An estimated 11,300 laptop computers, 31,400 handheld computers and 200,000 mobile telephones have been left in taxis around the world during the last six months, according to a survey. Taxi drivers in nine cities also said they had found a __1__ of other items __2__ by passengers, including a harp, 37 milk bottles, dentures and __3__ limbs. One driver said he __4__ found a baby in his taxi.
The survey of some 1,000 taxi drivers said that passengers had lost three times more __5__ computers in the second __6__ of 2004 than in 2001, __7__ the research by security software company Pointsec was first __8__ . Most of the items were __9__ to their owners, cab drivers said. Four out of five mobile phones and 19 out of every 20 computers found their __10__ back, they said. Londoners appear more __11__ than others with their laptops, __12__ Danes are most likely to forget their mobile phones, the survey found. In Chicago in the United States, passengers often __13__ handheld computers on the back __14__ . The survey's __15__ were extrapolated to reflect the __16__ number of taxis in each city. One customer, who later. __17__ to be the girlfriend of actor Hugh Grant, left her iPod music player, mobile phone and __18__ When the lady taxi driver was asked to __19__ the items to Grant, she received an __20__ as a thank-you.
1.[单选题]____- A.consequences
- B.fruits
- C.findings
- D.conclusions
2.[单选题]____- A.even
- B.still
- C.however
- D.somehow
3.[单选题]____- A.careful
- B.caretaking
- C.careless
- D.care laden
4.[单选题]____- A.profile
- B.pulse
- C.preface
- D.purse
5.[单选题]____- A.fell behind
- B.stayed behind
- C.left behind
- D.dropped behind
6.[单选题]____- A.carried out
- B.worked out
- C.found out
- D.figured out
7.[单选题]____- A.when
- B.while
- C.wherever
- D.whenever
8.[单选题]____- A.handmade
- B.handheld
- C.handcrafted
- D.handbound
10.[单选题]____- A.arbitrary
- B.apparent
- C.artificial
- D.assistant
12.[单选题]____- A.which
- B.where
- C.when
- D.what
13.[单选题]____- A.turned in
- B.turned on
- C.turned out
- D.turned off
14.[单选题]____- A.road
- B.path
- C.journey
- D.way
15.[单选题]____- A.replaced
- B.returned
- C.recommended
- D.recreated
16.[单选题]____- A.total
- B.all
- C.whole
- D.complete
17.[单选题]____- A.automobile
- B.authority
- C.autograph
- D.autobiography
18.[单选题]___- A.deliver
- B.designate
- C.dedicate
- D.direct
19.[单选题]____- A.claimed
- B.found
- C.left
- D.declared
20.[单选题]____- A.range
- B.rank
- C.region
- D.return
参考答案: C,A,C,D,C,A,B,B,A,C,D,C,C,D,B,A,C,A,C,A