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