6£®Thanks to this new hands free suitcase£¬carrying around heavy luggage may soon become a thing of the past£®Designed by Israeli company NUA Robotics£¬this"smart"suitcase can follow you everywhere you go£®
The carry-on suitcase£¬currently a prototype£¨³ûÐΣ©£¬connects to a smartphone app via  bluetooth£®It has a built-in camera sensor that can"see"you and follow you around on flat surfaces like airport floors£®It comes with an anti-theft alarm to prevent someone carrying it away when you're not looking£¬and it has a backup battery£¨±¸Óõç³Ø£© that you can use to charge£¨³äµç£© all your devices£®
"It can follow and carry things for people around while communicating with their smartphone£¬and avoiding obstacles£¬"explained Alex Libman£¬founder of NUA Robotics£®"We're combining sensor network£¬computer vision£¬and robotics£®So if you download our app£¬press the¡®follow me'button£¬the luggage recognizes its user and knows to follow and communicate£®"
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The Israeli tech company made it clear that the finished product will look just like a regular suitcase£®They're planning to partner with a carry-on luggage maker£¬since the device that makes it"smart"weighs just 2.5pounds and can be fixed on old-fashion luggage£®
With NUA'S smart suitcase£¬carrying around heavy luggage isn't a burden£®But how their invention will handle tough obstacles like stairs£¿It will be interesting to wait£®
25£®According to the passage the"smart"suitcaseC£®
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World Bank President Jim YongKim says that the problems of poverty£¬hunger and inequality are wide£¬urgent and a matter of survival of millions£®
"We know that despite the great successes of the last decade£¬there are still about 1.3billion people living in extreme poverty£¬870million who go hungry every day£¬and 6.9million children under five dying every year£¬"he said£®
But Kim told a Washington audience that the previous successful efforts to cut the number of people living in extreme poverty by half give them hope£®
"We are at an auspicious moment in history£¬when the successes of past decades and an increasingly favourable economic outlook combine to give developing countries a chance--for the first time ever--to end extreme poverty within a generation£¬"he said in a speech at Georgetown University£®"Our duty now must be to ensure that these favourable circumstances are matched with deliberate decisions to realize this historic opportunity£®"
Kim says success will require increasing the speed of economic growth£¬particularly in South Africa and South Asia£®
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Kim says that the World Bank and other development agencies will have more resources to get this job done right£®"Meeting this 2030goal will take extraordinary effort£¬"he said£®
However£¬Kim warned that all the progress in fighting poverty could be destroyed by climate disasters unless the nations of the world do more to prevent climate change£®

21£®In the opinion of Jim Yong Kim£¬world povertyD£®
A£®is not quite hard to end by 2030            
B£®exists only in Africa and Asia
C£®will be sure to disappear by 2030           
D£®is difficult but hopeful to end by 2030
22£®The underlined word"auspicious"in Paragraph 5most probably means"D"£®
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23£®What's the passage mainly about£¿B
A£®The key of ending world poverty is preventing climate change
B£®A top goal-ending world poverty will possibly be achieved by 2030
C£®The success of ending poverty-economic growth
D£®The progress in fighting poverty£®

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We arrived in the summer£¬just in time to enjoy the midnight sun£®All that sunlight was fantastic for Mom's vegetable garden£®Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off£¬so she didn't care much about my bedtime£®
Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk£®That left me in a mess£®I usually managed to find some trouble to get into£®Once I had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel£®I had tried to light a barrel £¨Í°£© of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going£®The smoke got pretty bad£¬though£¬and when I made my exit£¬a crowd and the police were there to greet me£®The policemen took my matches and drove me home£®
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In 1950£¬we moved back to Coeur d'Alene£¬but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska£®
25£®What can be inferred about the author's family£¿D
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B£®His parents didn't love him£®
C£®His mother didn't have any jobs£®
D£®His parents used to be very busy£®
26£®What happened when the author was 4£¿D
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B£®The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska£®
C£®Leonhard often visited the author's family after 1950£®
D£®The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska£®
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One of the biggest questions English language experts have pursued is how English came to have the phrase OK£®Though it is one of the most commonly used expressions£¬its exact beginning is a puzzle even to this day£®Even its spelling is not entirely consistent--unless you spell it Okay£¬it is hard even to call it a word£®
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B£®what English-language etymologists are exploring now
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D£®the English vocabulary is difficult to the non-English-speaking people
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B£®help detectives to solve mysterious murders
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24£®What most probably is the major purpose of the passage£¿C
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B£®To explain what an etymologist does for his job£®
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One morning years ago when we were leaving£¬mother watched as Jerry was to fill his thermos£®Mom then casually said£¬¡®Jerry£¬if you filled your thermos with hot water and let it sit a while£¬your coffee would stay hot for longer then£®"With her simple suggestion£¬his face showed that he was shocked by his own lack of common sense£®Well£¬of course it would!
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