More than 700 business leaders, government officials and investors gathered in Mountain V

More than 700 business leaders, government officials and investors gathered in Mountain View, California in December,2012 to attend the Social Innovation(创新)SummitIt is an invitation-only conference aimed at finding new ways to deal with old problems

Traffic jam is a problem that Bruggemann hopes to solve“Traffic is really bad in most countries and we thought there must be some way of doing something about it”Last week, his team, winning the prize for its“nunav”traffic management system, received a Microsoft Imagine Cup Grant of 100000“Everyone that′s using our system sends his present position as well as the destination to our servers every 30 secondsAnd with that information our central system can reroute(调整路线)all of the cars in a way that everyone gets his individual best possible route

Bruggemann says early research with the system has been promising“We found out that it could be possible to save up to 20 percent of the fuel consumptionEven more interesting, it can save up to 50 percent of the time you spend in traffic so you could get to your destination twice as fast

Team Cypher256 from Uganda also was invited to the Social Innovation SummitThey developed a device(仪器),called WinSenga, aimed at improving health care for pregnant women in AfricaIt measures the early baby′s heart sounds to help test the heart rate, age and position of the baby in the motherThe device is similar in operation to an ultrasound(超声波)test, but is far less costly and very practical in Africa

This is the third year for the Social Innovation SummitThe event is held twice a year, once in New York and once in CaliforniaThe first one in 2012 was held in May The United Nations′Office for Partnerships helped to organize the event

61In what way is the“nunav”system special

       AIt can decide destination for users

       BIt sends back information every 30 minutes

       CUsers can earn much money by the system

       DUsers can find the best possible route by the system

62The“nunav”system has the following advantages EXCEPT___________

       Areducing the fuel consumption                     Breaching the destination quickly

       Csaving the time in the trip                             Dimproving driving skills

63The device WinSenga is intended to___________

       Aimprove the health care for pregnant women

       Bpromote the heart rate of pregnant women

       Cmeasure the size of the early babies

       Dhelp the operation on women

64What can be inferred from the text

       AThe“nunav”system is popular in Africa

       BCommon people in Africa can afford to use WinSenga

       CThe United Nations offered financial help to the“nunav”system

       DThe Social Innovation Summit has been held three times so far

65What′s the purpose of the text

       ATo tell us a new way out of traffic jam

       BTo introduce a device for women in Africa

       CTo tell us the importance of social innovations

       DTo introduce a conference about social innovations

答案

 DDABD 

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