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2016届高三英语一轮复习题组层级快练：（七）外研版必修2

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　　The first Cybathlon, an Olympics for bionic athletes, will take place in Switzerland in October 2016. Hosted by the Swiss National Competence Center of Research, it is hoped that the competition will spur interest in human performance-enhancing technology.

　　The event will include a race where competitors control an avatar(化身) via a brain interface(接口). The brain-computer interface race is designed for competitors who are paralysed from the neck down. They will control an avatar in a computer racing game via a headset that connects the brain to a computer. There will also be races for those wearing arm or leg prosthetics(义肢), an exoskeleton race and a wheelchair race.

　　The assistive devices worn by the athletes, who will be known as pilots, can either be ones that are already commercially available or prototypes(原型) from research labs.

　　There will be two medals for each competition, one for the pilot and one for company that developed the device.

　　Prof Hugh Herr, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is currently in negotiations with health care professionals to get the bionic limbs more widely available to those who need them.

　　Often though there was a disconnect between technology and patients, said Prof Robert Riener, event organizer, from the University of Switzerland.

　　?The idea is that we want to push development of assistive technologies towards devices that patients can really use in everyday life,” he told the BBC. “Some of the current technologies look very fancy but are a long way from being practical and user-friendly,” he added.