Passage 8

Passage 8

An estimated 11,300 laptop computers,31,400 handheld computers and 200,000mobile 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 20computers found their 10 back,they said.Londoners appeared more 11 than others with their laptops, 12 Danes were 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 thelady taxi driver was asked to 19 the items to Grant,she received an 20 as a thank-you.

1.A.range B.rank C.region D.return

2.A.claimed B.found C.left D.declared

3.A.arbitrary B.apparent C.artificial D.assistant

4.A.even B.still C.however D.somehow

5.A.handmade B.handheld C.handcrafted D.handbound

6.A.part B.year C.time D.half

7.A.which B.where C.when D.what

8.A.carried out B.worked out C.found out D.figured out(https://www.daowen.com)

9.A.replaced B.returned C.recommended D.recreated

10.A.road B.path C.journey D.way

11.A.careful B.caretaking C.careless D.care laden

12.A.when B.while C.wherever D.whenever

13.A.fell behind B.stayed behind C.left behind D.dropped behind

14.A.seat B.bench C.car D.taxi

15.A.consequences B.fruits C.findings D.conclusions

16.A.total B.all C.whole D.complete

17.A.turned in B.turned on C.turned out D.turned off

18.A.profile B.pulse C.preface D.purse

19.A.deliver B.designate C.dedicate D.direct

20.A.automobile B.authority C.autograph D.autobiography