Question

While football fans feel strongly angry 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 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．Carios 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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：

1..C 推理题。这家公司生产的新产品正好可以纠正这种错误，那么他就会有市场，故C正确。

2.D 推理题。裁判犯的错误越多，越能证明他们的产品重要，证明他们的产品有市场。故D正确。

3.A 猜测词义题。上文提及已经在德国的部分球场里使用这种新技术，故是来自于裁判的反馈是非常乐观的。故A正确。

考点：考查新闻报告类短文

点评：文章介绍了一种定位足球是否进门的新技术的情况。属于新闻报告，在阅读的时候要关注关键点，合理的推测。本文的一个难点仍然是词汇的问题，要求学生在上下文中合理的推测词义。