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The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer (远程控制器) and a radio signal from a control center miles away
will make sure that once the thief turns 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-cell phone, a micro-processor and
memory and a GPS satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded (编码的) cell phone 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 Martyr 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 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 to achieve a 31% drop in vehicle crime since 1997.
But determined thieves 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 the thefts of vehicles fitted with a tracking system.
If the car travels 100 meters without the driver conforming (一致) the ID, the system will send a signal to
an operation center that it has been stolen. The 100-meter minimum avoids false alarm be- cause of some
possible errors of the GPS signal.
Staff at the center will then contact the owner to confirm that the car really is missing and keep the police
informed of the vehicle"s movements via the car"s GPS unit.
B. To order the car to lock automatically when stolen.
C. To prevent the car thief from restarting it once it stops.
D. To send a radio signal to inform the car owner of the theft.
B. many self-prepared too]s can be used for car theft
C. the theft becomes more difficult because of modern technology
D. the thief has lost interest in stealing cars over 10 years old
B. A special ID code
C. A special cell phone
D. A GPS satellite positioning receiver
B. To keep the police informed of the car"s movement.
C. To give the driver time to contact the operation center.
D. To allow for possible mistakes in the GPS system.
B. Stop the engine.
C. Contact the owner.
D. Locate the missing car.
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no matter how much he (1)_____, can"t teach his students everything (2)_____ want to know. The teacher"s
job is to show his students (3)_____ to leam. He teaches them how to read and think. So much more is to be
leamed (4)o_____ school by the students. (5)_____ (自己). It is always more important to know how to study
by oneself than to remember some facts. Creat scientists, (6)_____ as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn"t get
everything from school. (7)_____ they were all so (8)_____ (成功). They worked hard all their lives,wasting
not a single moment. They would ask (9)_____ many questions as they read and they did thousands of
(10)_____ (实验).
Three hundred and eighty thousand kilometres away from the earth, the moon is man"s closest neighbor
in the universe. Its surface is as large as Asia. Though so far away, the moon has a strong influence on the
ecological balance on the earth. For example, partly because of the moon"s gravity, our seas and oceans have
tides.
Nearly forty years ago, man"s dream of reaching the moon was realized when American astronaut Neil
Armstrong stepped onto the moon"s surface. As Armstrong said, it was a small step for a man, but a giant
leap for mankind. Just think of the past when our forebears could hardly find enough to keep alive!
Understanding the moon is of great significance. Since there is no water and no air there, the moon is an
ideal place from which to observe the universe. A huge astronomical telescope has been installed on the moon.
And the moon"s solar energy can be used more fully than the earth"s. Finally there are the moon"s rich mineral
resources. It is no exaggeration to say that the moon is a mini-earth in terms of mineral resources.
Maybe it won"t be long before man can benefit from the development of the moon"s resources.
B. Tides in the seas and oceans are partly caused by the moon"s gravity.
C. The moon"s surface is the same as that of Asia.
D. The ecological balance depends on the moon.
B. his step on the moon was not big enough
C. his step on the moon marked man"s entrance to a new era (时代) of the moon"s research
D. anyone could leave bigger and more steps on the moon than he did
really mean?
the moon to open a new world!
B. Just think that our ancestors (祖先) were working so hard, while we are leading so happy a life!
C. Every time when we think of our hardworking forebears,we can"t help feeling shamed of ourselves. How
lazy we are!
D. If you have landed on the moon,you will certainly think of your forefathers, who did a lot in the development
of science.
B. the moon is rich in mineral resources
C. a huge astronomical telescope is more easily installed on the moon than on the earth
D. you can more fully use the solar energy on the moon than on the earth
B. The moon is a likely place to have a lot of diamonds.
C. It is no exaggeration to say that the moon is full of gold and silver as well as all kinds of treasures which
the earth has.
D. The development of the moon"s resources will benefit man, but we shall wait a long time.
purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.
In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that hy free education for all-
whether rich or poor, clever or stupid-one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation.
But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger
number of people with university degrees refuse to do what they think to be "low" work, and, in fact, work
with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But we have only to think a moment to
understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor.
We can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the
rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns.
In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated
in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly,
that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that is very bad to be ashamed of one"s work.
Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.
B. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world
C. free education won"t help to solve social problems
D. all the social problems can"t be solved by education
B. our society needs free education for all
C. a farmer is more important than a professor
D. people with university degrees refuse to do what they think to be "low" work
B. work with hands is low work
C. work with hands is the most important
D. we can"t regard work with hands as low work
B. to prepare children mainly for their future work
C. to let everyone receive education fit for him
D. to build a perfect world
B. means of education
C. value of education
D. type of education
studied works of art made at different times from 1500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these
works are right-handed so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through
history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world"s population is left-handed.
Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person"s two
hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the left hand is used to find things or hold things. The right
hand is u8ed to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right
side of the brain, which makes a person"s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left side
of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show
that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among
artists as among people in other jobs. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead
of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain
is damaged when they are bom. However, this doesn"t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be
another reason why people become left-handed.
One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene (基
因) for right-handedness, he/she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and
the people they work or live with. Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no
longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use
their right hands like other children, but today they don"t have to.
B. the works of art ended in the 1950s
C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed
D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed
B. It"s used to work with things.
C. It"s used to make a person"s eyes and hands work together.
D. It"s the centre for thinking and doing problems.
B. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.
C. Today children are made to use their right hands only.
D. Scientists think there is no reason why people become left-handed.
B. Left-handed People
C. Which Hand
D. Different Brains, Different Hands