A mobile phone service which makes your handset (手机) scream when it's been stolen has been started, with its makers claiming it could put an end to mobile theft altogether.

　　The Remote XT system uses software to link customers' mobile phones directly to a secure remote server, which stores all their data from phone numbers to text messages and e-mails. If the owner's phone is lost or stolen? he can dial a 24-hour call centre and have it registered as stolen. The handset is then disabled, and cannot even be used if a new SIM card is put in. At the same time, the system sets off an alarm sounding like a highpitched (声音尖锐的) scream, which can only be stopped by removing the battery.

　　Existing data is also wiped off the phone but, because the information has been stored centrally, it can be retrieved as soon as the victim gets a new phone, the system design-ers said.

　　“By making mobiles unusable to anyone but the rightful owner, the phones become worthless and we will see the market for sto-len handsets stopped once and for all, ”said Mark Whiteman, managing director of Re-mote XT. “Such phones cause disaster for the huge criminal industry that has profited from mobile theft for too long. ”

　　For the moment the system is aimed at business customers and comes with a fee of 9. 99 pounds per month, possibly available to the majority of average user within two years as mobile technology advances.

　　According to the latest UK government statistics, mobile phone theft has risen 190 per cent in recent years, with one third of all UK robberies now only involving mobile phones. It's estimated a mobile handset is stolen every 12 seconds in Britain costing UK consumers around 390 million pounds ($ 735 million) every year.

(1) The passage mainly focuses on________.

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A．a mobile phone security system

B．the advance in mobile technology

C．suggestions on mobile phone use

D．mobile phone theft in the UK

(2) Which of the following is NOT true about the Remote XT system?

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A．It uses software to disable customers' stolen phones.

B．It takes remote control of phones sto-len or lost.

C．Owners can get their phones back with the help of it.

D．Now only business customers benefit from it.

(3) The underlined word “retrieved” (in Par-agraph 3) probably means “________”.

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A．destroyed

B．restored

C．examined

D．protected

(4) According to the passage, phone theft in the UK can be best described as________.

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A．severe

B．illegal

C．civil

D．popular

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A mobile phone service which makes your handset scream when it’s been stolen has been started, with its makers claiming it could put an end to mobile theft altogether.

The Remote XT system uses software to link customers’ mobile phones directly to a secure remote server, which stores all their data from phone numbers to text messages and e-mails. If the owner’s phone is lost or stolen, they can dial a 24-hour call centre and have it registered. The handset is then disabled, and cannot even be used if a new SIM card is put in. At the same time, the system sets off an alarm sounding like a high-pitched(尖声的) scream, which can only be stopped by removing the battery.

Existing data is also wiped off the phone but, because the information has been stored centrally,         as soon as the victim gets a news phone, the system designers said.

“By making mobiles unusable to anyone but the rightful owner the phones become worthless and we will see the market for stolen handsets stopped once and for all,” said Mark Whiteman, managing director of Remote XT. For the moment the system is aimed at business customers and comes with a fee of 9.99 pounds per month, possibly available to the majority of average users within two years as mobile technology advances.

According to the latest UK government statistics, mobile phone theft has risen 190 percent in recent years, with one third of all UK robberies now solely involving mobile phones.

76. What is the best title for the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

77. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

With a phone lost or stolen, the phone’s user can call a service centre at any time, having his/ her case recorded.

78. Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)

79. Do you believe the security system can put an end to phone theft? Try to give your reasons. (Please answer within 30 words.)

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80. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.

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A mobile phone service which makes your handset scream when it’s been stolen has been started, with its makers claiming it could put an end to mobile theft altogether.

The Remote XT system uses software to link customers’ mobile phones directly to a secure remote server, which stores all their data from phone numbers to text messages and e-mails. If the owner’s phone is lost or stolen, they can dial a 24-hour call centre and have it registered. The handset is then disabled, and cannot even be used if a new SIM card is put in. At the same time, the system sets off an alarm sounding like a high-pitched（尖声的）scream, which can only be stopped by removing the battery.

Existing data is also wiped off the phone but, because the information has been stored centrally,                               as soon as the victim gets a news phone, the system designers said.

“By making mobiles unusable to anyone but the rightful owner the phones become worthless and we will see the market for stolen handsets stopped once and for all,” said Mark Whiteman, managing director of Remote XT. For the moment the system is aimed at business customers and comes with a fee of 9. 99 pounds per month, possibly available to the majority of average users within two years as mobile technology advances.

According to the latest UK government statistics, mobile phone theft has risen 190 percent in recent years, with one third of all UK robberies now solely involving mobile phones.

76. What is the best title for the passage? （Please answer within 10 words. ）

77. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

With a phone lost or stolen, the phone’s user can call a service centre at any time, having his/ her case recorded.

78. Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. （Please answer within 10 words. ）

79. Do you believe the security system can put an end to phone theft? Try to give your reasons. （Please answer within 30 words. ）

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80. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.