¡¡¡¡Just put your special clothes on in the morning and you could jump 3 meters into the air and even carry more than 60 kilograms without getting tired£®The walk to school would be very ,very easy£®Such supercharged clothing is one of the products that could be created using¡°wearable robotics¡±technology£®
¡¡¡¡Designed to improve a person's senses and skills, the device could be as simple as a hearing aid£®Or it could be a full-body suit that senses what you're going to do, then helps you do it better£®
¡¡¡¡¡°A superman suit would be the final result in wearable robotics,¡±said Francois Pin, head of robotics and energy systems at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory(ÏðÊ÷ÁÖ¹ú¼ÒʵÑéÊÒ), US£®While these suits are at least ten years away, in some areas the technology is already in use£®
¡¡¡¡Researchers are developing artificial arms and legs that allow old, disabled or injured people to move freely£®Thus US Army is interested in using wearable robot legs to help soldiers run faster, carry more equipment and be stronger in battle£®Jobs that involve lifting heavy loads or saving lives from the rubble of an earthquake could also become much easier£®
¡¡¡¡A robot is a device that responds to a command£®You're probably with simple robots, such as toy cars or airplanes that respond to buttons you push on a remote control£®
¡¡¡¡Wearable robotics goes further£®Instead of just receiving information through a wire or remote control, the robotic device can send information back to its controller£®
¡¡¡¡Suppose you wore a sleeve that has sensors where your joints are£®Every time you move your arm, the sleeve senses your movements and sends the information to a robot, which then moves its arm just as you did£®When the robot hits or touches something, it sends a signal back to the sleeve and you sense the action£®
¡¡¡¡In this way, scientists are working to wrap the robot around the person£®Their goal is to make the sleeve, shoe or suit help you do what you want to do£®
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Which of the following can replace the underlined word¡°supercharged¡±in Paragraph one?
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expensive
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overcharged
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advanced
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full of electricity
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Products resulting from this wearable robotics technology do not include ________£®
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remote controls
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hearing aids
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wearable robot legs
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superman suits
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From the passage, we can infer that ________£®
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it will be ten years before robotic devices are in use
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the wearable robotics technology has been employed in some areas
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the robots in the robotic devices will do whatever you want to do
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people must become lazier and less healthier in the future
¡¡¡¡American cities are similar to other cities around the world; In every country£®Cities reflect the values of the culture£®American cities are changing, just as American society is changing£®
¡¡¡¡After Wolld Wa ¢ò,the population of most large American cities decreased; bowever£®The populaton In omthe Sun Belt cities increased£®Los Angeles and Houston are eitit where populatfon shife(×ªÒÆ)to and from the oity reflect the changing values of Amorican society£®In the late 1940s and early 1950s,city residents(¾ÓÃñ)became wealthier£®They had more children so they needed more space, They moved out of their apartments in the city to buy their own homes£®They bought houses in the suburbs(½¼Çø)£®
¡¡¡¡Now things are changing£®The children of the people who left the cities in the 1950s are now adults£®Many, unlike their parents, want to live in the cities£®They continue to move to Sun Belt cities and older ones of the Northeast and Midwest£®Many young professionals are moving back into city£®They prefer the city to the burbs because their jobs are there; or they jus enjoy the excitement and possibii that the city offers£®
¡¡¡¡his people shift is bringing problems as well as benefits£®Countless poot people must leave their apartments in the city because the owners want to sell the buildings or make apartments for sale instead of for rent£®In the 1950s, many poor people did not have enough money to move to the suburbs; now many of these same people do not have enough money to stay in the cities£®
¡¡¡¡Only a few years ago, people though that the older American cities were dying£®Some city residents now see a bright, new fiture, Others see only problems and comfiels the thing is sure many dying cities are alive again£®
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What does the author think of cities all over the world?
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They are alive£®
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They are hopeless£®
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They are similar£®
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They are different£®
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Why did American city residents want to live in the suburbs after World War ¢ò?
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Because older American cities were dying£®
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Because they were richer and needed more space£®
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Because cities contained the wont pare of society£®
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Because they could hardly afford a live in the city£®
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According to the 4th paragraph, a great many poor people in American cities ________£®
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are faced with housing problems
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are forced to move to the suburbs
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want to sell their buildings
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need more money for daily expenses
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We ear comude from the text that ________£®
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American cities are changing far the worse
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people have different views on American cities
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many people are now moving from American cities
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the population is decreasing in older American cities