Question

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（乐观）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(天线),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．advice 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."

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了足球场上的球门技术来判断球是否进门，及其相关的信息。

1.C 推理题。这家公司很开心是因为，很多裁判在判断球是否进入球门的时候犯了错误，导致球迷不满意。而这家公司的技术能够避免这个错误。有很好的市场前景，故C项正确。

2.D 推理题。裁判们犯的错误正说明这家公司的技术应该被采用来避免这样的错误，故D项正确。

3.A 推理题。根据本句one of the inventors of the chip, says that feedback from German referees was generally positive.来自裁判的反馈是很让人乐观的，上文提及了这些技术在很多的地方已经被试用了，那么是从试用者那里反馈会信息。故该词指A项的意思。

4.C 推理题。根据倒数第二段最后2行Germany sports-wear giant Adidas is also optimistic about using this kind of chip in other ball sports.说明像阿迪达斯这样的运动巨头都很感兴趣了。这些都是大公司，故C项正确。

5.D 推理题。根据文章最后一段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.  说明FIFA还没有决定是否在06世界杯上使用该技术，故D项说法是错误的。

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点评：本文讲述了足球场上的球门技术来判断球是否进门，及其相关的信息。本文对理解力要求较高，同时需要考生有一定的知识储备，要求考生在仔细阅读文章内容的基础之上，认真审题，抓住题目要求和各个选项的内容，再根据文本提供信息，做出准确的判断和推理。