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Unit 1 Festivals around the world Ⅰ.阅读理解 [2017·河北石家庄调研] Shopping centers，stadiums and universities may soon have a new tool to help fight crime. A California company called Knightscope says its robots can predict and prevent crime.Knightscope says the goal is to reduce crime by half in areas the robots guard. William Santana Li is the chief executive officer of Knightscope.He says，“These robot security guards will change the world.Our planet has seven billion people on it.Its going to quickly get to nine billion people.The security equipment that we have globally is just not going to develop that fast.The companys Autonomous Data Machines can become the eyes and ears of law enforcement(执行)．” “You want it to be machines plus humans.Let the machines do the heavy and sometimes dangerous work and let the humans do the strategic decision-making work，so its always working all together.” The machines are one and a half meters tall and weigh 136 kilograms.They do not carry weapons but they have day and night time video cameras which are able to turn 360 degrees and can also sense chemical and biological weapons. Some people may become concerned about their privacy，especially in connection with the video recordings.Some people may worry that such recordings will appear on the Internet.Eugene Volokh，a law professor at the University of California，says the machines have to be used in the right way and that it will be interesting to see how state laws deal with this kind of video. William Santana Li says there is a long waiting list for the robots in the US.Workers in the company are working overtime to meet the demands of the market.At least 25 other countries are also interested in these robotic security guards. 1．What can this new tool do for humans? A．Make strategic decisions. B．Keep watching day and night. C．Carry heavy weapons. D．Stop crime autonomously. 2．What are people worried about according to the text? A．Their privacy may be let out. B．The robots are very expensive