While football fans feel strongly angry and shocked about mistakes made by referees (裁判) because they cannot see clearly what has happened, a small German company is quietly pleased.

For Cairos Technologies, mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy. The company has developed a tiny chip(芯片) that fits inside a football and determines whether the ball has crossed the goal line, by being able to discover its exact location on the field. The world football organization, FIFA, has shown interest in the technology. It is very possible that the new technology will be used in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

"We've been testing the technology at the main soccer stadium in Nuremberg for some time and more recently in an under-17 FIFA Cup in Peru," said Gunter Rohmer, a director of the company. "The technology has performed well, and we're pretty optimistic（樂觀）that it will be used at the games in Germany next year."

The chip only weighs 12 grams, and is placed in the center of the football. It sends 2,000 signals a second to a receiver network of 12 antennas(天線),placed around the field. The receivers then send information about the ball's location to a central computer, and because it works in real time, it can immediately tell the referee whether a goal has been scored. The chip even can tell when the ball crosses the line in mid-air. Oliver Braun, one of the inventors of the chip, says that feedback from German referees was generally positive. Germany sports-wear giant Adidas is also optimistic about using this kind of chip in other ball sports.

FIFA aims to test the technology later this year at another game in Japan before deciding whether or not to introduce it in all 12 stadiums in Germany for next year's World Cup.  

1.Carlos Technologies is pleased because ________.

A．football fans are angry with referees

B．their new product can satisfy football fans

C．their new product will have a good market

D．they can sell a lot of football in the future

2.In the first sentence in Paragraph 2,"... mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy" means ___________.

A．Carlos Technologies can't afford the high price for advertising their product

B．Mistakes in production are also a kind of advertisement

C．Carios Technologies has already spent a lot of money on advertising their product

D．Referees' mistakes will be of great help for the sale of Carlos Technologies' new product

3.The underlined word "feedback" probably means ___________.

A．information given back by a user            B．a(chǎn)dvice given by someone

C．supplying food to customers               D．food given back by consumers

4.The new product has drawn attention from some _________.

A．famous people     B．referees          C．big companies      D．countries

5.According to the passage , the following are true except _______ .

A．The chip sends 2,000 signals a second

B．The chip even can tell when the ball crosses the line in mid-air.

C．The chip will be used at the game in Japan.

D．The chip will also be used at the games in Germany next year."

 

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了足球場上的球門技術來判斷球是否進門，及其相關的信息。

1.C 推理題。這家公司很開心是因為，很多裁判在判斷球是否進入球門的時候犯了錯誤，導致球迷不滿意。而這家公司的技術能夠避免這個錯誤。有很好的市場前景，故C項正確。

2.D 推理題。裁判們犯的錯誤正說明這家公司的技術應該被采用來避免這樣的錯誤，故D項正確。

3.A 推理題。根據(jù)本句one of the inventors of the chip, says that feedback from German referees was generally positive.來自裁判的反饋是很讓人樂觀的，上文提及了這些技術在很多的地方已經(jīng)被試用了，那么是從試用者那里反饋會信息。故該詞指A項的意思。

4.C 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后2行Germany sports-wear giant Adidas is also optimistic about using this kind of chip in other ball sports.說明像阿迪達斯這樣的運動巨頭都很感興趣了。這些都是大公司，故C項正確。

5.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段FIFA aims to test the technology later this year at another game in Japan before deciding whether or not to introduce it in all 12 stadiums in Germany for next year's World Cup.  說明FIFA還沒有決定是否在06世界杯上使用該技術，故D項說法是錯誤的。

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點評：本文講述了足球場上的球門技術來判斷球是否進門，及其相關的信息。本文對理解力要求較高，同時需要考生有一定的知識儲備，要求考生在仔細閱讀文章內(nèi)容的基礎之上，認真審題，抓住題目要求和各個選項的內(nèi)容，再根據(jù)文本提供信息，做出準確的判斷和推理。

 

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