Car Thieves CouId Be Stopped Remotely Speeding off in a sto1en car，the thief thinks he has got a great catch．But he is in a nasty surprise．The ear 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 stat 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 ordinarv ears．and_____（3）he available to ordinary ears in the UK_____（4）two months． The idea goes like this．A control box fitted to the car incorporates_____（5）miniature cell-phone ，a microprocessor and memory，and a GPS satellite positioning receiver．_____（6）the car is stolen， a coded cell-phone signal will tell the unit t0 block the vehicle’s engine management system and prevent the engine_____（7）restarted． There are even plans for immobilizers_____（8）shut-down vehicles 0n 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 0f Vehicles crime has changed，'says Manyn 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 flew minutes to_____（11）a novice how to steal a ear，using a bare minimum of tools．But only if the cal-is more than 10 years old． Modem cars are a far tougher proposition，as their engine management computer will not_____（12）them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition key．In the UK．technologies like this_____（13）achieve a 31 per cent drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997 ． But determined criminals ore 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 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． 第 16 题