及练习(6)

2014-03-13来源:和谐英语

  Car Thieves Could Be Stopped Remotely
  Speeding off1 in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch2. But he is in a nasty3 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 trucks4 and specialist vehicles used on construction sites. But remote immobilization technology could soon start to trickle down to ordinary cars5,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 incorporates6____5____ miniature cellphone, a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS7 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 plans for immobilizers____8____ shut down vehicles on the move8, though there are fears over the safety implications of such a system.
  In the UK, an array of9 technical fixes10 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 Berkshire11 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 tools12. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.
  Modern cars are a far tougher proposition13, as their engine management computer will not____12____ them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out14 by the iginition key. In the UK, technologies like this____13____ achieve a 31 per cent drop in vehicle-related crime15 since 1997.
  But determined criminals are 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 by using the owner’s keys, which doubles the previous year’s figure.
  Remote-controlled immobilization system would____14____ a major new obstacle in the criminal’s 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
  cellphone n.移动电话,手机
  ignition / ?g'n???n / n.点火
  trickle / 'tr?kl / v.慢慢移动
  immobilization / ?,mob?l?'ze??n / n.使车辆不能调动
  burglary / 'b??gl?r? / n.夜窃行为;盗窃
  注释:
  1.speed off:超速驾驶
  2.catch:捕获物,猎获物
  3.nasty:very unpleasant or annoying使人不愉快的;烦人的
  4.fleets of trucks:卡车队。fleet:a group of vessels or vehicles owned or operated as a unit车队
  5.trickle down to ordinary cars:慢慢地用到普通汽车上。trickle:to move or proceed slowly or bit by bit慢慢地或一点一点地移动或前进
  6.incorporate:to cause to merge or combine together into a united whole混合,合并到某一整体中
  7.GPS:Global Positioning System全球定位系统
  8.vehicles on the move:在行驶中的车辆
  9.an array of:一群;一批
  10.technical fixes:技术装置
  11.Berkshire:a county of south-central England贝克郡,位于英格兰中南部
  12.a bare minimum of tools:极少的工具。bare: just sufficient;mere刚刚充足的;仅仅
  13.Modern cars are a far tougher proposition:现代车远没有这么简单(偷盗现代车要困难得多)。proposition: a matter to be dealt with;a task任务,要处理的事务。
  14.beam out:to emit or transmit发送,传送
  15.drop in vehicle-related crime:涉及车辆犯罪案的下降。drop:decrease下降
  练习:
  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 hav 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