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2015年职称英语考试理工类AB完形填空推荐练习题(3)

　　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.