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
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