单选题
Car Thieves Could Be Stopped Remotely (遥远地)

Speeding off (超速行驶) 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 (使车辆不能调动的装置), 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 (使车辆不能调动) technology could soon start to trickle (慢慢地移动) 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 (移动电话，手机), 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 vehicle"s 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 (新手，初学者) how to steal a car using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10 years old. Modern cars are a far tougher (艰苦的) proposition (任务), as their engine management computer will not 12 them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition (点火) key. In the UK, technologies like this 13 achieve a 31 percent drop in vehicle-related crime 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 (盗窃). In 2000, 12 percent of vehicles stolen in the UK were taken using the owner"s keys double 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.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据本处后半句“he will not be able to start it again”，可知此处应为switch the engine off“关闭引擎”。而B项on不符合文意，C项at与D项of都不能与switch搭配。故本题选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] devices为复数形式，所以A项is和B项was被排除。文章描述的是现在的事情，且要用一般现在时，所以D项符合题意，故本题选D。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为：远程制动技术很快就会逐步应用到普通汽车上，……在两个月内用在英国的普通汽车上。本句前面“technology could soon”中，could表示委婉的语气，所以A项can不合适，而B项have to与C项need to意思不合适，只有D项should正确，should表示推断。故本题选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 在英语中表示一段时间之后用介词in，而不能用after。而B项for+一段时间表示持续一段时间，所以不符合文意。故本题选C。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此处后面“a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS satellite positioning receiver”的并列定语用的都是不定冠词a，所以此处也要用不定冠词。故本题选C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从语法结构上来说，句子是一个状语从句，应填入引导状语从句的连词，只有B项if可以如此，而if的意思也合适，填入后构成一个条件状语从句。故本题选B。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] prevent sth. (from)doing为固定用语，意为“阻止某物做某事”，而此处engine与restart是被动的关系，故本题选B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 从句子结构上，此处需要关系代词来引导定语从句，其先行词immobilizers是物体而不是人，所以只能用that，而不能用who。故本题选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 很显然，四个选项中A项life“生活，生命”合适，意为：在英国，一系列的技术装置已经让盗车贼日子更难过了。其他选项都不符合文意。故本题选A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 前面“is funded”已经是被动形式，由文意可知the motor insurance industry是出资人，故而这个词是fund的逻辑主语，所以必须用by来表示彼此的关系。因此本题选C。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项A项use“使用，利用”，B项inform“通知，告知”，C项ask“问，要求”，D项teach“教导”，从文意上可知D项合适。本句意为：用几样简单的工具在几分钟之内教会一个新手怎样偷车。故本题选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本处后面to start为不定式，因此A项let和C项make可排除，这两个词都接动词原形。从文意上B项allow更合适，意为：引擎管理计算机只有接收到一个独一无二的由点火钥匙发送过来的身份密码才允许他们启动汽车。故本题选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本句最后为since 1997，因此要用完成时态，全文讲的是现在的事情，因此用现在完成时，故A项have helped正确。此句意为：自1997年以来，在英国，此项技术已经帮助破获了31%的涉及车辆犯罪案。故本题选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项A项speak“说话”，B项have“有”，C项link“连接”，D项put“放”，此处后面“a major new obstacle in the criminal"s way”直译为：罪犯犯罪路上的一个新的主要障碍。只有D项意思符合。此句意为：远程制动系统给盗贼设置了一个全新的障碍，使他们无从下手。故本题选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项A项lawyer“律师”，B项doctor“医生”，C项customer“顾客”，D项specialist“专家”，从意思上C项最合适，此句意为：包括萨彻姆、警方、保险公司以及安全技术公司在内的一个群体已经为体系开发出了一些标准，它们将比顾客所预期的更早地被推广到市场上。故本题选C。