- 试题详情及答案解析
- Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is for an unwelcome surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer, and a radio signal from a control centre miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.
The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the control center to block the vehicle’s engine management system and prevent the engine being restarted.
In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed”, says Martyn Randall, a security expert. He says it would only take him a few minutes to teach a person 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 far tougher to steal, as their engine management computer won’t allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition(点火) key. In the UK, technologies like this have helped achieve a 31% 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. And key theft is responsible for 40% of thefts of vehicles fitted with a tracking system.
If the car travels 100 metres without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to an operations centre that it has been stolen. The hundred metres minimum avoids false alarms due to inaccuracies in the GPS signal.
Staff at the centre will then contact the owner to confirm that the car really is missing, and keep police informed of the vehicle’s movements via the car’s GPS unit.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in No More Than 12 Words)
【小题1】The remote immobilizer is fitted to a car to ____________________________________.
【小题2】By saying “But only if the car is more than 10 years old”, Martyn Randall means that _____________________________________________________________.
【小题3】Why modern cars are far tougher to steal?
_______________________________________________________________________.
【小题4】What will the operations center do first after receiving an alarm?
_______________________________________________________________________.- 答案：【小题1】prevent the car thief from restarting it once it stops
【小题2】it’s easier to steal old cars
【小题3】They need a unique ID code to start.
【小题4】Contact the car owner - 试题分析：文章大意：本文主要介绍为防止偷车贼偷车而使用的一种锁止器的作用和功能。
【小题1】推理判断题。根据第一段第二句话he car is fitted with a remote immobilizer, and a radio signal from a control centre miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.可以归纳出答案。
【小题2】句意理解题。根据文章第三段的内容主要是说现在的车子配有高科技的设备，这使得偷车贼的日子更难过了，故可以归纳出答案。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据第四段的Modern cars are far tougher to steal, as their engine management computer won’t allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition(点火) key.可可以归纳出答案。
【小题4】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段Staff at the centre will then contact the owner to confirm that the car really is missing控制中心的工作人员会和车主确认车子是否确实被偷，从而可以归纳出答案。
考点：考查科技类短文阅读